Douglas Hope is a Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute who specializes in fundamental research on problems associated with Space Domain Awareness (SDA). Hope has expertise in imaging, signal detection, inverse problems, and information theory. In addition to his work in SDA, he collaborates with astronomers on interdisciplinary projects to detect and characterize planets around other stars.

In addition to research, Hope has experience teaching and mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. He takes the honor of passing forward knowledge to the next generation as a serious responsibility. He has shown commitment to outreach and advancement in education, research, and scholarship. Hope firmly believes in giving first-generation and underrepresented scholars the opportunity to contribute toward solutions to address current and future space-related challenges.

In addition to his research and teaching here at GTRI, he is actively involved in numerous projects and collaborations within the U.S. and internationally.

Principal Research Associate with Georgia Tech Research Institute, specializing in defense applications such as command and control, battle management, national-to-tactical integration, and space situational awareness. Prior to this, career Air Force officer with extensive experience in acquisitions and tactical aviation.

Dr. Noel is a Research Engineer II with the Aerospace and Acoustics Technologies Division in GTRI’s Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS). She received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2009 and 2018, respectively. In her doctoral work, Dr. Noel specialized in biomechanics, with a particular focus on biological adhesive mechanisms. Her work has been highlighted in media outlets like NPR, The New York Times, Science Magazine, and the Discovery Channel. Dr. Noel’s ongoing areas of research include haptic feedback for mixed reality platforms, biomechanics and bio-inspired design, and additive manufacturing.

Scott Gilliland has been at Georgia Tech since obtaining his Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 2008. During his time at Tech, he's gained skills as a hardware engineer, developing electronics designs and firmware for many wearable and ubiquitous systems. His previous work includes wearables for underwater use, conductive textile sensing and fabrication for use in electronic garments, and interface vests for use with service animals. He has also taught CS3651, an electronics prototyping course for computer science students, and is the manager of the GVU Prototyping Lab.