July 7, 2006 – Reston, Virginia – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is proud to announce that John Hines, manager of the Astrobionics Integrated Program/Project Team at NASA Ames Research Center located at Moffett Field, California, is the recipient of the AIAA 2006 Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award.
Recognizing the importance to aeronautics and space of scientific endeavors in the field of medicine, the John Jeffries Award was established in 1940 by AIAA to honor the memory of the American physician who made the earliest recorded scientific observations from the air. The award is presented for outstanding research accomplishments in aerospace medicine and space life sciences.
Hines is being recognized for committed outstanding work in developing and implementing biomedical and life detection sensors supporting both aerospace missions and application to civilian needs. He will be honored at an evening banquet, July 19, during the International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) being held in Norfolk, Virginia.
Hines is manager of the Astrobionics Integrated Program and Project Team (IPPT), which develops and applies advanced, in-situ technologies for medical/biological, biotechnology, and free-flying small satellite applications. He is the principal investigator/technologist for Smart Healthcare Monitoring Systems, which is directed at developing and applying next-generation sensors, biotelemetry and measurement systems for human space exploration applications. Hines also manages the Exploration Probes and Small Satellites Project, which is developing small (less than 50 pound) satellites and associated technologies for space exploration applications.
Hines has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Tuskegee University and a M.S. in biomedical and electrical engineering from Stanford University, and has over 30 years of combined NASA and Air Force experience in biological and biomedical technology development, project management, engineering, satellite and spaceflight hardware development.
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