Steve received a B.S.M.E. from Bucknell University in 1983, an M.S.A.E. from Stanford in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Stanford in 1990. He currently serves as President of the MLB Company in Palo Alto, CA - a company that produces miniature unmanned aircraft for commercial use and flight control systems for remotely piloted aircraft. MLB Company has developed surveillance aircraft ranging in size from 6 inches to 6 feet, many of which operate autonomously.Steve has served as a Research Scientist for Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center, was a Member of the development team for an active mirror missile seeker system, and is co-inventor of a passive image stabilization seeker configuration.
HONORS:
Invited Speaker, “U.S. Frontiers of Engineering”, National Academy of Engineering, March 2002
First Place ISSMO Micro-Air Vehicle Competition 1998.
First Place ISSMO Micro-Air Vehicle Competition 1997.
First Place Aerial Robotics Competition 1995, Member of winning team.
Best of What's New 1992 Popular Science Award, Team award for the Swift Foot-Launched-Sailplane Design.
Best of What's New 1991 Popular Science Award, Team award for the Oblique-All-Wing SST.
Balhaus Prize, Best Ph.D. Thesis 1990, Stanford University
