Dr. Nahum Melamed is a project leader in the Embedded Control Systems Department in the Guidance and Control Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation, where he has been serving since 2003. He is responsible for guiding and coordinating a team of interdepartmental technical experts as the technical lead in Launch Vehicle Software. Dr. Melamed is also involved in supporting the validation and certification of the flight software and mission parameters for NASA’s Artemis missions. He serves as the point of contact for management, program office, customer, and contractors in the flight software area. Dr. Melamed actively monitors the flight operations on the day of the launch, performs post-flight analyses, and participates in discussions concerning launch performance. Throughout his tenure at Aerospace, Dr. Melamed has established a corporate educational standard for knowledge and competency in space systems engineering. He conducts planetary defense technical and policy studies, co-chairs planetary defense conferences, serves on exercise organizing committees, speaks at these venues, and supports science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) events. Dr. Melamed holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Melamed has been honored by The Aerospace University (TAU) for leading the development of a web-based asteroid deflection application jointly with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has also been recognized for instructing a TAU planetary defense class utilizing the tool. Upon successfully completing the corporation’s certificate program, Dr. Melamed was awarded the Aerospace Systems Architecting Engineering Certificate. He is also a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.