Mark Silver

Mark Silver received his B.S. degrees in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado. He is currently an Assistant Group Leader in the Mechanical Engineering Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. During his 13 years at MIT LL, he worked as a member of the Technical Staff in the Engineering and Space Systems Divisions, where he worked on a variety of programs including the HUSIR ground radio telescope and lunar, geo-synchronous and low-earth orbit satellite missions. Before joining MIT LL, Mark worked at QinetiQ North America on concepts for deployable apertures for satellites.