Mr. Rob Mueller

Senior Technologist for Advanced Projects Development at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in the Exploration Research and Technology Programs Directorate

Mr. Rob Mueller is a Senior Technologist for Advanced Projects Development at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in the Exploration Research and Technology Programs Directorate. He is the co-founder of the NASA Swamp Works innovation labs and the KSC Granular Mechanics & Regolith Operations (GMRO) Lab. He is also the In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Lead for the NASA Human Spaceflight Architecture Team (HAT) and the KSC lead for Human-Robotic Systems. Mr. Mueller is a former chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee for Regolith Operations, Mobility and Robotics, and the chairman of the Aerospace Division Executive Committee. He is a member of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Resources Technical Committee. In 2010, Rob Mueller was the co-founder of the annual NASA Robotic Mining Competition for Universities and continues to this day as the Head Judge for this competition.