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Dr William Marshall III

GRC Project Manager for Human Landing System,
NASA Glenn Research Center

Bio

Dr. Marshall is a project manager at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH, where he is a part of the Exploration Systems Office.  He has over 21 years experience in chemical propulsion research and test, and is a 2008 graduate of Penn State University, where he obtained his Ph.D. studying transverse mode combustion instabilities in oxygen/methane rockets.  While at NASA, Dr. Marshall has focused on a number of chemical propulsion systems for in-space applications, including oxygen/methane engine development, additive manufacturing applications to rocket engine technology, micropropulsion systems for CubeSat applications, nuclear thermal propulsion ground test development efforts, and ionic liquid green propulsion development.  He is formerly co-chair of the Green Propulsion Working Group, an NASA advisory working group focused in green propulsion research and development. He serves as the Glenn Research Center Project Manager for the Center's contributions to the Human Landing System.  He was formerly Deputy Manager for Service module within the Crew & Service Module group of the Orion Program.  Dr. Marshall is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and is formerly a member of both the AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee (LPTC) and Honor & Awards Chair of the AIAA Northern Ohio Section

Industry
(linked to AIAA member record)

  • Government- U.S. Federal Government (includes FFRDC & National Labs)

Education

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Ph.D., 2008
Mechanical Engineering
2003 To 2008
Dissertation: Experimental Studies on Combustion Instabilities in a Multi-Element, Rectangular Rocket Chamber
Advisor: Robert Santoro

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Master of Science, 2003
Mechanical Engineering
2001 To 2003
Dissertation: Experimental Characterization of Gas-Gas Injector Flowfields
Advisor: Robert Santoro

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Bachelor of Science, 2001
Mechanical Engineering
1996 To 2001

Honors and Awards

Agency Honor Award - Group Achievement Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022

JSC Center Director's Commendation Award
NASA JSC
2023

NASA Installation Honor Award - Group Achievement Award
NASA MSFC
2019

Stellar Award - Early Career Category
Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation
2013

Wings of Excellence Award
Cleveland Federal Executive Board (FEB)
2015

Industry

  • Government- U.S. Federal Government (includes FFRDC & National Labs)

Professional Interest

  • General Aerospace Sciences
  • General Space & Missiles
  • Liquid Propulsion
  • Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion
  • Propellants and Combustion
  • Space Exploration
  • Space Systems
  • Space Transportation

University

  • Pennsylvania State University

Professional Interests
(linked to AIAA member record)

  • General Aerospace Sciences
  • General Space & Missiles
  • Liquid Propulsion
  • Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion
  • Propellants and Combustion
  • Space Exploration
  • Space Systems
  • Space Transportation

Other Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2001 - Present

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
1997 - 2021