Lee Nguyen is an adjunct faculty member in the College of Aviation Worldwide Campus at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA. He graduated from Purdue University in 1983. During the next ten years, as an aerospace engineer at NASA, Dr. Nguyen served as project manager of in-house and contractual research and development programs on aircraft engine technologies, aircraft and engine flight control, electronic display technologies, system engineering, and safety risk analysis. For the following 26 years, he was an aerospace engineer with the FAA Aircraft Certification Service, where he worked on the certification, regulations, safety, security standards, and continued airworthiness for aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems and avionics, communication, surveillance, navigation systems, and flight deck systems. From 2022 to 2025, Dr. Nguyen worked as a consultant at the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance NY UAS Test Site. Currently, he is a consultant at the Nevada Center for Applied Research Nevada UAS Test Site and Precision Approach LLC.
Melinda Marion is the CEO and Founder of Precision Approach, LLC, USA where she leads strategic initiatives in aviation, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and technology transfer. Previously, Melinda Marion served as the Director of Business Development for the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) and the Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (MUASC). Her career spans leadership roles at Eastern Michigan University, within the Automotive Industry, and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS), with expertise in intellectual property strategy, entrepreneurship, security programs, and aviation systems. Melinda Marion was appointed by the Governor of Michigan to Michigan's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force, where she served as a technical and commercial representative. She holds a B.S. in Aviation / Airway Management & Operations from Eastern Michigan University, with additional graduate studies in information technology and aviation. Melinda Marion is a certified Competitive Intelligence Professional, a licensed Private Pilot and Part 107 Remote Pilot, and has held security clearances in support of the defense industry.