John B. Wissler

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  Dr. John Wissler is the Director of Aerospace Systems at Aurora’s Research and Development Center in Cambridge, MA.  Prior to recently joining Aurora he enjoyed a 30 year USAF career, mostly in research and development.  Among his assignments, he led the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Air Vehicles Directorate, where he was responsible for leading the development of advanced technologies in aerodynamics, controls, and structures.  Programs executed under his authority included the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft, AFRL’s Prompt and Persistent Precision Engagement portfolio, Future Responsive Access-to-Space, Auto Air Refueling, and Ultra-Long Endurance ISR concept (which eventually became the Orion program).  He also led AFRL’s Battlespace Environments Division, where he oversaw programs in space weather, space-based sensing, and atmospheric impacts on terrestrial systems, and the USAF Academy’s Aeronautics Laboratory, where he led and managed the Academy’s aeronautics teaching and research facilities and taught classes in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics analysis and design.  His most recent assignment in the USAF was as Deputy Director of Engineering at Electronic Systems Center.  Dr Wissler has a Ph.D from California Institute of Technology, a Master of Science (Aeronautical Engineering) from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Maryland, as well as a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.

   

  Selected Publications:

  John B. Wissler, “Achieving Balance:  Energy, Effectiveness, and Efficiency,” Air and Space Power Journal, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL, Winter 2009, Volume 23, 1 December 2009.

  John B. Wissler, “Technology Transition:  A More Complete Picture,” Defense Acquisition Review Journal, Defense Acquisition University, Ft Belvoir, VA, 2006, pp. 3-13.

  Anwar Ahmed, John Wissler, and Roy J. Hartfield, “Experiments on Laser Beam Propagation through Incompressible and Compressible Flow Regimes,” AIAA Paper 2000-2352, 31^st Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, Denver, CO, 19-22 June 2000.

  B. Masson, J. Wissler, and L. McMackin, “Aero-Optical Study of a NC-135 Fuselage Boundary Layer,” AIAA Paper 94-0277, 32^nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 10-13 January 1994.

  M. C. Robinson and J. B. Wissler, “Unsteady Surface Pressure Measurements on a Pitching Rectangular Wing,” AIAA Paper 88-0328, 26^th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 11-14 January 1988

  J. B. Wissler, F. T. Gilliam, and M. C. Robinson, “Visualization of three-dimensional structures about a pitching forward swept wing,” AIAA Paper 87-1322, 19^th Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Dynamics, and Lasers Conference, Honolulu, HI, 8-10 June 1987.