Both Were Confirmed Unanimously By The Senate
Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., and Earl
F. Weener, Ph.D., took the oath of office Wednesday as a Members of
the NTSB.
Member Rosekind is an internationally recognized fatigue expert
who has conducted research and implemented programs in diverse
settings, including all modes of transportation, healthcare, law
enforcement, elite athlete and military groups.
Prior to joining the Board, Member Rosekind was President and
Chief Scientist of Alertness Solutions, a scientific consulting
firm in Cupertino, California that specializes in fatigue
management. Before founding Alertness Solutions, he directed the
Fatigue Countermeasures Program and was Chief of the Aviation
Operations Branch in the Flight Management and Human Factors
Division at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Prior to his work at NASA, Member Rosekind was the Director of
the Center for Human Sleep Research at the Stanford University
Sleep Disorders and Research Center.
Dr. Rosekind
Member Rosekind is an internationally recognized fatigue expert
who has conducted research and implemented programs in diverse
settings, including all modes of transportation.
He has published 150 scientific, technical, and industry papers
and provided hundreds of presentations to operational, general, and
scientific audiences. His contributions have been acknowledged
through numerous honors and awards, including the NASA Exceptional
Service Medal, six other NASA Group/Team Awards, two Flight Safety
Foundation honors (Presidential Citation for Outstanding Safety
Leadership, Business Aviation Meritorious Award), and as a Fellow
of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Member Rosekind earned his B.A. with Honors at Stanford
University, his Ph.D. at Yale University, and completed a
postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Medical School.
His term as a Member of the NTSB expires December 31, 2014.
Dr. Weener is a licensed pilot who has dedicated his entire
career to the field of aviation safety. He most recently has been a
consultant and fellow for the Flight Safety Foundation, where he
worked to reduce accidents through coordinated industry
programs.
From 1984 to 1999, Dr. Weener held a series of positions with
The Boeing Company, including three Chief Engineer positions, in
Airworthiness, reliability and Maintainability, and Safety; in
System Engineering; and in Safety Technology Development. He
also served four years as Boeing's Manager of Government
Affairs.
Dr. Weener
He has served as a general aviation flight instructor and Part
135 pilot.
Dr. Weener earned all three of his academic degrees in Aerospace
Engineering at the University of Michigan - his bachelor's,
master's and doctorate. Among his awards are a 1994 Laurel Award
from Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine and, in 2005, the
Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety.
Dr. Weener's term as a Member of the NTSB expires December 31,
2015.
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