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Timothy Sands (Astronautics Engineer)
Timothy Sands (Astronautics Engineer)
Rank	Colonel, U.S. Air Force (retired)
Professoriate	Cornell University ; Naval Postgraduate School ; Air Force Institute of Technology
Awards	Legion of Merit; Air Medal (4); Combat Action Medal; Navy diver (United States Navy); Air Assault Badge
Website	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37300848700

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Declined by MediaKyle 52 days ago. Last edited by 104.175.88.208 26 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Timothy Sands is an American astronautics engineer who was nominated for the Theodore von Kármán Award,^[1]^[2] and in 2014 became the first chief academic officer of the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, ^[3]^[4] where he was succeeded by Provost Sivaguru S. Sritharan.

Education

Dr. Sands earned his engineer's degree from Columbia University, a master's degree from Stanford University (both in mechanical engineering), and the doctorate in astronautical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School with a minor in electrical engineering.

Research

His seminal contributions to astronautics and marine engineering include singularity penetration,^[5]^[6]^[7] autogenetic gravity center placement,^[8] whiplash compensation for flexible robotics,^[9]^[10] and deterministic artificial intelligence.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] Nominated in 2009 by Jeffrey A. Remington, Professor Sands was honored as a Fellow of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2010^[17]^[18] having used three-axis free-floating satellite simulators to study future space-based radar jammers ^[19]^[20] and cyber weapons.^[21] Sands is both a member of Tau Beta Pi (Columbia University's New York Alpha Chapter) and the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society.

Career

At Cornell University,^[22] he taught and led research in astronautics and marine engineering. He also held several executive academic and senior leadership positions at the Naval Postgraduate School^[23]^[24], Air Force Institute of Technology,^[25] and the Air Force Test Pilot School (Air University). Professor Sands served as Chief Academic Officer, Dean, astronautics department Chairman, and research center Director under several university Presidents including Daniel T. Oliver, Jan E. Tighe, Todd I. Stewart,^[26] Steven L. Kwast, Ronald A. Route, Ann E. Rondeau, and Andrea Tullos.

References

^ "Officials announce AFA aerospace award winners". afpc.af.mil. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "Update NPS: October 2010: pg. 5" (PDF). web.nps.edu. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "Timothy Sands". cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "Timothy Sands". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "MAE Faculty Awarded Patent on New Application of CMG Technology". nps.edu. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
^ "U.S. Patent US9567112B1". patent.google.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ Timothy, Sands (January 2018). "Singularity penetration with unit delay". Mathematics. 6 (2): 23. doi:10.3390/math6020023.
^ Timothy, Sands (January 2025). "Autogenetic Gravity Center Placement". Sensors. 25 (12): 3786. Bibcode:2025Senso..25.3786S. doi:10.3390/s25123786. PMC 12197266. PMID 40573671.
^ Timothy, Sands (August 2019). "Optimization Provenance of Whiplash Compensation for Flexible Space Robotics". Aerospace. 6 (9): 93. Bibcode:2019Aeros...6...93S. doi:10.3390/aerospace6090093.
^ "2023 Highly Cited Paper Award, Applied Sciences". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "2020 Best Paper Award, J. Mar. Sci. Eng.". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
^ "2021 Best Paper Award in Engineering". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
^ "2022 Best Paper Award in Engineering". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
^ "2021 Top Cited Paper(s), Applied Sciences (two papers: #2 and #8 of top 10)". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
^ "2022 Highly Cited Paper, Aerospace (#6 of top 10)". mdpi.com.
^ "2024 Highly Cited Article, Aerospace". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
^ "News Stories Archives: NPS Crushes CubeSats for DARPA Challenge". nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "In Review (January 2011): pg. 3" (PDF). nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "In Review (2006-2007): pg. 6-7" (PDF). nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "NPS Foundation News (Winter 2011): pg. 8" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "Cyber Command officials define unit's scope". af.mil. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
^ "Timothy Sands". cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". acenet.edu.
^ "NPS Answers Air Force's Call for a Continuum of Learning". DVIDS. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". acenet.edu.
^ "Todd I. Stewart, Ph.D". .af.mil.

External links

[1] "Officials announce AFA aerospace award winners". afpc.af.mil. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[2] "Update NPS: October 2010: pg. 5" (PDF). web.nps.edu. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[3] "Timothy Sands". cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[4] "Timothy Sands". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[5] "MAE Faculty Awarded Patent on New Application of CMG Technology". nps.edu. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2025-08-19.

[6] "U.S. Patent US9567112B1". patent.google.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[7] Timothy, Sands (January 2018). "Singularity penetration with unit delay". Mathematics. 6 (2): 23. doi:10.3390/math6020023.

[8] Timothy, Sands (January 2025). "Autogenetic Gravity Center Placement". Sensors. 25 (12): 3786. Bibcode:2025Senso..25.3786S. doi:10.3390/s25123786. PMC 12197266. PMID 40573671.

[9] Timothy, Sands (August 2019). "Optimization Provenance of Whiplash Compensation for Flexible Space Robotics". Aerospace. 6 (9): 93. Bibcode:2019Aeros...6...93S. doi:10.3390/aerospace6090093.

[10] "2023 Highly Cited Paper Award, Applied Sciences". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[11] "2020 Best Paper Award, J. Mar. Sci. Eng.". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

[12] "2021 Best Paper Award in Engineering". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

[13] "2022 Best Paper Award in Engineering". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

[14] "2021 Top Cited Paper(s), Applied Sciences (two papers: #2 and #8 of top 10)". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

[15] "2022 Highly Cited Paper, Aerospace (#6 of top 10)". mdpi.com.

[16] "2024 Highly Cited Article, Aerospace". mdpi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

[17] "News Stories Archives: NPS Crushes CubeSats for DARPA Challenge". nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[18] "In Review (January 2011): pg. 3" (PDF). nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[19] "In Review (2006-2007): pg. 6-7" (PDF). nps.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[20] "NPS Foundation News (Winter 2011): pg. 8" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[21] "Cyber Command officials define unit's scope". af.mil. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[22] "Timothy Sands". cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[23] "Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". acenet.edu.

[24] "NPS Answers Air Force's Call for a Continuum of Learning". DVIDS. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[25] "Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". acenet.edu.

[26] "Todd I. Stewart, Ph.D". .af.mil.

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