Dr. Claude Phipps

Claude Phipps holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. in plasma physics from Stanford, where he conducted the first laser-plasma interaction experiment in 1972. He founded Photonic Associates, LLC in 1995 to advance laser space propulsion and invented “ORION” and “L’ADROIT” concepts for laser space debris re-entry. He collaborated with Christophe Bonnal on the Just-in-time Collision Avoidance concept. Phipps has published 150 refereed articles and presented at 172 international conferences.