Southwest Aerospace Symposium
Friday, 27 Saturday, 28 March 2026
UT Arlington
SEIR Bldg. Room 294
0900-1700
Keynote
Bob “Farmer” Hines (Colonel, U.S. Air Force), NASA Astronaut
NASA’s Manned Spaceflight Programs
Bob Hines was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported to the Astronaut Office in August 2017. He has served more than 23 years in the United State Air Force (USAF) as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and a test pilot. Before his selection in 2017, he was serving as a Research Pilot at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He has accumulated more than 4,000 hours of flight time in 50 different types of aircraft and has flown 76 combat missions in 3 different aircraft types while supporting contingency operations around the world. Hines served as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, which concluded on Oct. 14, 2022. The mission was the first spaceflight for Hines. He has logged 170 days in space, overseeing the arrival of crew and cargo, maintaining the space station, and conducting science experiments of various disciplines.
Tentative Schedule}
0830 – Check in, Coffee & Refreshments
Morning Session
0900 – Presentation No. 1
0930 – Presentation No. 2
1000 - UT Dallas AIAA Project Teams
1015 – Coffee Break
1045 – Presentation No. 3
1115 – Presentation No. 4
1145 – CIRP Presentation |
1200 – Luncheon & Keynote
Afternoon Session
1330 – Presentation No. 5
1400 – Presentation No. 6
1430 – UT Arlington AIAA & Aero Mavs
1445 – Coffee Break
1515 – Presentation No. 7
1545 – Presentation No. 8
1615 – Conclusion