Ajax Barros Melo

Background

Melo, Ajax Barros was born on December 12, 1934 in Recife, PE, Brazil. Son of Jose Januario and Maria Madalena (Barros) Melo.

Education

Electronic Engineer, Instituto Technology Aeronautica, S J Campos, SP, Brazil, 1967; Master of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1971.

Career

Military engineer, Institute Space Activities, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, 1972-1980; vice director, Institute Space Activities, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, 1980-1982; director, Institute Space Activities, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, 1982-1984; president, Common for Construction of Combat Aircraft, Brasilia, Brazil, 1985-1991; vice director, Department Research, Brasilia, Brazil, 1991-1993; general director, Brazilian Space Agency, since 1994. Researcher Air Force Geophysic Laboratory, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1971, Comissão Naciona Atividades Espaciais, Sao Jose Campos, Brazil, 1967-1968.

Achievements

• Ajax Barros Melo has been listed as a noteworthy Electronic engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served in Brazilian Air Force, 1955-1994. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, The International Federation of Automatic Control.

Connections

Married Ismênia Bezerra, December 29, 1958. Children: Lyss, Ajax.

Father:

Jose Januario Melo

Mother:

Maria Madalena (Barros) Melo

Spouse:

Ismênia Bezerra

child:

Lyss Melo

child:

Ajax Melo