Greg Olsen

Greg Olsen Ph.D., P.E.
Instructor

315 Walker Engineering Building
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662.325.0857
Email: olsen@ae.msstate.edu

Greg Olsen received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at
Austin, M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and B.S. in
Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University. He joined the Aerospace Engineering
faculty in 2004, returned to industry in 2009 and returned to the faculty in 2012. He has spent
over 20 years in government and industry as well.

Dr. Olsen’s interests include satellite design, hypervelocity impact, aircraft and spacecraft
systems integration, solid mechanics and fracture mechanics.

Teaching Areas

• Engineering Mechanics
• Aerospace Structural Design
• Spacecraft Design
• Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
• Controls
• Aerospace Environments

• EM 2413 Engineering Mechanics I
• EM 2433 Engineering Mechanics II
• EM 3213 Mechanics of Materials
• ASE 3823 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
• ASE 4123 Aerospace Controls
• ASE 4533/4543 Spacecraft Design I/II
• ASE 4623 Aerospace structural Design

• ASE 4990/6990 Aerospace Environments
• ASE 4990/6990 Small Satellite Design and Applications

• ASE 8990 Space Environments and Effects
• ASE 8990 Spacecraft Dynamics, Design and Operations

• Small Satellite Design and Development
• Fracture Mechanics
• Hypervelocity Impact

• NASA
• DoD/US Army
• Mississippi Space Grant Consortium

• • Elected, Professor of the Year, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi StateUniversity, 2009, 2013, 2014.
  • Nominated, Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014.
  • US Army Performance Awards – 2002, 2003, 2011
  • NASA Administrator Commendation – 1999
  • NASA Center Director Awards – 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville Civil Engineering Graduate Student of the Year,1993.