Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes is currently an assistant professor in the Aerospace Engineering department at Khalifa University. He completed his PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University where he still continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member. Dr. Bani Younes’ research activities are mainly centered on computational science and engineering for celestial, astrodynamics, control and estimation. In addition, Dr. Bani Younes has contributed to the development of new computational methods for efficient perturbed satellite motion at Texas A&M University. Dr. Bani Younes is the founder of the Spacecraft Platform for Astronautics & Celestial Emulation (SPACE) at Khalifa University, which is a unique 6DOF facility in the region. SPACE supports comprehensive studies and hardware experiments for sensing, guidance, dynamics, & control of space operations in an operationally relevant environment.  Dr. Bani Younes has received several research grants and awards.