Dr. Srinivas Bettadpur

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Geological Sciences
Affiliate at UT Applied Research Laboratories

Email: srinivas@csr.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-7587
Office: WPR & ASE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

I believe that as we grow into our professional careers, we should take the responsibility to engage in our community to nurture and grow our field of research, and for promoting the success and wellbeing of junior entrants.

Current Activities

• President (2023-27), Commission-2 (Gravity Field) of the International Association of Geodesy.


• Chair (invited by NGA), International EGM2022 Gravity Field Evaluation Working Group, 2018-present.


• Orbital Mechanics Area Coordinator (2023-present), Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin

Outside Committees

• Co-chair, NASA/ESA Joint Mass Change Mission Expert Group (JMCMEG), May 2021 to Nov 2022.


• National Academies Committee on Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs (member), “…to identify key connections between geodesy and priority Earth science questions in the recent Decadal Survey (NASEM, 2018)” 2018 to 2019.


• Chair (competed), NASA/ESA Interagency Gravity Science Working Group (IGSWG), May 2016.


• Member, IMBIE 2012, ESA/NASA Ice-sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise, 2011-2012.


• Steering Committee, Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) 2005 to 2009.

Conference Activities

• Convener, and Scientific Organizing Committee Chair, Gravity, Geoid, and Height Systems Symposium (GGHS2022)


• Organizer, Convener, Chair, or Panelist, for numerous Conferences, Symposia, and Science Team Meetings.


• Associate Editor, Journal of Geodesy, September 2015 to December 2021.


• Associate Editor, Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy, September 2010 to September 2014.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Fulbright Specialist Program visitor to National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, July 10-26, 2020 (canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic).


• Research visit under Discovery International Award of the Australia Research Council (ARC), as part of Discovery Award to the Research School in Earth Sciences Australian National University, Canberra, Oct 19-31, 2019.


• Member of the Advisory Board, International Gravity Field Service, 2007 to present.


• Member, NASA GRACE Follow-On Science Team, 2011 to present.


• Member, NASA GRACE Science Team, 1998 to 2017.


• Vice-President, Commission 2 (Gravity), International Association of Geodesy, 2011-2015.


• Science Operations Manager, NASA GRACE Mission, 2001-2015.

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS:

Adminstrative Assignments

• Director (Academic), Center for Space Research, Cockrell School of Engineering, Jan 2018 – Aug 2023.

Cockrell School of Engineering

• Mental Health and Wellness for students, staff, and faculty (ad hoc) Committee, AY2019-20.


• Undergraduate Advising (ad hoc) Committee, AY2018-19


• Academic Support Committee, AY2017-18


• Academic Support Committee, AY2016-17


• Department Chair Review Committee, ASE/EM, Spring 2016


• Space and Earth Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 2009

Department

• Chair, ASE/EM Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, AY 2016-2021


• Chair, ASE/EM ad hoc Committee on Well-Being, AY 2020-21.


• ASE/EM Faculty Search Committee (Systems & Orbits), AY2019-20


• ASE/EM Diversity Committee, AY2019-20


• ASE and EM Graduate Studies Committees, AY2010-present


• DGS Graduate Studies Committee, AY2018-present


• ASE/EM Faculty Search Committee (Systems & Orbits), 2017-18