David mortari biography

Daniele Mortari (born 30 June ) is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University and Chief Scientist for Space for Texas A&M ASTRO Center.^[3] Mortari is known for inventing the Flower Constellations, the k-vector range searching technique, and the Theory of functional connections.

Mortari was elected Member of the International Academy of Astronautics in [1]. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in [2] for contributions to navigational aspects of space systems", Fellow of the American Astronautical Society in [3] "for outstanding contributions to astronautics", Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association in , recipient of AAS Dirk Brower Award [4] "for seminal contributions to the theory and practice of spacecraft orbital and rotational dynamics, particularly attitude determination and satellite constellation design", and of the IEEE Judith A.

Resnik Award "for innovative des