Atri Dutta is an Associate Professor of Space Dynamics at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University (WSU). His research and teaching interests are in the areas of astrodynamics, control theory, mission planning and optimization. He is also a member of Disaster Resilience and Analytics Center, one of WSU’s convergent science initiative. He is a member of Wichita Space Initiative and an affiliated faculty of WSU’s Space Science Graduate Certificate Program. He serves as a Faculty Advisor of the WSU student organization Wichita State Rocket Club.