Richard D. Hale (rhale@ku.edu) received his B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, in 1988, his M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, in 1991, and his Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Iowa State University, in 1995. He is a professor of aerospace engineering with the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where he also serves as an associate director for Technology and the Air Vehicles lead for the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets.