Willam C. Stone, Ph.D., P.E.

Co-Leader of the Expedition

Education:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Civil Eng., 1974
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.Eng., Struc.Eng., 1975
University of Texas, PhD., Struc. Eng., 1980

Licenses:

Registered Professional Engineer, District of Columbia #749007986

Professional Affiliations:

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
American Society of Civil Engineers
Tau Beta Pi & Chi Epsilon National Engineering Honorary Fraternities
Member, AIAA Task Committee on Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems
Member, ASCE Committee on Space Engineering & Construction
Member, CII Committee on Wireless Data Communications
Member, ASCE Committee on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Patents:

Digital Waterproof Lap Counter, US 4,932,045
Breathing Apparatus Mouthpiece, US 4,964,404
Breathing Apparatus Gas Routing Manifold, US 4,974,585
Breathing Apparatus, US 5,127,398
High Speed, Amplitude-Variable Thrust Control , US 5,271,226
Breathing Apparatus Mouthpiece, US 5,368,018
High Speed, Amplitude Variable Thrust Control Method, US 5,431,342

Technical Experience:

17 years of structures, dynamics, systems design, spacecraft, and life
support research work, including the development of:

Non-Line-of-Sight real-time metrology;
Virtual construction site simulators;
Automated control systems for construction machinery;
Procedures for conversion of Space Shuttle external fuel tanks
into safe, low cost laboratory facilities in low earth orbit;
An intelligent, piezoelectric spacecraft reaction control
system;
The MK1, MK2, MK3, MK 4, and MK 5 Cis-Lunar rebreathers;
The portable 6-person underwater habitat used on the Wakulla 1
project and the launch system for the saturation habitat for
Wakulla 2;
An autonomous 3D digital full-wall mapper for automated cave surveying.

Selected Expeditionary Experience:

1994 San Agustin expedition (4-1/2 months), Oaxaca, Mexico, expedition leader. Reached -1475m beyond San Agustin sump.

1988-1991 Four expeditions to Cueva Cheve, Oaxaca, Mexico (4 months total), expedition co-leader. Extended Cheve to present depth at -1386m.

1987 Wakulla Springs Project (10 weeks), Florida, expedition leader. Three kilometers of new discoveries mapped at 90m water depth.

1984 Pena Colorada expedition (4 months), Oaxaca, Mexico, expedition leader.

Nine kilometers of new discoveries near Huautla resurgence.

1981 Agua de Cerro expedition (4 months), Oaxaca, Mexico, expedition co-leader. Sistema Huautla extended to -1253m depth.

1980 Rio Iglesia expedition (4 months), Oaxaca, Mexico. expedition co-leader. First American team to reach -1000m.

Selected Publications:

Stone, W.C. (1997), "Design of Extend Range EVA PLSS Systems: Lessons Learned from Terrestrial Exploration Missions, Proceedings 12th Biennial Space Manufacturing Conference, May 8-11, 1997, Princeton, NJ, Space Studies Institute, Princeton, NJ.

Stone, W.C. (1997) "Surveying Through Solid Walls," Proceedings, ISARC 14 Conference, June 8-11, 1997, The Field Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Stone, W.C. (1995) "Cave Quest," National Geographic Magazine, September 1995, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. Vol. 188, No. 3. pp. 78-93.

Stone, W.C. (1995), "Fast Variable-Amplitude Cold Gas Thruster," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, DC, Vol. 32, No. 2, March-April 1995, pp 335-343.

Stone, W.C., Ed. (1993), "Reducing the Cost of Space Infrastructure and Operations: Part 1: Oral Presentations and Discussion," NISTIR 5255, Proceedings of NIST Conference, Nov. 20-22, 1989, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; 198.

Stone, W. C.; Witzgall, C. (1991), "Numerical Procedure for Evaluation of Drag and Aerodynamic Torque for Convex Shells of Revolution in Low Earth Orbit," ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1991.  American Society of Civil Engineers, 345 East 47th St., New York, NY 10017.

Stone, W. C., and Cheok, G. S. (1990), "Post-MECO Propulsion System Requirements for Placement of an STS External Tank in Low Earth Orbit," American Society of Civil Engineers. Engineering Construction, and Operations in Space II: Volume 2. Proceedings of Space 90. April 22-26, 1990, Albuquerque, NM, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Johnson, S. W.; Wetzel, J. P., Editors, 917-926 pp, 1990.

Stone, W.C. Ed. (1987), "The Wakulla Springs Project," National Speleological Society, Huntsville, AL. 230 pp.

Stone, W.C. (1984), "Cost of Survival in Low Earth Orbit," Report to the Office of Technology Assessment: Space Station Task Group, OTA, United States Congress, Washington, DC. 52pp.

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