James S. Albus

Dr. James S. Albus received a B.S. in Physics in 1957 from Wheaton College in Illinois and received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1958 from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1972. Jim’s career started with NASA from 1957 to 1973, he was associated with the early Vanguard satellite program and responsible for the optical aspect sensors on seven Goddard satellites, and more than ten sounding rockets, and over 15 NASA spacecraft. Jim left NASA in 1973 to work at NIST (formerly National Bureau of Standards). He was Chief of Intelligent Systems Division, and Senior NIST Fellow. In May of 2008 Jim retired after 52 years of federal service and became a Senior Fellow with the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies with George Mason University and worked with two small companies, Robotic Research, LLC and Advanced Technologies and Research Corporation.