Dennis Bushnell - Chief Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center
Dennis Bushnell is responsible for Technical Oversight and Advanced Program formulation, with technical emphasis on areas of atmospheric sciences and structures, materials, acoustics, flight electronics/control/software, instruments, aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, spacecraft, space access and other areas. His technical specialties include flow modeling and control across the speed range, advanced configuration aeronautics, aeronautical facilities and hypersonic airbreathing propulsion.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the ASME, AIAA, and the Royal Aeronautical Society. He holds numerous awards and distinctions governmental agencies, professional societies and academia, and has served numerous national and international organizations as consultant or committee member.
Dennis has served as reviewer and editor for 40 journals. During his 44-year career, he has authored more than 252 publications and major presentations, and delivered nearly 310 invited lectures and seminars often on the future of technology and the shape it will take for humans and society. He is also considered an expert in areas such as the future of computing, environmental change, climate change, new energy breakthroughs and revolutionary approaches to agriculture among other things.
Mr. Bushnell holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Please Note: Mr. Bushnell has agreed to work with the DaVinci Institute on his personal time, outside of his official role as Chief Scientist at NASA.
