• B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University, 2000.

• Licensed Pennsylvania Professional Engineer.

• Currently Sr. Principal Engineer at Air Products.

• Within my role at Air Products I have served as lead engineer on the design, installation, and operation of cryogenic pumping systems that support launch operations for NASA, SpaceX and ULA.  As the technology expert on these systems, I have been included as a member of the ‘Red Team’ on multiple launches including:

  • Delta IV Heavy NROL-91, VSFB

  • Delta IV Heavy, NROL-82, VAFB

  • Delta IV Heavy, NROL-71, VAFB

  • SpaceX Falcon 9, Orbcomm-OG2 (First successful landing of booster.), CCAFS

  • SpaceX Falcon 9, SES-9, CCAFS

  • SpaceX Falcon 9, CRS-8, CCAFS

  • SpaceX Flacon 9, JCSAT-14, CCAFS

  • SpaceX, Falcon 9, Thaicom 8, CCAFS

His presentation will be a brief discussion of the role industrial gases played in the development of the US Space Program, a look at modern day rocketry and their reliance on industrial gases from fabrication to launch.