John’s engineering degree at Purdue came from its School of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences. The aeronautics and astronautics instruction at Purdue and later his time as a licensed pilot gave him the foundation to analyze projects involving both terrestrial and space flight. The engineering sciences instruction gave him the foundation in continuum mechanics needed to develop exotic materials that can support a vehicle traveling at hypersonic speeds terrestrially. He also has worked to establish new space launch facilities both inside and outside the United States. He has likewise advanced other commercial and defense space initiatives. The New Space Economy is set for exponential growth as it adapts to the Internet of Things, space tourism, geospatial data analytics and manned spaceflights to earth orbit and beyond.
Aeronautical and Astronautical
