Daniel HASTINGS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Interim Vice Chancellor

Prof. Dr. Daniel Hastings* is interim Vice Chancellor of MIT and President of AIAA. He first joined the faculty at MIT in 1985 as an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics. His research specializations include synergetic interactions between space systems and the space environment, space propulsion, space policy, space systems, spacecraft manufacturing processes, space system architecting.

Hastings has also had an active career of service outside MIT. His many external appointments include serving as chief scientist from 1997 to 1999 for the U.S. Air Force, where he led influential studies of Air Force investments in space and of preparations for a 21st-century science and technology workforce. He was also the chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2002 to 2005.

An Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), in 2002, Hastings was awarded the Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award from the AIAA. He is a fellow (academician) of the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council in System Engineering. In 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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