Moriba K. Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) engineering sciences division for his recognized contributions to astronautics. More here

After 50 years occupying the W.R. Woolrich Laboratories building (WRW) at the corner of 24th Street and Speedway, aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics in the Cockrell School of Engineering will move to a larger, newly renovated home on The University of Texas at Austin campus in late 2018. “I look forward to continuing to develop a […]

Getting accustomed to watching Scooby Doo in Spanish was the least of Moriba Jah’s (’99, ERAU Prescott Campus) challenges at age 6. Moving from California to Venezuela multiplied the typical new kid troubles, and Jah endured more than his share of childhood bullying as a result. “I was a foreigner and learning a new language. […]

RDF-based knowledge graphs are the power behind so-called Semantic Web Technology, where entities are represented as “triples” (i.e. subject-predicate-object). These semantic triples are the engine that enables big data science and analytics. We now represent space objects in “triples” instead of a traditional database or catalog and this will enable our community to “go from […]

Dr. Moriba Jah has recently joined the ranks of Distinguished Scholars of the renowned Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, where he will be working with the Director Prof. Bobby Chesney and Assistant Director Anne Clary to develop a program in International Space Law, Policy, and Security. The beginning of this can be […]

There is a lot of debris orbiting Earth. And if we don’t do anything about it, we will see an increase in collisions to the detriment of space operations, space commerce and space exploration. More here…