Bryan Palaszewski

Bryan Palaszewski has worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field since 1989 and is currently directing research on high performance propellants and atmospheric entry. 

He is currently investigating propulsion systems for lunar exploration and transportation in support of the NASA initiative entitled Human Landing Systems. 

He has conducted investigations nanometer-scale propellant additives for metallized gelled fuels for space missions.  Recently, he led work related to human Mars entry, descent, and landing (EDL) where supersonic retro-propulsion (rocket deceleration) is planned for the Mars landing.  He is also investigating the mining of outer planet atmospheres for future ambitious space vehicles. 

For six years, he led many studies of advanced space systems for orbital and interplanetary travel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.  He was the lead propulsion subsystem engineer on the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX), as well as being involved other flight projects such as the Galileo Mission to Jupiter and the Cassini Mission to Saturn. 

He holds a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of New York.