Senior Fellow
Lockheed Martin
Dr. Julie Huffman is a Senior Fellow with 28 years of experience working for Lockheed Martin Space.
Her expertise in antennas and computational electromagnetics focuses on the design and development
of antenna products for Deep Space Exploration, performance analysis of antennas integrated on large
payload platforms, and integration and test of Electronically Steerable Arrays (ESAs). In Electrical
Engineering, she has earned a B.S. at Michigan Technological University, a M.S. at the University of
Michigan, and a Ph.D. at The Pennsylvania State University. Joining the Orion Program as Antenna
Product Team Lead, her team designed and developed antennas that successfully flew on NASA’s
Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 in 2014 and the groundbreaking 25-day Artemis I mission in 2022.
Antennas are now ready to fly on Artemis II, the first Orion crewed mission, which marks a new era for
deep space human exploration. Her technical leadership extends to other Deep Space Exploration
Initiatives including the Human Landing System - Sustaining Lunar Development. Dr. Huffman has also
successfully guided engineering teams in the integration and test of Electronically Steerable Arrays for
advanced space communication payloads. She received an Extraordinary Engineering & Technology
Award for “successfully ushering this first-of-kind payload hardware through assembly, integration, and
test”.
Julie enthusiastically mentors early and mid-career engineers, helping to build the next generation of
technical talent. She serves as a board member of the LM Space RF Engineering Alliance and the LM
Space Intellectual Property Review Board in which she received an Award for “Excellence in Cultivating
Technical Talent”. She is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, the LM Women’s
Impact Network, the LM Women’s Fellows Network, and is a 2024 recipient of the Society of Women
Engineers’ Resnik Challenger Medal Award. .
Thursday, October 24, 2024
2:45 PM – 3:34 PM CT