Biography
 
 Glen A. Robertson
 aka: "Tony"
  		 Nationality:  USA

Military Service:  US Navy, VF-32, USS John F. Kennedy, Jet Engine Technician on the F-14: TF30 engine

Profession:  NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center - Aerospace Engineer
                     glen.a.robertson@nasa.gov
                    
Current Professional Activities:
               Institute for Advanced Studies in the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences (IASSPES) - President and Chief Scientist  (2008 to Present)
              Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum - Technical, Editorial & Organizing Chair (2009 to 2011)
              Symposium on New Frontiers on Space Propulsion Sciences - Chair (2008 to 2011)
              For all the above please use: gar@ias-spes.org

Education:
              Completed all coursework toward an MSE in Engineering Management at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2001.              
              MSE in Operations Research from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1993.
              B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of North Alabama in 1982.

Interests:
              Advancing Space, Propulsion and Energy Sciences and Technologies, which could Lead to New Methods and Concepts for Space Exploration
 

Past Professional Activities:

From 2004-08, Mr. Robertson severed as Co-chair of the Symposium on New Frontiers and Advance Concepts as part of the Space Technology Applications and International Forum (STAIF), and is the recipient of the following awards:

  • Recognition of Outstanding Dedication, Guidance and Leadership: 5th Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, Program Co-Chair, Space Technology and Applications International Forum, February 2008.
  • Recognition of Outstanding Dedication, Guidance and Leadership: 4th Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, Program Co-Chair, Space Technology and Applications International Forum, February 2007.
  • Outstanding Paper Award:  For the paper titled "Manipulating the Vacuum Scalar Field with Superconductors: A Search for Exotic Material" presented at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum, February 2005.
  • Recognition of Outstanding Dedication and Guidance: For the formation of the 1st Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts, Program Co-Chair, Space Technology and Applications International Forum, February 2004.

IASSPES Inventions:

                1. Compact Electromechanical Mechanism and Devices Incorporating the Same, Patent Application   # 12/987,344, 01/10/2011

                 2. Divergent Flux Path Magnetic Actuator and Devices Incorporating the Same, Patent Application # 13489682 and # 13489638, 06/06/2012

NASA - Aerospace Engineer:

From Jan 1987 - Present, Mr. Robertson has been performing research and development tasks for NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama as an Aerospace engineer, and is the recipient of the following:

Awards:

  • Directors Commendation: Exceptional technical expertise, dedication, and effectiveness in establishing the Advanced Concept Research Facility in response to advanced systems technology requirements and related concepts definition needs of Program Development, August 3, 1999.

  • Certificate of Appreciation: Exceptional dedication, innovation, and timely and effective definition of the Advanced Space Transportation Program, July 17, 1996.

  • Invention Disclosures Award, December 11, 1992.

  • Group Achievements Awards: Several
  • Certificates of Recognition: Several

Inventions:

  1. Piezoelectrostatic Generator, US Patent # 4,952,836
  2. Electromagnetic Meissner Effect Launcher, US Patent # 5,017,549
  3. Bladder Operated Robotic Joint, US Patent # 5,245,885
  4. Spiral Fluid Separator, US Patent # 5,248,421
  5. Pressure-Driven Magnetically Coupled Conveyance, US Patent # 6,170,404 B1  (Magnetic Launcher Concept)
NASA Tech Brief Articles:
  1. Piezoelectric Power Generator - March 1989
  2. Electromagnetic Meissner Effect Launcher - March 1989
  3. Meissner Stepping Motor - February 1990
  4. Meissner Bearing - October 1992
  5. Spiral Fluid Separator - November 1992
  6. Robotic Bladder Joint - Apr 1993
  7. Permanent Magnet Launcher - Apr 1994
  8. Five Channel Polychromator Head - Apr 1994
  9. Collapsible Geostrut Structure - November 1994
  10. Fabrication of Bulk High Temperature Superconductors using Ba(NO3)2 in the Precursor Mixture - May 2000
  11. Pressure-Driven Magnetically-Coupled Conveyance - September 2000
NASA Ask Magizine Articles:
  1. Viewpoint: Putting the Science back in Rocket Science, FALL 2011

NWC - Physicist: 

From Jan 1984 - Jan 1987, Mr. Robertson was a Physicist working for the Naval Weapons Center (NWC), China Lake CA as a project engineer coordinating the testing of the solid rocket motor for the vertical launched ASROC. Previous to his university studies (from Dec 1974 to Dec 1978).

 
  Book & Conference Publications
Gravity-Superconductor Interactions: Theory and Experiment

Editors - Giovanni Modanese and Glen A. Robertson

Bentham Books
eISBN: 978-1-60805-399-5
Year: 2012 (To be released soon)

CHAPTERS:

1. Gravity-Superconductors Interactions: Historical Background  - Giovanni Modanese and Glen A. Robertson

2. Interactions between Superconductors and High-Frequency Gravitational Waves - R.C. Woods

3. High Temperature Superconductors as Quantum Sources of Gravitational Waves: The HTSC GASER - Giorgio Fontana

4. Quantum Effects in the Type II Superconductor that Lead to Power Radiated in Gravitational Waves - Glen A. Robertson

5. Quantum Gravity Evaluation of Stimulated Graviton Emission in Superconductors - Giovanni Modanese

6. Tajmar Experiments on "Condensing the Vacuum" - R.A. Lewis

7. The Chiao Gravity-Superconductor EM Transducer: An Overview - R.A. Lewis

8. Study of Light Interaction with Gravity Impulses and Measurements of the Speed of Gravity Impulses - Evgeny Podkletnov and Giovanni Modanese

9. Setup for the Impulse Gravity Generator Experiment Replication - Timo Junker

10. Experimental Considerations in Superconductor Gravity Experiments - George Hathaway and Harald Reiss

11. Emerging Physics for Gravity-Like Fields - Walter Dröscher and Jochem Hauser

12. Gravity-Superconductor Interactions from a Hierarchy of Density Dependent Scalar Fields: A Dark Matter Connection - Glen A. Robertson





















Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2011)

Editor - Glen A. Robertson

Physics Procedia
Volume 20
Pages: 464
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011

Forums:

  • 8th Symposium on New Frontiers in the Space Propulsion Sciences

    • Chairs: Glen A. Robertson, IASSPES, USA

    • R. Clive Woods, Louisiana State University, USA

  • 4th Conference on Future Energy (COFE)
    • Chairs: Tom Valone,  Integrity Research Institute, USA
    • Len Danczyk, Energetics Technology, USA

  • 2nd Symposium on High-Frequency Gravitational Waves

    • Chairs: Bob Baker, GRAVWAVE, USA

    • Gary Stephenson, Seculine Consulting, USA

  • 3rd Symposium on Astrosociology

    • Chairs: Jim Pass, Astrosociology Research Institute, USA

    • Albert A. Harrison, University of California, Davis, USA

  • Meeting on Future Directions in Space Science and Technology

    • Chair: Glen A. Robertson, IASSPES, USA

Table of Contents

 
Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2010)

Editor - Glen A. Robertson

Pages: 626
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Year: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7354-0749-7 Book
ISBN: 978-0-7354-0745-9 CD

 Forums:
  • 14th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Microgravity
    • Chairs: Ted Swanson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
    • Tung T. Lam, The Aerospace Corporation, USA
  • 7th Symposium on New Frontiers in the Space Propulsion Sciences
    • Chairs: Glen A. Robertson, IASSPES, USA
    • R. Clive Woods, Louisiana State University, USA
  • 2nd Symposium on Astrosociology
    • Chairs: Jim Pass, Astrosociology Research Institute, USA
    • Albert A. Harrison, University of California, Davis, USA
  • 1st Symposium on High-Frequency Gravitational Waves
    • Chairs: Bob Baker, GRAVWAVE, USA
    • Gary Stephenson, Seculine Consulting, USA
  • Meeting on Future Directions in Space Science and Technology
    • Chairs: A. A. M. Delil, AATCS Consultant, Netherlands
    • Michael T. Pauken, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
    •  Glen A. Robertson, IASSPES, USA
  • Workshop on Future Energy Sources
    • Chairs: Dave Goodwin, U.S. Department of Energy, USA
    • Len Danczyk, Energetics Technology, USA

Table of Contents
























Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2009)

Editor - Glen A. Robertson

Pages: 725
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Year: 2009
ISBN: 978-0735406391 Book
ISBN: 978-0735406384 CD

 Forums:
  • 13th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Microgravity
    • Chairs: Ted Swanson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
    • Tung T. Lam, The Aerospace Corporation, USA
  • 6th Symposium on New Frontiers in the Space Propulsion Sciences
    • Chairs: Glen A. Robertson, IASSPES, USA
    • R. Clive Woods, Louisiana State University, USA
  • 1st Symposium on Astrosociology
    • Chairs: Jim Pass, Astrosociology Research Institute, USA
    • Albert A. Harrison, University of California, Davis, USA
  • Workshop on Future Energy Sources
    • Chairs: Dave Goodwin, U.S. Department of Energy, USA
    • Len Danczyk, Energetics Technology, USA
  • Workshop on High-Frequency Gravitational Waves
    • Chairs: Bob Baker, GRAVWAVE, USA
    • Gary Stephenson, Seculine Consulting, USA
  • Workshop on Future Directions in Space Science and Technology
    • Chairs: A. A. M. Delil, AATCS Consultant, Netherlands
    • Michael T. Pauken, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Table of Contents
Papers
1. G.A. Robertson, Gravity-Superconductor Interactions from a Hierarchy of Density Dependent Scalar Fields: A Dark Matter Connection, to be published in Gravity-Superconductors Interaction: Theory and Experiment, Bentham-eBook series in 2012.
2. G.A. Robertson, Quantum Effects in the Type II Superconductor that Lead to Power Radiated in Gravitational Waves, to be published in Gravity-Superconductors Interaction: Theory and Experiment, Bentham-eBook series in 2012.
3. G.A. Robertson, Propulsion Physics under the Changing Density Field Model, JANNAF, 2012.
4. G.A. Robertson and M.J. Pinheiro, Vortex Formation in the Wake of Dark Matter Propulsion, Physics Procedia, Volume 20, Elsevier Science, 2011.
5. G.A. Robertson and D.W. Webb, The Death of Rocket Science in the 21st Century, Physics Procedia, Volume 20, Elsevier Science, 2011.
6.
 Glen A. Robertson, The Chameleon Rocket Propulsion Model,” Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2010), edited by Glen A. Robertson, AIP Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, (2010).
7.
 Glen A. Robertson,  “Engineering Dynamics of a Scalar Universe, Part I: Theory & Static Density Models,” Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2009), edited by Glen A. Robertson, AIP Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, (2009).
8.
 Glen A. Robertson, “Engineering Dynamics of a Scalar Universe, Part II: Time-Varying Density Model & Propulsion,” Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF-2009), edited by Glen A. Robertson, AIP Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, (2009).
9. Glen A Robertson, P. A. Murad, Eric Davis, “New Frontiers in Space Propulsion Sciences,” Energy and Conversion Management, 49, pp. 436-452, 2008.
10. Glen A Robertson, “Propulsion in the Chameleon Model,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2008.
11.
 Glen A Robertson, “Application of the Chameleon Model to EM Field Momentum,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2008.
12.
 Glen A Robertson, “Propulsion from ElectroMagnetic Nonlinear Materials,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2007.
13. Glen A Robertson, “Exotic Materials as Interactions Between Scalar Fields,” Progress in Physics, Issue 2, Vol. 2, April 2006.
14.
 Glen A Robertson, “Electromagnetic Nonlinearity in the Dielectric Medium of Experimental EM Impulse-Momentum Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2006.
15. Glen A. Robertson and Raymond Lewis, “Interaction of superconducting YBa2Cu3-xZnxO7-y with MeV radiation,” Submitted to NIMB 2005.
16.
 Glen A. Robertson, “Manipulating the Vacuum Scalar Field with Superconductors: A Search for Exotic Material,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2005.
17.
 Tony Robertson and Gerald D. Nordley, “A Review of Past Insights by Robert L. Forward, PhD: Emerging Technologies and Future Concepts,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2004.
18.
 Glen A. Robertson, “Field-Force Acceleration Using Type II Superconductor,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2003.
19.
 Glen A. Robertson, Ron Litchford, Bryan Thompson and Randall Peters, “Exploration of Anomalous Gravity Effects By Magnetized High-Tc Superconducting Oxides” AIAA 2001-3364.
20.
 Glen A. Robertson, “Search for a Correlation Between Josephson Junctions and Gravity,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, January 2000.
21.
 Glen Anthony Robertson, “Evaluation of Spray Distribution of Lox Inlet Ports of SSME Alternate Turbopump Preburner Injector Element,” A Thesis, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1993.
Co-Author
1.
 Phil Putman, Yuxiang Zhou, Kamel Salama, Tony Robertson and Deborah D. Bond, “Superconductor Permanent Magnets for Advanced Propulsion Applications,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2005.
2.
 David Maker  and Glen A. Robertson, “Very Large Propulsive Effects Predicted For A 512kV Rotator,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum, Albuquerque, NM, February 2003.
3.
 R. G. Goodrich, B. Pullam, D. Rickle, R. J. Litchford, and G. A. Robertson, “High-Purity Aluminum Magnet Technology for Advanced Space Transportation Systems,” NASA/TP-2002-211464, 2002.
4.
 Ron J. Litchford  and Glen A. Robertson, “Magnetic Flux Compression Reactor Concepts for Spacecraft Propulsion and Power,” 31st AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference in Denver, CO, 19-22 June 2000.
5.
 Ning Li, Noever, David, Robertson, Tony, Koczor, Ron, and Brantley, Whitt, “Static test for a gravitational force coupled to type II YBCO superconductors,” Physica C (1997), pg. 260-267.
6.
 J. Cole, J. Campbell, and A. Robertson, “Rocket-Induced Magnetohydrodynamic Ejector-A Single-Stage-to-Orbit Advanced Propulsion Concept,” AIAA 1995, Space Programs and Technologies Conference, September 26-28, 1995 in Huntsville, Alabama.
7.
 M. H. Lee, C. F. Schafer, G. A. Robertson, D. Straub, R. H. Eskridge, and C. C. Dobson, "Pressure Oscillations in a Laboratory Scale Hybrid Motor," 1994 Conference on Advanced Earth-to-Orbit Propulsion Technology, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, May 1994.
8.
 J. Hutt, T. Robertson, D. McDaniels, R. Eskridge, and M. Fisher, "Rocket Injector Single Element Characterization at the Marshall Space Flight Center," AIAA-93-2337, AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE, 29th Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, CA, June 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
1.
 Glen A Robertson, “Engineering the Dynamics of the Universe,” presented at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (SPESIF-2008), Albuquerque, NM, February 2008
2.
 Tony Robertson, “Advances in Magnetics for Earth-to-Orbit (ETO) Systems,” presented at the Highly Reusable Space Transportation (HRST) Technical Interchange Meeting, July 1995 in Huntsville, Alabama.