Richard Hale received the B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, in 1988, the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, WA, USA, in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Iowa State University in 1995.  He is currently the C.E. and M.J. Spahr Professor and Chair of the department of aerospace engineering at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.

Dr. Hale’s primary expertise and research interests include the application of composite design, analysis, fabrication and field testing in support of interdisciplinary research addressing aerospace applications, transportation, energy and environmental remote sensing. His predominant research involves the development of sensors and airborne platforms for manned and unmanned cryospheric remote sensing, in support of the Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems.