Kelvin Long completed his Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering and Masters degree in Astrophysics at Queen Mary College, University of London. He is a Fellow of The British Interplanetary Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Member of the American Institute Aeronautics & Astronautics, a Chartered Physicist and a Practitioner of The Tau Zero Foundation. He has published numerous articles and papers on various aspects of space travel. He is currently doing his Ph.D in Inertial Confinement Fusion. Kelvin serves on the Board of Directors of the Non Profit Corporation Icarus Interstellar and holds the position of Vice President of European Operations.

Richard is the Primary Propulsion Design Lead for Project Icarus. Richard holds a Ph.D in theoretical physics with a focus on Casimir energy, dark energy and the stability of higher dimensions. He also holds a Masters degree in physics with space sciences and technology obtained from the University of Leicester in 1999. From 1999 to 2002, Richard worked for the United Kingdom government, researching SAR polarimetry. Richard is known for his interest in the Casimir Effect his dissertation explored the possibility that dark energy could be an artifact of Casimir energy in extra dimensions. He is a a Practitioner of The Tau Zero Foundation, and is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He resides in Longview, Texas. Richard serves as the President of Icarus Interstellar and as Chairman of the Public Outreach Committee. He can be contacted at robousy@icarusinterstellar.org.

Andreas completed his Ph.D in Gravitation and Cosmology at Baylor University in 2009. His dissertation "Colliding Branes and Formation of Spacetime Singularities in Superstring Theory" holds remarkable implications for the study of black-holes in extra dimensions.He also holds an MPhys degree in Physics with Space Sciences and Technology. Andreas has held a variety of research positions including two research fellowships at JPL/NASA where he worked on the Galileo mission support team and also the Hubble Wide Fields and Planetary Camera team.He also served as a Graduate Technologist working on the LISA mission development team at Birmingham university in the UK. He currently holds the position Chief Scientist for Variance Dynamical Corp. He resides in Anchorage, Alaska. Andreas serves as the Vice President of American Operations. He can be contacted at andreas_tziolas@icarusinterstellar.org.

Pat obtained his BEng in electronic and communication engineering from the University of Bath, and a BSc in physics from the Open University. He is a professional software engineer in the United Kingdom, and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as the IEEE, BCS and ACM. He maintains an active interest in a wide spectrum of technologies, from watches to starships. He also supports primate conservation, running the Friends of Monkey World site and forum. Pat serves as the Secretary for Icarus Interstellar.

Rob Adams is a study lead in the Advanced Concepts Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. His main duties include organizing the efforts of teams of engineers to complete analyses of interest to NASA management. He led the Ares V integration study in 2008, bringing together the disparate efforts from four major centers under one banner. He led the team evaluating concept aircraft dropped launch vehicles for a joint NASA/Air Force study. He has lead a number of analyses for the Space Systems branch as well, including evaluating crewed missions to Mars. Dr. Adams is considered an expert on mitigation systems for defending the Earth against impacts with asteroids and comets. Dr. Adams also conducts analyses and research in the fields of advanced propulsion and mission analysis. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and is finishing a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Dr. Adams looks forward to the day where we are all out there exploring space.

Ian Crawford is an astronomer turned planetary scientist, and is currently Reader in Planetary Science at Birkbeck College, London (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/es/). He is presently also Geophysical Secretary of the UK Royal Astronomical Society (http://www.ras.org.uk/. The main focus of his research is in the area of lunar exploration, including the remote sensing of the lunar surface and the laboratory analysis of lunar samples. Ian also has strong interests in the new science of astrobiology, the study of the astronomical and planetary context of the origin and evolution of life. He is a strong advocate for the renewed human exploration of the Moon, the eventual human exploration of Mars, and the development of a spacefaring infrastructure within the Solar System which will one day make interstellar travel a practical undertaking. A more detailed summary of interests, and list of publications, can be found on his personal website at:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfbiac/.

James Benford is President of Microwave Sciences, which deals with high power microwave systems from conceptual designs to hardware. Besides microwave technologies, his work includes electromagnetic launchers, pulsed power design and the use of particle beams for many applications. He has been active in advanced research in private companies and in transitioning research results into commercial products. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for "transferring high power microwave sources and systems into custom commercial products". In recent years, his clients include 25 private companies, including the aerospace primes, 10 government agencies (NASA, DoD), and 3 universities. His education includes a PhD in Physics from UCSD. He has written 135 scientific papers and 6 books on physics topics, including the textbook, High Power Microwaves, now in its 2nd edition. He began space-related studies in 1993, focusing on microwave-based applications. He led the team that in 2000 demonstrated first flight of photon-driven carbon sails using microwave beams.

Born in Liverpool, England, Dr Stephen Baxter has degrees in mathematics and engineering, has worked as a teacher in mathematics and physics, and since 1987 has published over forty books, mostly science fiction novels, which have been published internationally and have received many awards. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, President of the British Science Fiction Association, and Vice-President of the HG Wells Society. He is also a member of the Post-detection Task Group of the IAA SETI permanent study group.

Alan Hale's research interests include the search for planets beyond the solar system, including those which might have favorable environments for life; stars like the sun; minor bodies in the solar system, especially comets and near-Earth asteroids; and advocacy of spaceflight. He is primarily known for his work with comets, which has included his discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp in 1995 and his participation in the International HalleyWatch during the return of Halley's Comet in 1986. In recent years he has worked to increase scientific collaboration between the U.S. and other nations, including Iran (wherein he led two delegations of American scientists, students, and educators to that country, one of these efforts being held in conjunction with the August 11, 1999 total solar eclipse), Zimbabwe, and Lebanon. As a result of these efforts in 2009 he was named the New Mexico state finalist in that year's "Above and Beyond" Awards program (the civilian equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor). Alan Hale is Founder and President of the The Earthrise Institute.

Richard currently works as a Consultant to Reaction Engines Limited on Systems Engineering for the SKYLON spaceplane, as well as a Consultant to Airborne Engineering Limited on the STERN/STRICT hydrogen fuelled air
breathing rocket engines. He has an M.Sc in Remote Sensing (specialising in Martian surface analysis), a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics (specialising in Quantum Mechanics), and undertook research work for a Doctorate in Astrophysics
(specialising in stellar magnetohydrodynamics). He is a Chartered Physicist, Chartered Scientist, Fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Member of the Institute of Physics, Member of the Royal Institution, and is currently serving on the Council of the British Interplanetary Society and has served on the UK Rocketry Association's Council for 11 years.

In the 1980s Rob Swinney completed his Bachelors degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and his Masters in Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester (Jodrell Bank).  Later he graduated from Cranfield University (then the Cranfield Institue of Technolgy) with a Masters degree in Avionics and Flight Control Systems.  After a rewarding career in the Royal Air Force as an Aerosystems Engineer (Avionics) Officer he completed his Commision in 2006 having attained the rank of Squadron Leader.  He is a Chartered Engineer registered with the UK's Engineering Council and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (previously known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers), and, of course, a British Interplanetary Society member.

After receiving my master's degree in aerospace engineering at the Technische Universit at Munchen, I'm now doing my PhD at the same university in the area of space systems engineering at the Institute of Astronautics. During my studies, I participated in several mission studies: Lunar gravity measurement mission by EADS and a cubesat mission analysis. During my internship at ESA-ESTEC, I participated in the joint ESA/industry lunar architecture study of the human spaceflight division, applying different systems engineering methodologies like stakeholder analysis. I'm currently supervising a practical course on concurrent engineering of space systems at the institute of astronautics. The objective is to design an Earth observation mission. My particular interest is in the early phases of systems design (requirements engineering, functional analysis, concept design/trade offs).

After achieving my Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering at University of Applied Sciences Bremen, I am now studying Master of Aerospace Engineering at TU Munich. I already gained some practical experience in my field of studies during my internship at EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen where I was working on the mission LISA Pathfinder (Thermal Analysis and Control) and my Bachelor Thesis at EADS Astrium Bremen where I was working on a mission analysis for the NEXT Lunar Lander. Currently I am participating in REXUS 10, a European sounding rocket programme for university students, provided and supported by DLR, ESA and SSC.

Adrian is a technical designer and illustrator of engineering animations. He has comprehensive experience working for significant design agencies in the UK and a wide variety of book and magazine illustration projects. His illustrations of Daedalus are some of the most accurate to have been performed and he plans to turn this skill to the Icarus vehicle design once it begins to emerge.

Adam was born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in 1970. His first memory of  TV is watching the BBC documentary on the "Viking" landings and (black & white) episodes of "Space 1999". At age 9 he learnt of a star-probe named "Daedalus", and was given a little book, "Road to the Stars" by Iain Nicholson. A teenage dream career in space-probe design suffered a few hiccups along the way - the "Challenger" disaster, going to University hoping to do Physics, but finishing a B.Sc in Psychology. Since
then Adam has retaught himself mathematics & physics, web-published polemics against Creationism, written an essay on SETI for the late Chris Boyce, and semi-completed an Engineering/Computing degree. Currently he is writing on a broad variety of interstellar & SETI topics while changing day-jobs. Adam is on the board of Directors for Icarus Interstellar.

Jim French graduated from MIT in 1958 as an ME with specialization in propulsion. He went to work for Rocketdyne and then TRW Systems working on all the main engines for the Saturn launch vehicles as well as the Lunar Module Descent Engine. He then spent 19 years at JPL working mostly on spacecraft and mission design and on space nuclear power. For the past 21 years, Mr. French has been a private consultant serving various government agencies as well as industrial concerns. He has been integrally involved in the startup of several private companies, some of which are currently involved in commercial development of spaceflight.

Robert Freeland was a member of the seventh graduating class from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, where his instructors sparked a lifelong fascination with astrophysics and relativity. He then completed his Bachelors degree in Physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was both a James M. Johnson and National Merit Scholar. Robert promptly entered the field of computers, first as a network engineer at the investment banking firm of Alex Brown & Sons, then as a project lead for client-server application development at the pharmacy benefit management firm of Express Scripts. In 1995, Robert co-founded Interactive Financial Services, which was subsequently acquired by Intuit. As CTO and Vice President of Strategic Planning at Intuit Insurance Services, Freeland designed and managed the development of the Web's first interactive insurance marketplace, and structured relationships with technology and business partners to facilitate the company's rapid expansion. After leaving Intuit, Robert co-founded Podtrac, the first (and now leading) company to offer advertising opportunities to publishers in the fledgling podcasting space. Robert currently resides in Tampa, Florida and serves as Podtrac's CTO.

Aside being a passionate science fiction fan since childhood, Dimos is a professional computer programmer from Greece. Started programming 24 years ago in Basic with an Amstrad 6128, and never stopped since. A hobbyist at heart, he holds several certifications in a wide area of IT fields, from networks and communications, to business software, to system applications. Having been through various fields, including industrial production design, industrial automation and medicinal robotics, he is currently working on data mining / cross-platform data-exchange applications. He is interested in computing, communications, space based interstellar architectures and autonomous/semi-autonomous probe mission design. And he still has time to code his own programs as well!

Milos Stanic got his undergraduate and master degree at University of Novi Sad, Serbia and enrolled mechanical engineering PhD program at University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, USA in January 2010. His interests lay in general fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, nuclear fusion, hypersonics and advanced propulsion concepts. Milos has optimistic views regarding humans in space and the future of different advanced technologies, ranging from nuclear fusion to utilization of high-end physics like quantum entanglement and high-temperature superconductors, and all of this spontaneously led him to the ICARUS project. He is currently working in the field of Plasma-Jet Magneto-Inertial Fusion (PJMIF), within the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) project, focusing on modeling of plasma jet propagation, merging and plasma liner implosion via smooth particle hydrodynamics code.

Bill Cress is a Senior Professional and highly experienced in commercial building and real estate development. He has substantial expertise in construction of mixed-use commercial facilities, retail, specialty boutiques entertainment, industrial buildings, corporate office and specialty projects. Bills previous accomplishments in this area include planning a scientific research facility that was to be built in Northern Nevada and be a self sufficient facility located on 1000 acres of land. It would have provided a state of the art home for 300 international scientists to work on space, earth and propulsion related projects as well as patent development processes. It was also to provide a training facility for young scientists that wished to grow within those disciplines while obtaining their advanced degrees. As well as the detailed planning for the facility, Bill cleared a lot of the state government issues and also managed to locate a visionary property owner who was willing to donate the 1000 acres to the project at no cost.

Kostas graduated from the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens in 2010, focusing on particle and computational physics. His undergraduate diploma thesis was on the effects of the space environment on spacecraft. He is now in the final stages of a Master's programme on Satellite and Communications Systems at the Democritus University of Thrace, working on simulating the motion of energetic particles at the vicinity of the Earth and in interplanetary space. Kostas is fascinated by the many potential applications of the space environment in spacecraft propulsion, and, when it comes to interstellar travel, he considers himself an optimistic pragmatist. He is currently employed as a research associate at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) in Boulder, Colorado, and soon hopes to pursue a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Tab Smith lives and works in Washington, DC. where, she is the owner and CEO of Bifrostkanan Corporation, a small business that specializes in Nuclear Thermal Rocket R&D and, soon, assembly, plus advanced nuclear technologies design for Small Modular Reactors. Tab is also working on her PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the George Washington University, where she is also an MA candidate in International Science and Technology Policy. She is interested in international collaborations, particularly between the U.S. and Russia, has lived in several Russian cities, and is striving to achieve native fluency in the language. Tab also holds two Bachelors degrees - one in Physics and one in Sociology & Anthropology - from West Virginia University, her home-state.

Vinton G. Cerf is VP and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. Cerf served at MCI, the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, at DARPA and as a member of the Stanford University Faculty.

Cerf co-invented the architecture and basic protocols of the Internet. He has received the U.S. National Medal of Technology, ACM Turing award, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Japan Prize.

Vint Cerf served as chairman of the board of ICANN and as founding president of the Internet Society. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Engineering Consortium, the Computer History Museum, the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Cerf holds a BS degree from Stanford University and MS and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. He has received eighteen honorary degrees.
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Eric is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, and recently co-published, with Marc Millis, the book Frontiers of Propulsion Science. Eric's lifetime mentor was Bob Forward, who was a renowned physicist and science fiction writer. Eric earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Arizona (1991), and his dissertation research focused on the Io Plasma Torus at Jupiter while working on the Voyager 1 & 2 missions, giving him a solid foundation in nuclear fusion and plasma physics. He also earned a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from the University of Arizona (1983) and an A.A. in liberal arts from Phoenix College (1981). Eric has further space mission experience including the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) mission (1984-85), ASUSat-1 (1990), and space theater reconnaissance in South Korea (USAF & U.S. Forces Korea, 1995-96). As part of his Ph.D research he was involved in research on antiproton annihilation propulsion. Eric's current research specialization includes breakthrough propulsion physics, general relativity and quantum field theories, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system, and space mission engineering.

Eric is currently employed as a Senior Research Physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin. He is also the CEO/Chief Scientist of Warp Drive Metrics, and has provided contract services to the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. He was also a technical contributor and consultant to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program.

Eric authored an award winning paper on the quantum vacuum zero-point energy (Space Technology & Applications International Forum 2007), and authored several papers and reports on traversable wormholes, warp drives, laser propulsion, teleportation physics and advanced propulsion concepts. He has been twice recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics for outstanding contributions to national defense and space public policy. Eric is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, member of the New York Academy of Sciences, member of the American Astronomical Society, member of the Directed Energy Professional Society, and lifetime member of the American Institute of Beamed Energy Propulsion.

RALPH L. McNUTT, JR. is a Physicist and a member of the Principal Professional Staff of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Physics (summa cum laude) at Texas A&M University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. He has been at APL since 1992 and before that held positions at Visidyne, Inc., M.I.T., and Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Dr. McNutt is Project Scientist and a Co-Investigator on NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury, Co-Investigator on NASA's Solar Probe Plus mission to the solar corona, Principal Investigator on the PEPSSI investigation on the New Horizons mission to Pluto, a Co-Investigator for the Voyager PLS and LECP instruments, and a Member of the Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Team on the Cassini Orbiter spacecraft.

He has held various NASA grants and served on various NASA review and planning panels and Science and Technology Definition Teams for Solar Probe (twice) and Interstellar Probe. He has also served on a variety of National Research Council committees, including as Co-Chair of the NRC Committee on Radioisotope Power Supplies (2008-2009) and currently as a Member of the Steering Committee, Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey (29 May 2009 - 18 Aug 2011). He is a Member of International Academy of Astronautics, Fellow of The British Interplanetary Society, Member of the American Astronomical Society and its Division for Planetary Sciences, the American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi, The Planetary Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the American Nuclear Society. Dr. McNutt is the recipient of eleven NASA Group Achievement Awards. He has published over 150 science and engineering papers and over 250 scientific and engineering abstracts and given over 150 professional and popular talks.

Paul Gilster is a full-time writer who focuses on space technology and its implications. He is one of the founders of the Tau Zero Foundation and now serves as its lead journalist. Created by Marc Millis, this organization grew out of work begun in NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and now seeks philanthropic funding to support research into advanced propulsion concepts for deep space missions. Gilster is the author of seven books, including Digital Literacy (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) and Centauri Dreams: Imagining and Planning for Interstellar Flight (Copernicus, 2004), a study of the technologies that may one day make it possible to send a probe to the nearest star. He tracks developments in interstellar research from propulsion to exoplanet studies on his Centauri Dreams Web site. In past years, he has contributed to numerous technology and business magazines, and has published essays, feature stories, reviews and fiction in a wide range of publications both in and out of the space and technology arena. Forthe last twenty-one years, he has written the weekly "Computer Focus" column, which appears in The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC). A graduate of Grinnell College (IA), Gilster put in six years of graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill, specializing in medieval English literature, before going into commercial aviation and, eventually, writing.

"The original Project Daedalus produced the first comprehensive study of starship design, a remarkable document exploring the technologies needed to reach Barnard's Star within the lifetime of a researcher. The spirit of investigation that drove the Daedalus planners was applied to tools that are now much more advanced than when the study began. Project Icarus wisely looks to extend the Daedalus project by beginning with many of the same assumptions and determining what has changed in the intervening decades, so that we get an up-to-date view of the enabling technologies. Just as Daedalus was never intended as a practical mission but rather an exercise in mission and systems definition, so Icarus will extend these definitions and help us see connections between the many different technologies that can be applied for such an epic journey. I strongly endorse the adventurous plans of the Project Icarus team and believe that the work that results will be a solid contribution to interstellar studies, one that moves the long-term goal of practical interstellar flight forward. Studies like these tell us much about our own capabilities, but also outline for us a rational and hopeful way to proceed toward staggeringly difficult but achievable goals."   - Paul Gilster

Dr. Greg Matloff, FBIS, is a leading expert in possibilities for interstellar propulsion and is a tenured astronomy professor with the physics department of New York City College of Technology, CUNY, a consultant with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, a Hayden Associate of the American Museum of Natural History and a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He co-authored with Les Johnson of NASA and C Bangs Living Off the Land in Space (2007) and has authored Deep-Space Probes (2000 and 2005). As well as authoring More Telescope Power (2002), Telescope Power (1993), The Urban Astronomer (1991), he co-authored with Eugene Mallove The Starflight Handbook (1989). His papers on interstellar travel, the search for extraterrestrial artifacts, and methods of protecting Earth from asteroid impacts have been published in JBIS, Acta Astronautica, Spaceflight, Journal of Astronautical Sciences, and Mercury. His popular articles have appeared in many publications, including Analog. In 1998, he won a $5000 prize in the international essay contest on ETI sponsored by the National Institute for Discovery Science.

"Interstellar travel is the greatest technical challenge that the human race has ever faced. In order for it to succeed, concepts should be periodically renewed and enhanced. Project Icarus in the the BIS tradition of Project Daedalus. It should increase interest in the interstellar option and allow a new generation of enthusiasts to contribute."  - Greg Matloff

Dr. Tibor Pacher (born in Hungary 1960). Trained as a PhD physicist (Heidelberg 1991 s.c.l.), he works since 1999 as a freelancer for Management and Financial Accounting processes and their support by software systems ( www.peregrinus.net). During his academic career he worked on different topics of General Relativity, Cosmology and Quantum Chemistry as well as on ESA's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) mission. 2006 he initiated the organisation "peregrinus interstellar", dedicated to the topic of interstellar travel www.peregrinus-interstellar.net - The PI Club. Tibor also runs the projects Faces from Earth - www.faces-from-earth.net, with focus on creating interstellar message artefacts, to be carried on future deep space missions, and MiniSpaceWorld, aiming at the creation of a big lively scale model layout for Spaceflight and Astromomy.

"Reaching for the stars is one of the most exciting challenges humans can imagine, and it is always fascinating to see fellow citizens embarking on such inspiring endeavours. This is especially true in hard times like ours, when our civilization is facing unprecedented challenges: diminishing resources, wars and poverty, changing climate to mention but a few. Project Icarus gives us with its volunteer international collaboration model a strong positive signal for a better future as well and I sincerely hope that its inspirational power helps to reinforce our youth's interest in deep space exploration as well as in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics - in general.

Hats off to Kelvin and the entire Icarus Crew for their great effort!" - Tibor Pacher

Student Designers are temporary members of the Icarus Design Team who have been given the opportunity to be mentored by Designers on a project appropriate to their level. The student Design position gives high-school and university students the chance to get involved in an exciting and challenging project, exposing them to an array of new technologies and disciplines, while introducing them to experts in the field.

Brandon Vernon is a student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, AZ, graduating spring 2011. He is planning on majoring in physics at Arizona State University and then moving on to get a Masters and PhD. He loves physics and engineering and is fascinated by the possibilities of interstellar travel. He is especially interested in the more exotic methods such as warp drives. He has three years of high school level engineering experience through Project Lead The Way(PLTW) and ASU's Prime the Pipeline Project(P3). He has also done bioengineering research on using carbon nanotubes to increase antibiotic elution from bone cement. He will be researching the feasibility of using Fresnel zone antennas for interstellar communication during the summer of 2010.

Tiffany Frierson is a senior physics major currently at North Georgia College. She plans to go on to a PhD in Theoretical Physics, and study Breakthrough Propulsion Physics, especially the more exotic methods including wormholes and warp drives. With a life-long interest in space travel, her activities have included a speech at Boston University's 50-Year Space Vision conference in 2007, whose attendants included Freeman Dyson, John Mather and Russell Schweickart. Tiffany programs in C++, C#, Java and Python. She currently resides in Georgia, USA.

Divya is doing a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. And will be graduating in June 2012. She has always fascinated by space and astronomy and is a member of an amateur astronomy club in Bangalore called BAS, Bangalore Astronomical Society. She is a self-admitted space buff and loves space technology. She has recently been working in a project called STUDSAT (www.teamstudsat.com ), which is a Student satellite project in collaboration with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and has been working on this since her 1st year of her engineering degree. She was part of STUDSAT-1 ground station system and is now working on onboard communication and payload systems of STUDSAT-2. She has ambitions to do her higher studies in Aerospace Engineering, get a doctorate in the same field and she ultimately hopes to have a research career in space.

A 'Friends of Icarus' is an individual who has shown exceptional interest in our project and who has contributed in some limited capacity. Examples of contributions include writing blog articles, attending workshops and conferences, providing occasional insight and guidance based on his/her specialty, or making a financial contribution to Project Icarus greater than, or equal to, $10,000.

Hailey is heading up the Television Production and Development for Project Icarus. Hailey holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tennessee in Marketing and Advertising. She is considered by many to be an expert in the fields of technology, video gaming, and online content. Hailey's experience includes working with major outlets such as CBS News Online, Spike TV, DirecTV, Microsoft, Toshiba, Yahoo!, and Machinima. She has also been featured on G4, IGN, Tubefilter, Spike TV Online, Facebook TV News, Crave Online, and Access Hollywood.

Professor Setthivoine You received an M.Sci. in 1997 and then a PhD in 2002, both in Physics from Imperial College, London. His doctoral work was undertaken at the UKAEA Fusion laboratory in Culham near Oxford. In 2002, he became a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Applied Physics Department at California Institute of Technology.

Prior to joining the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics as an assistant professor in 2009, Professor You worked at the University of Tokyo on research sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. Professor You's research focuses on the plasma physics of fusion energy and space propulsion. He has worked on density limits and density control of tokamaks using supersonic jet gas-puffing, the formation physics of spheromaks, the interaction between plasma flow and magnetic topology in laboratory astrophysical jets. He is developing a spectroscopic tomographic diagnostic to measure 3D plasma velocities in closed volumes and investigating generalized magnetic relaxation in the laboratory.

Jerry is currently the President and CEO of two companies, Variance Dynamical Corporation and Winchester Alaska, Inc. Architects. Jerry has a Bachelor of Architectural degree, University of Idaho, 1975 and extensive graduate work in Business and Accounting along with advanced Engineering studies at University of Alaska. He completed Practitioner, Master Practitioner, and Advanced Training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. With a substantive math and physics background including study in Mechanical Engineering he began additional study and work with Paul Goodwin, PhD in Physics. Jerry has a long history of study in the area of neurology and physics over a 25 year history of involvement which led Variance to the current theories, technology, and full proto-types in analog circuits that provide nearly instantaneous Fourier Analysis of any signal without software. These devices are inherently radiation hard and are applicable to space exploration as sensors, spectrometers and data processing units. Future applications pose this technology as stepping stones to efficient neural networks and machine intelligence systems.

Matthew Stibbe is CEO of Articulate Marketing, helping high-tech clients such as Microsoft, HP and NetJets communicate complex issues in everyday language and founder of Turbine , an online service that helps companies simplify their paperwork. He first joined the British Interplanetary Society in his early teens and it inspired a lifelong obsession with technology, aviation and space travel. He writes the Forbes Aviator column and has a commercial pilot’s licence. He has a degree in modern history from Oxford University, which is no good for engineering but it may helpful in taking the long view.

Jardine is a software engineer with far too many years experience in software design, development and production. Highlights of his career include acting as Project Manager for the Huygens on-board software, and associated systems, as well as for the software elements of the XMM Newton Ground Segment. He also contributed to the Ariane V range safety system, the re-use of Huygens software for Beagle 2, and the reliability design for the hardware/software mix for the Rosetta probe. He has experience of software at all levels from from microcode to expert systems, and particular interests in software testing and human-computer interaction. Jardine has worked in avionics system integration, broadcasting and media, financial information, and telecommunications, as well as aerospace. He is currently running business systems for a health and social care company, as well as being a carer himself.