Bowden, Mary
Senior Lecturer
Keystone Instructor
Director, Maryland Space Grant Balloon Payload Program
Keystone Instructor
Director, Maryland Space Grant Balloon Payload Program
Aerospace Engineering
Keystone
Keystone
MFG1131 Manufacturing Building
EDUCATION
- B.A., Cornell University (Mathematics)
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics and Astronautics)
- Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Aeronautics and Astronautics)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- A. James Clark Student Competition Advisor of the Year, Fall 2017
- WIA Aerospace Educator Award, presented at the 31st Annual Women In Aerospace Awards Ceremony, Fall 2016
- AIAA Student Awards: Best Advisor 2019, 2018, and 2017; Best Professor 2012 and 2011; Best Mentor 2009 - UMD AIAA Student Branch Undergraduate Awards.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- University of Maryland representative to the Maryland Space Grant Consortium
- AIAA, ASEE, ASME, IEEE, SWE
- Zonta International
Research in space systems and operations, and structural dynamics.
- David L. Akin and Mary L. Bowden, "A Small Pressurized Rover Concept for Extended Lunar and Mars Exploration" AIAA-2005-6737, Space 2005, Long Beach, California, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2005
- David L. Akin and Mary L. Bowden, "SCOUT: EVA Capabilities of the Space Construction and Orbital Utility Transport" 2004-01-XXXX, 34th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, July 2004
- David L. Akin and Mary L. Bowden, "Human-Robot Hybrids for Deep Space EVA: The Space Construction and Orbital Utility Transport Concept" AIAA-2003-6276, AIAA Space 2003 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 2003 [paper: PDF; 0.5 Mb][presentation: PPT; 4.2 Mb]
- David L. Akin and Mary L. Bowden, "SCOUT: EVA Capabilities of the Space Construction and Orbital Utility Transport" 2004-01-XXXX, 34th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, July 2004
- David L. Akin and Mary L. Bowden, "Human-Robot Hybrids for Deep Space EVA: The Space Construction and Orbital Utility Transport Concept" AIAA-2003-6276, AIAA Space 2003 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 2003
- "Deployment Devices," M.L. Bowden, Chapter of Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design, edited by Peter L. Conley, ISBN 0-471-12141-x, 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.