Dr. Rodger Dyson currently serves at NASA Glenn Research Center as the Hybrid Gas Electric Propulsion Technical Lead and is the element lead for the NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT), a unique full-scale hybrid electric aircraft powertrain development platform. He also currently supports the Hybrid Gas Electric Propulsion subproject with motor, power electronics, and thermal management technology development. He also recently served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Technology at Nirvana Energy Systems, a venture backed Startup Company that is commercializing his patented alpha-STREAM thermal energy conversion technology and has recently commercialized engine technology for the emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market sector.
He graduated in 1990 from Hiram College majoring in physics, computer science, and mathematics. He later completed his Doctorate at Case Western Reserve University with a Computational Aero-acoustics thesis. His special fields of interest include high frequency energy conversion, electric machines, and power electronics.
Over his 27 year tenure at NASA he has published in the fields of high performance computing, aero-acoustics, hybrid electric propulsion, and space/terrestrial power systems. He has three issued and licensed patents and four patent applications. He was also recently featured in Wired.Com magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Radio 4 Today Program for the development of a unique Venus test chamber, Glenn’s Extreme Environment Rig (GEER), NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed, and for a Stirling power system concept capable of surviving on the Venus surface for over a year. He was also admitted to the Graduate Faculty at Cleveland State University, has served on Glenn’s Faculty Fellowship Committee, and is currently representing Glenn as the Hybrid Electric Technical Area Team lead for the Propulsion and Power Systems Alliance.
