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Biography Biography

Dr. Kudva earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech in Dr. Cavolowsky is responsible for the overall planning, management and
1979, after which he became an assistant professor at Rensselaer evaluation of ARMD’s efforts to cultivate revolutionary concepts, tools, and
Polytechnic Institute until 1980. He served as an R&D group manager and technologies that enable aviation transformation. The TAC program solicits
spear-headed division activities on smart structures and adaptive aircraft. and encourages ideas, creates the environment for researchers to
In 2003 he founded NextGen Aeronautics initially investigating the design, experiment with those ideas, explores broadly-critical technologies,
fabrication, and flight test of aircraft which change shape in flight. He has develops new computational and experimental tools, performs ground
published over 60 papers, is an AIAA fellow, has several patents, and has and small-scale flight tests, allows failures and learning from them, and
been awarded the 2010 AIAA Adaptive Structures Prize, 2007 SPIE Smart drives turnover into future concepts and first-of-a-kind capabilities.
Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 1998
Engineering Council Inc. California Engineering Merit Award for He also supports the ARMD associate administrator in a broad range of
“Outstanding Qualities and Meritorious Achievements within the Field of mission directorate activities, including strategic planning and
Engineering. external coordination.

CONVERGENT INNOVATION AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: Previously, Cavolowsky was director of the Airspace Operations and
AN APPROACH TO AVIATION TRANSFORMATION Safety Program, where he led overall planning, management and
evaluation of ARMD’s efforts in foundational air traffic management and
operational safety research that enables development of revolutionary
improvements to, and modernization of, the National Airspace System.

John A. Cavolowsky Prior positions include director of the former Aviation Systems Program,
Director, Transformative Aeronautics deputy program director and associate program manager for the Airspace
Concepts Program Systems Program, and project manager for the Human Measures and
NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Performance Project.
Directorate (ARMD)
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC Cavolowsky began his NASA career at Ames Research Center in 1989 as
a technical lead and research manager for aerothermodynamics,
Abstract addressing research and development challenges in hypersonic
As NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate built its propulsion and thermal protection systems. He also served as a technical
comprehensive Strategic Implementation Plan SIP several years ago, it manager for aerospace programs in the Office of the Center Director at
recognized several changes in the aviation landscape that are critical to Ames, and has published more than 25 technical papers.
growth and technical global leadership.
Cavolowsky has a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical
Emerging aviation markets are driving our traditional industry to engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and master’s
think differently. and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of
California at Berkeley.
Emerging business models and non-traditional aviation communities are
pushing to bring new concepts and operational approaches to
implementation that can open new markets. The pace of innovation is
unprecedented. Speed and agility are essential to capture an ever more
globally competitive market, and technology leadership requires bringing
together integrated system solutions from convergent industries to
address aviation challenges.

To respond to these changes, ARMD established a new program area to
catalyze our workforce to innovate in this new emerging environment:
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program. TACP provides seed
funding for new convergent aero solutions, motivates university
leadership, and develops new tools, technologies, and methods to
validate innovative concepts and approaches.

This talk will address ARMD’s approach to our changing portfolio. It will 19
also cover, as an exemplar, a proposed technical thrust in computational
materials and structures enabling more rapid development of new
integrated systems concepts, smart materials and structures, and
advanced certification methods.