1. Mr. William W.Wang
Home Phone No. 805-492-2841
Personal Email Address: uwilliam@gmail.com
Senior Engineering Specialist
Years of Experience: 40
Years at Analex: 2
Years at Aerospace: 26
Experience Summary
• Propulsion Panel Lead for National Reconnaissance Office Mission Assurance Team
for all NRO Missions 2000 – now
• Member of MDA EKV Failure Review Board 2011-2012
• Served on National Research Council independent assessment of NASA’s
Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP), 2007-2008
• Team member on NESC Independent Review the Space Shuttle and International
Space Station Programs’ Recurring Anomalies, 2005
• Led Aerospace Team Review of Air Force Rocket Laboratory A-1 Test Stand for RS-
68 Testing, 1997
• Led the Titan IV Stage II Ablative Nozzle Failure Recovery Testing at Arnold
Engineering & Development Center in 1996.
• Led AC-70 & AC-71 Flight Failures RL-10 Return-to-Flight Testing at Pratt &
Whitney, West Palm Beach in1993.
Work Experience
• Analex/Vencore (2013 to now)
Continue mission assurance role for NRO missions on Delta IV and Atlas V. Follow
SpaceX propulsion development.
• The Aerospace Corporation (1987 to 2013)
Perform Propulsion Support and Analysis for Titan, Atlas, Delta, EELV Liquid
Propulsion Systems. Perform Planning, Testing, and Data Analysis for RL-10
Engines, Titan II & IV Engines, Atlas II & V Engines, and Delta II Engines. As
Mission Assurance Team Panel Lead, added responsibility to support Real Time Risk
Assessment on all Propulsion Issues during Launch Processing
• Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, CA. (1975-1987)
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2. Development Engineer.
Designed and Tested a Pressurized Pulverized Coal Combustor using Rocket Injector
Technology
Designed a Fluidized Bed Coal Combustion/Heater
Designed and Tested a LOX/CH4 Preburner
Designed Acoustic Cavities for Gas Dynamic Laser Gas Generator, Peace Keeper
Axial Engine and Attitude Control Engines for Combustion Stability
System Project Engineer LS-14
System Analyst for the following projects: Solar-1 Project, Mini Kill Vehicle
Propulsion System, Torpedo Ejector System, Engine Start Transients Simulation for
XLR-132, SSME, LOX/Hydrocarbon Engines, Sonar Pulse Engine
Education
• M.E.E. Engineering Executive Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA
• M.A.A Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• B.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Relevant Coursework
• Thermodynamics
• Gas Dynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Boundary Layer Theory
• Aerodynamics
• Structures
• Laser Physics
• Design and Testing of Gas Turbines and Airplanes
Technical Skills
• Digital and Analog Computer Programming
• Non-Destructive Testing
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3. Professional Societies, Honors, Awards
• Associate Fellow, AIAA
• Industrial Partner Awards NRO/OSL
• Group Achievement Award, NASA Engineering and Safety Center
• Going The Distance Award for Outstanding Contribution to the RL-10 Engine Test
Program, USAF
• Group Achievement Award for Outstanding Development of a Uniquely
Comprehensive Centaur Rocket Engine Transient Model
Publications
• Year in Review, Liquid Propulsion, Aerospace America, December 2005, 2006, 2007
• Co-authors “ Space System Modeling and Simulation: Roles and Applications
Throughout the System Life Cycle”. Aerospace Press, 2002
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