Dr. Benjamin Kyle Henderson is the Responsive Space Technical Area Lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 2000 with a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, his dissertation focusing on elastic wave propagation in composite structures. His current duties include developing an investment portfolio for the Space Vehicles Directorate in Responsive Spacecraft, to provide space mission capability on tactical timelines, within cost constraints. At AFRL he has performed research in the areas of responsive spacecraft, smart structures, and vibro-acoustic mitigation for spacecraft and launch vehicles, holding two patents in the area. Dr. Henderson has also worked extensively in developing and flying space experiments for the Department of Defense, including the Vibro-Acoustic Launch Protection Experiment (VALPE), which demonstrated several technologies for providing a smooth and quiet ride to orbit for sensitive satellites, and the Miniaturized Vibration Isolation Experiment (MVIS), which enables microradian pointing accuracy for communication or sensing applications on-orbit. He is a member of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems and the AIAA Adaptive Structures Technical Committees, was awarded the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Best Paper Award for 2004, and was the Air Force Nominee for the 2004 Arthur S. Flemming Award, for excellence in applied science.