Mark DeAngelo Aerospace Engineer SAE

Dr. Mark P. DeAngelo is an Aerospace Engineer for SAE International with over 10 years of experience. Today, some of his focus areas are the standardization of emerging technologies, electric aircraft, general aviation aircraft, and unmanned systems. As the staff leader of the SAE International Electric Aircraft Steering Group (EASG), he is driving standards development for fully electric aircraft and more electric aircraft. Additional contributions include participation with numerous aerospace standards-developing committees, the ANSI Collaboratives, and FAA Rulemaking Committees. Within the past 7 years he has also earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering while concurrently working at the Penn State Applied Research Lab as a researcher in the Intelligent Systems Lab. Research topics included optimal search techniques and aircraft localization using learned object detectors, both of which utilized various unmanned aircraft platforms. He is interested in general aviation and holds a private pilot certificate. Aside from aviation, one of his favorite interests include photography.