Mark B. Tischler, a Senior Technologist at the Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center, is closely involved in strategic planning of future Army rotorcraft research programs. He received a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He led development of CIFER[registered] and CONDUIT[registered], two software tools widely used in aircraft system identification and flight control system design optimization, and has authored or co-authored over 110 technical papers and three books. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Technical Fellow of the American Helicopter Society. Robert K. Remple works for the University of California - Santa Cruz as a Senior Technical Writer supporting the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at NASA Ames Research Center. His work focuses on technical documentation, software validation, and technology transfer. He earned an MS in Mathematics from Stanford University.
