Dr. Hans Mark, director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense and a professor of aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded honorary fellow status by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. This is the highest honor given by the institute
Since July 1998, Mark has served as the chief technical adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology on defense research, development, testing and evaluation. He is currently on leave from to serve in that position.
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