Mark Haberbusch

Experience

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  Ohio Aerospace Institute

  Aug 1992 - Nov 1996

  Senior Research Associate

  Conducted collaborative research with researchers in the Cryogenic Fluids Systems Branch of the NASA Lewis Research Center in the areas of slush hydrogen production. Developed new production methods and conducted both large and small scale experiments of slush hydrogen production in support of the National Aerospace Plane Program (NASP). Led a NASA/Lockheed Martin test team responsible for validating new RL-10 rocket engine boost phase chilldown methods under simulated space conditions for the Atlas Reliability Enhancement Program (AREP). Significant achievements include receiving the 1997 AIAA Best Paper Award in Liquid Propulsion for the AREP research and initiating the first ever densified hydrogen hot-fire ignition testing of an RL10 rocket engine in the NASA Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility. Show less

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  Sierra Lobo, Inc.

  Nov 1996 - Jun 2016

  Director of Research and Technology

  Mr. Haberbusch directed and managed Sierra Lobo’s Internal Research and Development (IRAD) portfolio including Intellectual Property Management, conducted business development activities as it related to research and development of new products, and assisted research teams in the area of project and engineering management. As a Principal Investigator, Mr. Haberbusch has worked on many research and development projects. These included a DARPA project on Air Independent Propulsion Systems and an Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase III project to develop an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) fuel cell power system with cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen reactant storage. He has worked on transitioning Missile Defense Agency SBIR technology into an actively cooled zero boil-off liquid hydrogen storage system for long duration storage and on using no-moving parts refrigeration and power generation in a duplex system for a NASA Venus lander technology development project. Mr. Haberbusch is the inventor of the Cryo-Tracker® Ultra-Light Flexible Temperature and Liquid Level Sensing Probe (U.S. Pat. No. 6,431,750). Mr. Haberbusch's teams have won two prestigious R&D 100 Awards for work on the Cryo-Tracker® probe and the Cryo-Force Power Cell™, 21” UUV Energy System, and a 2001 SBIR/STTR Tibbett's Award for excellence in technology integration. His team's won two NASA Kennedy Space Center awards, one for Small Disadvantaged Business Prime Contractor of the Year developing densified propellant cryocooler technology, and a Group Achievement Award for Cryo-Tracker® performance. Mr. Haberbusch was the Principal Investigator on development of in-space densified cryogenic propellant storage that involving advanced insulation systems, actively cooled shields, and cryocooler technology. He was the PI on NASA’s Space Launch Initiative 2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Program to develop a Densified Propellant Management System™. Show less

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  NEOEx Systems, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - now

  President and CEO

  NEOEx Systems, Inc., is an entrepreneurial start-up company founded specifically to develop the Aerial Data Collection System (ADaCS) to provide useful information for their customers through the dispatch of long endurance unmanned aerial vehicles at affordable prices.