E. Bruce Jackson

Position

• Aerospace Technologist, Dynamic Systems and Control Branch, Research & Technology Directorate

Biography

• Education

	1975-79 B.S. Aerospace Engineering, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC
	1987-88 M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

• Work Experience prior to NASA

	1979-82 Staff Engineer, International Business Machines (IBM) Product Research Lab, Raleigh, NC
	1982-89 Supervisory Aerospace Engineer, Manned Flight Simulator Facility, U.S. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD

• Work Experience since joining NASA in 1989

	Mr. Jackson is a Senior Research Engineer in the Dynamic Systems and Control Branch. He is presently assigned to both Project Orion Launch Abort System Team and Fundamental Aeronautics Program Supersonics Theme He has participated in several special projects for NASA from time to time (see below). He is the author of LaRCsim, a high-fidelity flight simulation environment for Silicon Graphics computers written in ANSI C/C++ and principal developer of the DAVE-ML portable flight simulation XML format specification.
Past NASA projects, in reverse chronological order:
Project Orion Ascent Abort GNC Mode Team Fundamental Aeronautics - Supersonics Theme: Effects of flexible aircraft modes on flying qualities (cool movie!) Blended-Wing-Body scaled-model Flight Controls team leader X-37 Approach & Landing Test Vehicle controls analysis team leader for Langley Hyper-X return-to-flight Guidance, Navigation & Control team member High-Speed Research Flight Control/Flying Qualities/Simulation evaluations Pegasus XL reflight team X-34 Autoland Risk Reduction team Workstation-based flight simulation code for control law development (LaRCsim) Lifting Body Guidance and Control Investigations Minimum Performance Requirements for Unpowered Landings of Lifting Body Vehicles HL-20 Approach and Landing Simulation HL-20 Pad Abort Simulation

Current Research

• Spacecraft Handling Qualities (SHaQ)
• DAVE-ML specification development

Technical Interests

• Blended-wing-body free-flight wind-tunnel model control law development
• Autonomous Vehicle Operations focus of the Autonomous Robust Avionics project, Aerospace Vehicle Systems Technology program
• Flying qualities for remotely-piloted vehicles
• Desktop simulations (such as FlightGear and JSBSim)
• Open source simulation data standards (DAVE-ML)
• XML/ SVG/ VRML use in simulation modeling documents and tools
• Interactive control design and modeling tools
• Rapid-prototyping of aerospace vehicle plant models
• Future directions in space exploration, esp.
  • Crew Return Vehicle (ISS lifeboat)
  • Detection of and protection from Near-Earth Objects

Professional Activities

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (member since 1977)
• Member, AIAA Modeling & Simulation Technical Committee (2007-present)
• Member, Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) (2006-present)
• Member, AIAA Flight Simulation Facilities Working Group (1985-1989)

Partial Bibliography

Useful References

• Gain and Phase Margin revealed

Contact Information

    E. Bruce Jackson <bruce.jackson@nasa.gov>

    Dynamic Systems and Control Branch       Research & Technology Directorate
    NASA Langley Research Center                         Phone +1 757 864-4060
    Hampton, VA  23681                                     Fax +1 757 864-7722