Rich Whittle

BHP Lab Presents at the 93rd Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) Annual Scientific Meeting

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Rich Whittle

Members of the BHP Lab attended the 93rd Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, LA, May 21–25, 2023. They presented on cardiovascular dose-response work in the following publications:

Whittle, R. S., Dunbar, B. J., and Diaz-Artiles, A., “Acute dose-response of the internal jugular vein to graded head up and head down tilt“. Presentation.
Hall, E. A., Whittle, R. S., and Diaz-Artiles, A., “Effect of lower body negative pressure on ocular perfusion pressure“. Presentation.

A New Frontier in Space Medicine Engineering

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Rich Whittle

Ph.D. student Rich Whittle was recently awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize at Cranfield University (U.K.) following his M.Sc. in Astronautics and Space Engineering. In this short video, Rich talks about his time at Cranfield and his research on emergency life support systems for lunar EVA with Wing Commander (Dr.) Pete Hodkinson RAF, the U.K.’s first aviation and space medicine consultant physician.

New Website

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Rich Whittle

Welcome to the website for the new Bioastronautics and Human Performance Research Group in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Take a look around, some parts of the site are still under construction but we are working to get things up and running.

In the mean time, follow us on Twitter using the link at the bottom of the page, or @TAMU_BHP.