ELKRIDGE, MD, September 26, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kenneth Hibbard has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Drawing on years of professional expertise in engineering, Mr. Hibbard presently excels as the Dragonfly Mission's project systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Since 2016, he has served as the lead engineer for the Dragonfly Mission Project, a multi-billion-dollar class mission that aims to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and search for signs of past or extant life. Previously, Mr. Hibbard worked for the Applied Physics Laboratory as the Group Supervisor for the Space Systems Engineering Group, Deputy Program Development Manager for Civil Space, Deputy Mission Operations Manager for NASA's MESSENGER mission, and Assistant Section Supervisor for the Space Integration and Operations Group. He also serves as an instructor at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, teaching the fundamentals of engineering space systems.

During the early stages of his career, Mr. Hibbard fostered his experience in engineering, technical management, total quality management, and leadership with Honeywell Technology Solutions, Allied Signal Technical Services Corporation, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Alongside his work, he has contributed to his community through the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society and Industry and Professional Advisory Council, and at St. Paul Catholic Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. Due to his outstanding breadth of knowledge, Mr. Hibbard has co-authored several publications, including "Identifying and Mitigating Barriers to the Adoption of Dynamic Radioisotope Power Systems for Space Flight" and "Aerobraking at Venus: A Science and Technology Enabler."

An expert in his field, Mr. Hibbard holds a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science in systems engineering and technical management from Johns Hopkins University. Throughout his career, he has served on several space missions, developed new mission concepts and nuclear power systems for space, and received numerous awards, including being named an Associate Fellow for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Likewise, he won the Walter G. Berl Award for his paper "Dragonfly: A Rotorcraft Lander Concept for Scientific Exploration of Titan," the Bumblebee Award and the R.W. Hart Prize from Johns Hopkins University, Laurels for Team Achievement through the International Academy of Astronautics, a Group Achievement Award and Innovator Award from NASA, and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the European Space Agency.

While his career has been filled with highlights, Mr. Hibbard takes the most pride in working on the SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission which provided the first uninterrupted observations of the Sun and revolutionized the way we perceive Sun-Earth interactions. Other standout moments include operating "MESSENGER" during the early part of its mission, working on NASA's New Horizons, which was the first spacecraft to explore Pluto, and creating concepts implemented by NASA. Within the coming years, Mr. Hibbard aims to see the Dragonfly project come to partial fruition by 2028, which is when the rotorcraft will launch and begin its journey to visit Titan.

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