FORT, Burke
Project Manager
fort@mail.utexas.edu

Mr. Fort is Special Projects Manager of the Texas Space Grant Consortium. He designs and leads cross-disciplinary education programs in microgravity research, Mars mission planning and design, NASA customer engagement, remote sensing, and space policy analysis.

Mr. Fort currently manages the NASA Means Business Student Competition

Mr. Fort is Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Foundation for Space Exploration. He is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Awards

NASA Public Service Medal, 2000
Rotary Stellar National Award for Space Achievement (Team Award: NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities), 2000
National Fellow; NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, 1995 to Present
Outstanding Achievement Award (Texas SURF Summer Academy Program); American Astronautical Society, 1996

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 1978
M.A., Sociology, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 1976
B.A., Urban Affairs, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 1974