Howard J. Moses has had a 50 year career in aerospace engineering beginning in 1958. His career has spanned an era of intense technical advances in his areas of interest: gas turbine propulsion, microelectronics, digital control, computer based systems, electrical power systems, flight controls, and digital communication. His education combined engineering mechanics with electrical engineering and uniquely qualified him as a system engineer at a time when that was not a conventional discipline. This background enabled him to take a leadership role in developing new technologies as a Vice President of Engineering and Research for two major aerospace corporations.

Howard started his career with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft working on gas turbine vibration analysis and then engine controls. This led to his contributing to the development of the full authority digital engine control (FADEC) which is now found on all modern jet engines. His interests in electronic control caused him to research the application of the control instrumentation and processing to yield the state of the system health. This work has matured today into the current health monitoring and on-condition monitoring used by both commercial and military engine operators. There was much initial industry skepticism about electronics surviving in the hostile engine environment, and Howard was active in presenting papers and organizing sessions in conjunction with SAE, AIAA, and ASME conferences. Other noteworthy areas of involvement include flight management systems, starter generators, more electric aircraft, and electro-mechanical flight controls.

After retiring from his industrial career, he joined the Research Faculty and became the Technical Director for the National Science Foundation sponsored Center for Power Electronic Systems at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. This was a five university consortium collaborating on increasing the performance and reliability of electrical/electronic systems. He currently consults for a firm involved with developing software tools to make the aerospace design process more productive and efficient. Howard holds the degrees of B.S. in Applied Mechanics, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, MBA in Research Management and is a registered Professional Engineer, Senior Life Member of the IEEE, and a licensed Private Pilot.