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For Immediate Release
CAIB PA 22-03

Date: April 21, 2003
Contact: Lt. Col Woody Woodyard, 281-283-7520 or 713-301-2244
Contact: Terry N. Williams or Patricia Brach, 281-283-7565

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Holds Press Briefing and Fifth
Public Hearing

Part 2 of 2

Wednesday, April 23, 2003
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Dr. Jean Gebman is a Senior Engineer with the RAND Corporation. His
current research is focusing on assisting the Air Force in developing
a fleet assessment system that seeks to create an analysis
environment, architecture, tools and databases that will facilitate
the application of resources across aging fleets and over time.
During his tenure, his work has supported initiatives that the United
States Air Force has undertaken to address the challenges of safely
sustaining its fleets of aging aircraft. This has included
participation in the USAF Aging Aircraft IPT. Additionally, his work
has addressed all of the functional areas of military aircraft
including structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, electronic
countermeasures, ground support equipment, maintenance systems and
training systems. Previously, he participated in a study of aircraft
reliability and maintainability conducted by the USAF Scientific
Advisory Board, and a study of next generation aircraft carriers
sponsored by the Naval Sciences Board. He also served as Associate
Head of the Engineering and Applied Sciences Department, Associate
Head of the Resource Management and Acquisition Program and the
leader of a wide array of research projects. Most of his research has
focused on the acquisition and support of military aircraft. Dr.
Gebman received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los
Angeles, a Masters in Science from University of Michigan and a
Bachelor in Science from Syracuse University.

Michael Carpenter is Chief of the Aging Aircraft Division within the
Aeronautical Enterprise Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
He is charged with developing the Air Force's Comprehensive Aging
Aircraft Strategy. His career included acting as an avionics engineer
and a program manager A-10 System Program Management Division,
McClellan AFB, California. He also served as the F-15 Integrated
Logistics Support Manager, and first Site Activation Task Force
Manager for the new F-15E Strike Eagle, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Colonel Carpenter held the position of Military Assistant to the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Communications and
Logistics at the Pentagon, Chief of the F-22 Support Systems
Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, and Manager, and Chief of the F-22
System Support Division. McClellan AFB. He earned his Masters of
Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern
California and a Masters of Science in National Strategic Resource
Planning from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Colonel the
Air Force Reserve Officer and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

Dr. Diane Vaughan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston
College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She is currently a National
Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, School of Social Science, at the
Institute for Advance Study in Princeton. She has published several
books including The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology,
Culture, and Deviance at NASA. She teaches and researches in the
sociology of organizations, culture, deviance and social control, and
science, knowledge, and technology. Dr. Vaughan earned her Ph.D. and
Masters of Art in Sociology and a Bachelors of Art all from Ohio
State University.

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