Tamas Gombosi

Related Stories



In 1982 Tamas Gombosi gave the first public lecture about the VEGA mission. His presentation followed lectures by Isaac Asimov (center) and Carl Sagan (right). full story...


During the 1983 confrence of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Tamas gombosi organized a private meeting between Sally Ride and Svetlana Savitskaya. full story...


In 1985 the Ann Arbor News published this profile of Tamas Gombosi. full story...

Tamas I. Gombosi, PhD, DSc

Rollin M. Gerstacker Professor of Engineering
Director, Center for Space Environment Modeling
Professor
, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
The University of Michigan

2428 Space Research Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
Email: tamas at umich.edu
Phone: (734) 764-7222
Fax: (734) 615-9723

Click here to download Professor Gombosi's CV PDF link


On March 20, 2009 Professor Gombosi delivered his inaugural Gerstacker lecture entitled "It Takes a Village: The Making of a Space Scientist." This lecture was aimed at non-scientists and it focused on the importance of mentoring in science and engineering.

The lecture used Professor Gombosi's personal experience as a case study for effective mentoring.

You can view the lecture (40 minutes long) by clicking here.

  AOSS | Send E-mail | ©2003 University of Michigan