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Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2024) Plenary SPeaker

Carl E. Sandifer II

Manager, Radioisotope Power Systems Program

NASA Glenn Research Center

Mr. Carl E. Sandifer II currently serves as the Program Manager and Division Chief for the Radioisotope Power Systems Program at the NASA Glenn Research Center. In this role, he leads the development of power systems to enable NASA missions given a high priority by the scientific community to visit some of the harshest, darkest, and coldest locations in the solar system. Prior to this role, he served as the Deputy Chief of the Space Science Project Office at Glenn, and managed the science portfolio at the Center, which includes the development of new technologies, instruments, and systems to enable planetary science missions. Mr. Sandifer has a wealth of program and project management experience, along with a background in space mission design and systems analysis.

Carl graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics degree from Bowling Green State University, studied Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and earned his Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.

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