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Daniel
Hastings
Professor
of Engineering Systems and Aeronautics
and Astronautics
Dean, Undergraduate
Education
Dr.
Hastings, who earned a Ph.D. and an
S.M, from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics
in 1980 and 1978 respectively, received
a B.A. in Mathematics from Oxford
University in England in 1976. He
joined the MIT faculty as an assistant
professor in 1985, advancing to associate
professor in 1988 and full professor
in 1993. Dr. Hastings served ESD as
Associate Director from July 2001
- April, 003, Co-Director from May,
2003 - June, 2004, and Director from
July 2004 - December 2005.
As
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Engineering Systems, Hastings
has taught courses and seminars in
plasma physics, rocket propulsion,
advanced space power and propulsion
systems, aerospace policy, technology
and policy, and space systems engineering.
Dr.
Hastings served as chief scientist
to the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to
1999. In that role, he served as chief
scientific adviser to the chief of
staff and the secretary and provided
assessments on a wide range of scientific
and technical issues affecting the
Air Force mission. He led several
influential studies on where the Air
Force should invest in space, global
energy projection, and options for
a science and technology workforce
for the 21st century.
Dr.
Hastings’ recent research has
concentrated on issues of space systems
and space policy, and has also focused
on issues related to spacecraft-environmental
interactions, space propulsion, space
systems engineering, and space policy.
He has published many papers and a
book in the field of spacecraft-environment
interactions and several papers in
space propulsion and space systems.
He has led several national studies
on government investment in space
technology.
Dr.
Hastings is a Fellow of the AIAA and
a member of the International Academy
of Astronautics. He is serving as
a member of the National Science Board,
the Applied Physics Lab Science and
Technology Advisory Panel, as well
as the chair of Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board. He is a member of
the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advisory
Committee and is on the Board of Trustees
of the Aerospace Corporation. He has
served on several national committees
on issues in National Security Space.
Dr. Hastings was elected as a Fellow
of INCOSE
(the International Council on System
Engineering) in June 2007.
Please
also view: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/hastings/bio.html
and http://web.mit.edu/hastings/www/home.html.
Updated
July 2007
News
and announcements:
Working
Together: A Report on the Task Force
for the Educational Commons (December
1, 2006)
Hastings
named undergraduate dean (December
2, 2005)
Hastings
Named Next Undergraduate Education
Dean (December
2, 2005)
Hurricane
Symposium zeroes in on response (features
ESD Professors Larson, Oye, and Sheffi.
Moderated by Prof. Hastings.) Click
here
for article and here
for online video. (October 9,
2005)
Rhodes,
Frey Honored at INCOSE Symposium ESD
plays major role in event (July
22, 2005)
Hastings
Named 2005 Giant in Science (February
28, 2005)
Establishing
Leadership in the Emerging Field of
Engineering Systems (October
8, 2004)
Hastings
is New Head of ESD
(July 7, 2004)
Hastings
Named ESD Co-Director
(May 2003)
Hastings
honored with AIAA's Losey Award
(February 2003)
Hastings
to be nominated to National Science
Board (January 2003)
Hastings
to Help Lead ESD (June
2001)
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