Brian is the Chief Executive Officer of Wisk Aero, a leader in the Advanced Air Mobility market. Wisk is building and certifying the world’s first autonomous, all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger use. Wisk is headquartered in Mountain View, California and regularly flight tests its autonomy systems and full-scale electric aircraft in the region. Wisk is actively building and testing their 6th Generation aircraft, the company’s first certified product for commercial use, and working with the FAA on a type certification program. The company’s goal is to bring safe everyday flight to everyone. Brian brings extensive leadership and engineering expertise from his previous roles at Boeing, where he led sustainability and future mobility initiatives. He also served as Chief Technologist for Boeing NeXt and was on the Board of Directors for Wisk. Prior to Boeing, Brian held senior positions at Aurora Flight Sciences, specializing in aviation autonomy. He holds a Ph.D. and Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Professor Alessandro Golkar will be on campus next week and will give a talk on Monday, March 3 in Room 33-116 and on Zoom. We encourage you to attend and meet him in person!

The Aerospace Innovation Seminar Series will feature speakers from some of the biggest names in entrepreneurial aerospace — many of whom started as students in AeroAstro!

A presentation by MLK Visiting Professor Dr. Donna Nelson

Join guest speaker Dr. Daniel Angerhausen for a special presentation: How machine learning helps search for life in space

"Let’s Build the Road to Space" with Dave Limp, Chief Executive Officer at Blue Origin