Mary Bowden
Senior Lecturer
Keystone Instructor
Director, Maryland Space Grant Balloon Payload Program
Keystone Instructor
Director, Maryland Space Grant Balloon Payload Program
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.
Clark School Participates in Solar Eclipse
The Clark School is deploying teams of faculty, staff and students to experience the solar eclipse in-person.
Two Big Wins for Clark School Teams
Aerospace engineering students win American Helicopter Society, NASA design competitions.
Blind Youth Launch Weather Balloons
Part of National Federation of the Blind event with Aero students, faculty.
Clark School Team Breaks Altitude Record
Students' amateur radio high altitude balloon tops previous record by nearly 3,000 feet.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)