Faculty Roster & Distinguished Chairs
Guided by world-class engineers, patent holders, and researchers in AI-driven network systems and orbital physics.
Alan Phipps, Ph.D.
Dean of Academic Affairs & Chair of Symbolic Physics & Autonomous Systems
🎓 Alma Mater: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) • Ph.D. in Computer Science & Organic Chemistry
Dean Alan Phipps leads Space University's academic vision, research initiatives, and 3D flight simulation architecture. A prolific patent holder in AI-Driven Network Systems, Wireless Infrastructure, and Hardware Cryptographic Security (US Patents: Mel Alan Phipps), Dean Phipps is the author of the foundational textbook Symbolic Physics & Formal Mathematical Mechanics. His distinguished engineering career spans over 20 years as CTO & Chief Engineer of Assurance Networks and WispNet (scaling nationwide MVNO and 22,000 sq mi wireless infrastructure), alongside pioneering high-frequency trading AI and distributed ledger hardware security.
Prof. Marcus Vance
Chair of Orbital Mechanics & Reusable Launch Dynamics
🎓 Degrees: M.S. Aerospace Engineering (Caltech) • NASA JPL Ret.
Over 20 years directing space probe trajectories. Oversees Space University's 3D web-based Hohmann transfer and N-body gravitational simulation labs.
Dr. Evelyn Zhang, Ph.D.
Director of Swarm AI & Edge Telemetry
🎓 Degrees: Ph.D. Computer Science (MIT) • Edge AI Specialist
Pioneer in quantized neural inference on radiation-hardened edge processors and multi-agent satellite swarm consensus algorithms.
Dr. Serena Lin, Ph.D.
Director of Space Hardware Cryptography
🎓 Degrees: Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Stanford) • Fellow, IAS
Specialist in hardware-enforced unidirectional cryptographic buses, BIP-tree cold storage key management, and anti-jamming optical comms.
Commander David Sterling
Head of Commercial Space Economy & ISRU
🎓 Degrees: M.S. Space Systems (US Naval Academy)
Focuses on commercial space launch economics post-SpaceX IPO, stage-1 landing dynamics, and lunar regolith in-situ resource processing.