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Paul Bartlett , VP, Engineering

Paul Bartlett joined Atair Aerospace in 2009 as VP of Engineering. Mr. Bartlett has worked in ground, air and space robotics for over 10 years. He applies this experience and his generalist technical background overseeing Atair's engineering team and providing systems engineering and design input.

Mr. Bartlett earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Fluid Mechanics & Aerospace at Cornell University. He then worked at Honeybee Robotics for seven years on design and development for NASA, DOD and other customers. Projects there included providing hardware for the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Mars Lander. For the Mars Exploration Rover mission, he was part of the mission operations team at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the rovers' first year on Mars. Later, Mr. Bartlett performed research and design work on robotic ground vehicles for two years at Carnegie Mellon University's Field Robotics Center, earning an MS in Robotics and writing a thesis on vehicle suspension design.

Prior to joining Atair he served as an independent consultant for NASA and multiple product design firms. At points along his career, he performed weightless testing on the KC-135 "Vomit Comet," discovered a radio pulsar and co-designed a robotic art installation for the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Anthony Calise, Ph.D., Senior Scientist

Prior to joining Atair Aerospace, Dr. Calise was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University for 8 years. He also worked for 10 years in industry for the Raytheon Missile Systems Division and Dynamics Research Corporation, where he was involved with analysis and design of inertial navigation systems, optimal missile guidance and aircraft flight path optimization. Since leaving industry he has worked continuously as a consultant for 19 years. He is the author of over 150 technical reports and papers. He was the recipient of the USAF Systems Command Technical Achievement Award, and the AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award. He is a fellow of the AIAA and former Associate Editor for the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics and for the IEEE Control Systems Magazine. The subject areas that Dr. Calise has published include Optimal Control Theory, Aircraft Flight Control, Optimal Guidance of Aerospace Vehicles, Adaptive Control using Neural Networks, Robust Linear Control and Control of Flexible Structures. In the area of adaptive control, Dr. Calise has developed a novel combination for employing neural network-based control in combination with feedback linearization. Applications include flight control of fighter aircraft, helicopters and missile autopilot design. In addition to being an Atair Aerospace employee, Dr. Calise continues teaching as a part-time Professor at the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Geo Homsy, Ph.D., Senior Hardware and Software Engineer

Geo Homsy has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.  He is a computer scientist and software architect with deep understanding of physics, biology, and robotics.  He has made original contributions in theoretical chemistry, biological computation, secure networks, spread-spectrum data storage, and physiological modeling and simulation. Mr. Homsy has been focusing most recently on electromechanical, optical, and embedded systems architecture.  Mr. Homsy also works on physical modeling, optimization, and ergonomics.

Ganter Ludwig, VP, Project Manager

Mr. Ludwig joined Atair in 2002 and is currently Atair's Vice President of Project Management. He is a major contributor of the company's general business and manages the day-to-day operational aspects of numerous projects and team members. Mr. Ludwig works closely with key technical resources in software and hardware development, product testing, documentation, and others. Since 2007, Mr. Ludwig has been the Project Manager of Atair's family of Onyx precision airdrop systems. Mr. Ludwig attended Brown University.

Angela Yuan, Mechanical Design Engineer

Angela Yuan is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley where she obtained her Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Solid Mechanics. During her undergraduate career, she was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study metal fatigue characteristics at the Czech Institute for Plasma Physics. Prior to joining Atair, she worked at Mercedes Benz as an environmental engineering intern. Angela’s other interests include physical computing and robotics.