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Robert K. Callaway Named for 2004 Lewis & Clark Fellowship 23 April, 2004 News Release Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Robert K. Callaway has been selected for the Potomac Institute’s Lewis & Clark Fellowship for the Summer of 2004. Named for the famous frontier-exploring duo who eagerly traveled uncharted territory, the Fellowship encourages the chosen resident research fellow to push the frontiers of practical-oriented scholarship on science and technology topics of keen importance to our ever-changing democracy. Mr. Callaway comes to the Institute from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) where he has worked for the past thirteen years and is currently the Deputy Manager of the Advanced Technology Office. His work at Potomac Institute will focus on system-of-systems research and the analysis of complex systems particularly as they relate to multi-modal, multi-variable, multi-variate transportation. His Fellowship will culminate in a high visibility symposium. Mr. Callaway joined NASA following Desert Storm in 1991. He has worked in various capacities on numerous projects there including, the Advanced Space Suit Systems Program Manager (at NASA HQ), Deputy of the Commercialization Office (ARC), and Deputy of the Advanced Technology Tiltrotor office (ARC). He has also served as the Director of Operations for The Enterprise Network’s (TEN) and Ames Small Business Incubator. His responsibility was to facilitate between a variety of technology developers (NASA, Department of Energy, Stanford, etc.) and entrepreneurs. Currently, Mr. Callaway is coordinating the process development and planning of the Extreme Short Takeoff and Landing (ESTOL) Sector of NASA’s Vehicle System Program. He is also coordinating research and development of Systems of Systems tools and processes. Prior to joining NASA, Mr. Callaway served in the United States Navy for thirteen years. He retired as a Commander in the Naval Reserves in 1998. One of his operational tours was as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) Aircraft Commander with a patrol squadron operating in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. He also lived and worked in Japan while serving aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Midway, as a Flight Deck Officer, Catapult Officer and Aircraft Handling Officer. While with the Navy, Mr. Callaway served as the Military, Man-in-Space Liaison Officer at Naval Space Command and was the primary investigator for an experiment flown on a Shuttle (STS-28). Mr. Callaway’s educational background includes a B.A. in Physical Science (California State University, Chico, California, 1978) and an M.S.E.E., specializing in Space System Engineering (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1986). __________________________________________________________________________________ The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit public policy research institute, and is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in our evolving world. ###
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