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Dr. GREGORY CHAMITOFF
Dr. GREGORY CHAMITOFF
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Greg Chamitoff served as a NASA Astronaut for 15 years, including Shuttle Missions STS-124,126,134 and Space Station long duration missions Expedition 17 and 18. He has lived and worked in Space for almost 200 days as a Flight Engineer, Science Officer, and Mission Specialist. His last mission was on the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, during which he performed two spacewalks, including the one which completed the assembly of the ISS.
Chamitoff earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly, M.S. in Aeronautics from Caltech, and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. Currently, he is the William Keeler ‘49 Chair Professor of Practice in Aerospace Engineering, and Director of the Aero-Space Technology Research & Operations (ASTRO) Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He is co-author and co-editor of Human Spaceflight Operations, a textbook on the lessons learned from the past 60 years of spaceflight. His research includes space robotics, autonomous systems, and the development of collaborative virtual simulation environments for space system engineering and mission design.
February 13, 2025 | 6:30-8pm @ RICH 106
Jeffrey Doi
Jeffrey Doi
Jeff Doi is a Project Manager in the Life Support Systems Branch at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). The Branch is responsible for developing hardware that ensures astronauts have a safe and sustainable environment to live and work while off-planet. With over 18 years of experience supporting NASA programs, Jeff has contributed to the Human Landing System (HLS), Crew Health & Safety, the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI), the Human Research Program (HRP), and NASA IT Labs. He has also served as an International Science Coordinator for the Multilateral Human Research Panel for Exploration (MHRPE) and worked as a project engineer on multiple flight projects within the JSC Engineering Directorate.
Jeff holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a M.S. in Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Outside of work, Jeff is a passionate foodie and self-proclaimed geek.
March 6, 2025 | 6:30-8pm @ BLOC 107
Rey Climacosa
Rey Climacosa
Rey Climacosa is a systems engineer at The Aerospace Corporation working on the Extravehicular Activity Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP). EHP is one of the NASA programs that will send astronauts back to the moon. He works in the EHP Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Requirements, Interface and Verification (RIV) team as the Verification and Validation (V&V) lead. Rey has over 25 years of experience in the aerospace and oil and gas industries. In his aerospace career, he worked on the Space Shuttle Program as a test project engineer in a radio frequence (RF) communications test laboratory at Johnson Space Center (JSC), new product development for Shuttle upgrades as project engineer/systems engineer/project manager and as a systems safety engineer for the Shuttle robotic arm. He has also worked on the International Space Station (ISS) program as a systems engineer.
Mr. Climacosa has earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Houston at Clear Lake. He also has an MBA from the University of Houston and is an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineer Professional (CSEP).
April 3, 2025 | 6:30-8pm @ BLOC 149
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