Dr. Scott Kowalchuk is the R&D Science and Engineering Manager of the Navigation, Guidance, and Control II Department. The Department envision, prototype, and demonstrate research and development (R&D) of Navigation Guidance & Control (NG&C) technologies for missiles and hypersonic reentry platforms to advance military systems capabilities for defensive system applications. Scott received his B.S. in 2002 and M.S. in 2004 in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. in 2007 in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Scott joined Analytical Mechanics Associates as a Senior Project Engineer in 2007. In 2009 Scott joined Sandia National Laboratories as a R&D Science and Engineering Aeronautical Engineer and has been a R&D Science and Engineering Manager since 2017. Scott is a member of the Institute of Navigation (ION), member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Dr. Kowalchuk is the Vice Chair of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee.