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“Anthropogenic Climate Destabilization: A Worst-case Scenario”
Participant Biography
September 12–14, 2008 | Bellevue, Washington
Dennis M. Bushnell
Dennis M. Bushnell is Chief Scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He is responsible for technical oversight and advanced program formulation with technical emphasis in the areas of atmospheric sciences and structures, materials, acoustics, flight electronics/control/software, instruments, aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, hypersonic airbreathing propulsion, computational sciences and systems optimization for aeronautics, spacecraft, exploration, and space access. Bushnell has 43 years’ experience as Research Scientist, Section Head, Branch Head, Associate Division Chief, and Chief Scientist. His technical specialties include flow modeling and control across the speed range, advanced configuration aeronautics, aeronautical facilities, and hypersonic airbreathing propulsion. He has authored 247 publications/major presentations and 310 invited lectures/seminars.
Bushnell is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of ASME, AIAA, and The Royal Aeronautical Society. He holds six patents. Other honors include the AIAA Sperry Award, Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Award, AIAA Dryden Lectureship, as well as the Royal Aeronautical Society Lanchester, Swire and Wilber and Orville Wright Lectures, ICAS Guggenheim Lecture, Israel Von Karman Lecture, USAF/NASP Gene Zara Award, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement and Outstanding Leadership Medals, Distinguished Research Scientist Award, ST Presidential Rank Award, nine NASA Special Achievement and ten Group Achievement awards, University of Connecticut Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award, Academy of Engineers Award, Pi Tau Sigma and Hamilton awards, and University of Virginia Engineering Achievement Award. He has also served on numerous national and international technical panels and committees, and been a consultant to national and international organizations. DOD-related committee/consulting assignments include USAF Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, BMDC, ONR, Intelligence Community/STIC, AFOSR, NRAC, NRC, WL, LLL, HASC, NUWC, DARPA, AGARD, ARL, IAT, AEDC, JANNAF, NAVSEA, Air Force 2025, AFSOC, Sandia, SAB, Army War College, ACOM Joint Futures, SOCOM, TRADOC, SEALS, JFCOM, IDA, NDU, DSB, and Army After Next. He has been a reviewer for 40 journals and organizations, and Editor of Volume 123 of the AIAA Progress Series “Viscous Drag Reduction in Boundary Layers.”
Bushnell is responsible for the invention/development of the “Riblet” approach to turbulent drag reduction, high-speed “quiet tunnels” for flight-applicable boundary layer transition research, advanced computational approaches for laminar flow control, and advanced hypervelocity airbreathing and aeronautical concepts with revolutionary performance potential. He has contributed to national programs including Sprint, HSCT/SST, FASTSHIP, Gemini, Apollo, RAM, Viking, X15, F-18E/F [patent holder for the “fix” to the wing drop problem], Shuttle, NASP, submarine/torpedo technology, America’s Cup racers, MAGLEV trains, and planetary exploration. He earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, with Highest Honors Distinction, from University of Connecticut, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of Virginia.
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