Dennis M. Bushnell is a

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

scientist and lecturer who retired in 2023 after 60 years of service to NASA. As chief scientist at

NASA Langley Research Center The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, United States, United States of America, is the oldest of NASA's NASA facilities#List of field centers, field centers. It directly borders Langle ...

for more than two decades, he was responsible for technical oversight and advanced program formulation. His work focused mainly on new approaches to environmental issues, in particular to climate issues. Bushnell has received numerous awards for his work. Bushnell has promoted research at NASA into

LENR Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. It would contrast starkly with the "hot" fusion that is known to take place naturally within stars and artificially in hydrogen bombs and p ...

(low energy nuclear reactions, or cold fusion). In 1998, Bushnell was elected a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

for viscous flow modeling and control, turbulent drag reduction, and advanced aeronautical concepts.

Education

Bushnell obtained his M.E. degree from the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

in 1963 and his

M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

degree from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

in 1967, both in the field of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

.Dennis M. Bushnell
BlueTech Forum

Publications

Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare irca 2025

Bibliography

References

External links

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lifeboat foundation *
Dennis Bushnell as guest in The Space Show
aired on April 27, 2008
5 Questions for Dennis M. Bushnell (Chief Scientist at NASA) on the U.S. Space Shuttle Program
July 19, 2010, www.britannica.com * Dennis Bushnell

''The Futurist'', May–June, 2010, World Future Society * Dennis Bushnell

''The Futurist'', March–April 2009 Vol. 43, No. 2, World Future Society * Jim Hidges

NASA * Denise Adams

NASA * Dennis M. Bushnel

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