Dr. Srinivas Rao Vadali is Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, M.E. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, and Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and has more than 37 years of academic teaching and research experience. He has made significant contributions in the areas of satellite attitude control and orbital mechanics. He is a co-author of the book Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, Control and Navigation. He has served as Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics and the International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. He is a Fellow of the AAS and an AIAA Associate Fellow. He has received the AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award and the AAS Dirk Brouwer Award, and serves as the Associate Director for the Texas Space Grant Consortium.