robert howard

Dr. Robert L. Howard. Jr. is the Habitability Domain Lead in the Habitability and Human Factors Branch and co-lead of the Center for Design and Space Architecture at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. He leads teams of architects, industrial designers, engineers, and usability experts to develop and evaluate concepts for spacecraft cabin and cockpit configurations. He has served on design teams for several NASA spacecraft study teams including the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly System, Altair Lunar Lander, Lunar Electric Rover / Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle, Deep Space Habitat, Waypoint Spacecraft, Exploration Augmentation Module, Asteroid Retrieval Utilization Mission, Mars Ascent Vehicle, Deep Space Gateway, as well as Mars surface and Phobos mission studies. He received a B.S. in General Science from Morehouse College, a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with a focus in Human Factors from North Carolina A&T State University, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering with a focus in Spacecraft Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He also holds a certificate in Human Systems Integration from the Naval Postgraduate School and is a graduate of the NASA Space Systems Engineering Development Program.