Rocket One's Technology Advisory Board brings together leadership in quantum devices and nanomagnetic technology, U.S. Army and defense operations, and human spaceflight.
Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay
Lead Technical Advisor for AI Nanomagnetic Technology
Technology Advisory Board
Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is the Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) where he directs the Quantum Device Laboratory. Prof. Bandyopadhyay has received many awards such as Virginia’s Outstanding Scientist from Virginia’s Governor Terence R. McAuliffe in 2016; Distinguished Alumnus award from his alma mater the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 2016; the Distinguished Scholarship Award from VCU in 2012; and the University Award of Excellence in 2017. His department gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. His earlier employer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, conferred on him the College of Engineering Research Award (1998), the College of Engineering Service Award (2000) and the Interdisciplinary Research Award (2001) given jointly by the College of Engineering, the College of Science, and the Institute for Agricultural and Natural Resources. In 2018, he received the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award which is the highest award for educators in private and public universities in the State of Virginia. In 2020 Dr. Bandyopadhyay received the “Pioneer in Nanotechnology” award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Prof. Bandyopadhyay has authored and co-authored over 400 research publications and presented over 150 invited talks and colloquia across six continents. Prof. Bandyopadhyay is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, the Institute of Physics (UK) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Major General Malcolm B. Frost (Ret.)
Space and Defense Advisory Board
Technology Advisory Board
Major General Malcolm B. Frost (Ret) has over 38 years of leadership experience in both the U.S. Army and business. In the Army, he served as a career Infantryman, commanding and leading soldiers at every level from Lieutenant to 2-star General. Throughout his military career he provided large-scale strategic and operational leadership and oversight of units across the globe - successfully leading the evolution of soldier training programs in peace and war. Malcolm led the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness revolution from 2017-19 and was responsible for developing the first new physical fitness test for the Army in 40 years. He also led the Army’s initial entry training enterprise that annually transformed 130K civilians into soldiers and as the Army’s Director of Public Affairs, developed and led all strategic communications plans, roll-outs, and national media relations initiatives for the Army. He deployed to combat several times in a variety of leadership and command positions in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Iraq, and Afghanistan between 1995-2011.
R. Shane Kimbrough
Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)
NASA Astronaut · Space Advisory Board
Shane Kimbrough was selected by NASA in 2004. He completed his first spaceflight in 2008 on the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 mission, where he spent almost 16 days on the mission to expand the crew living quarters to accommodate a six-member crew on the International Space Station (ISS). He performed two spacewalks during this mission. On his second spaceflight, Kimbrough launched to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This mission lasted 173 days as part of Expeditions 49/50, where he was the Commander of the ISS. Kimbrough performed four spacewalks and numerous science and maintenance activities during this mission. He most recently served as commander of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon spacecraft, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With this flight, Kimbrough became the 4th person ever to fly on 3 different spacecraft. Once on the ISS, Kimbrough served as Flight Engineer of Expedition 65/66. He performed three spacewalks during the 199-day mission. Kimbrough now has a total of 388 days in space placing him in the top 10 on the list for total time in space for all US Astronauts. He has a total of 9 spacewalks and over 59 hours outside of the orbiting laboratory, which places him among the top American spacewalkers.
