• Joseph Saleh
  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office: Knight 321-2
Phone: 404.385.6711
Fax: 404.894.2760

Education

  • Diplôme d’Ingénieur in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France    June 1997
  • Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2002.
  • M.A. Near Eastern Civilizations, Harvard University, June 2006

Biography

Not available.

Research

System design and optimization in general, spacecraft design in particular, researching concepts of time, uncertainty and flexibility in design, with emphasis in the following areas:
  • Analyses and design of the fractionated spacecraft
  • Novel value-centric approaches to design (as different from the traditional cost-centric or performance centric approaches)
  • Formalizing a theory of flexibility, obsolescence and valuation in system design
  • Identification and optimization of technical and “soft” levers of space responsiveness
  • Risk and system safety, integrating technical consideration with organization behaviors
    and agency theory

Honors and Distinctions

  • Most Valuable Professor (MVP) award, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
  • Associate Fellow, AIAA
  • Faculty Appreciation Award, from the Technology and Policy Program at MIT
  • Vickie Kerrebrock Award, from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
  • The 2005 Best Thesis in Technology and Policy “for serving as Thesis Supervisor to Juan Pablo Torres Padilla”
  • The 2006 Best Thesis in Technology and Policy “for serving as Thesis Supervisor to Nicole Jordan”
  • Arthur Gelb Fellowship, Spring 2000
  • Charles S. Draper Fellowship, 1998-99

Selected Publications

  • Saleh, J. H. “Analyses for Durability and System Design Lifetime: A multi-disciplinary approach” Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Saleh, J. H. “Perspectives in Design: the deacon’s masterpiece and the hundred-year aircraft, spacecraft, and other complex engineering systems.” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, September 2005, p. 845–850.
  • Saleh, J. H. “Flawed metrics*: satellite cost per transponder and cost per day (*for guiding design decisions).” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2008, pp. 147–156.
  • Dubos, G. F., Saleh, J. H. “Technology Readiness Level, Schedule Risk and Slippage in Spacecraft Design: Data Analysis and Modeling” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 4, 2008, pp. 836–842.
  • Saleh, J. H., Lamassoure, E., Hastings, D. E., Newman, D. J. “Flexibility and the Value of On-Orbit Servicing: A New Customer-Centric Perspective.” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Volume 40, No. 1, 2003, p. 279–291.
  • Saleh, J. H., Torres-Padilla, J. P., Hastings, D., Newman, D. “To Reduce or to Extend a Spacecraft Design Lifetime?” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2006, p. 207–217.
  • Marais, K., Saleh, J. H. “Beyond its cost, the value of maintenance: An analytical framework for capturing its Net Present Value.” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 94, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 644–657.