Dr. Kenneth M Rosen

Dr. Kenneth M Rosen has over forty-five years of experience in the Aerospace, Propulsion and Turbo machinery community much of which has been at the leadership level. Dr. Rosen is a founding partner of Aero-Science Technology Associates, LLC (ASTA). ASTA is an engineering and business development consulting firm established to service both government and industry customers. For the last seven years Dr. Rosen also managed his own consulting firm, General Aero-Science Consultants LLC and served as Corporate President of ConceptsNREC, a full service engine and turbo-machinery company, from 2000 to 2002.
Prior to this he spent over 38 years with United Technologies Corporation. Beginning his career in propulsion and aero-thermodynamics at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, he quickly moved to Sikorsky Aircraft, were he held many major engineering and management positions including Vice President of Research &Engineering and Advanced Programs& Processes, directing such advanced technology projects as the Comanche, S-92 (2002 Collier trophy winner), Cypher (UAV), Black Hawk, S-76 and X-Wing helicopters. During this period he managed all of Sikorsky’s research, systems engineering, product development, design, ground/flight test and avionics/systems integration efforts. Dr. Rosen was a member of the Sikorsky Executive Board and was also responsible for all of the company’s advanced products and low observable activities. His professional expertise includes: Helicopter and UAV V/STOL design, advanced propulsion systems, engine installation design, product/business development, program management, systems engineering/integration, network centric warfare, turbo-machinery, low observable technology, transmission/rotor design, pneumodynamics, icing, and aerothermodynamics.
Dr. Rosen is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the AIAA. He is an honorary fellow of the American Helicopter Society and is also a recipient of the NASA Civilian Public Service Medal, the Dr. Alexander Klemin Award for lifetime achievement from the AHS and Vice President Al Gore’s “Hammer” award from the DOD for innovative cost management. In 2007, the AHS selected him to deliver the Dr. Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship.
Dr. Rosen has been Chairman of the Board of the Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, Chairman of the UTC Engineering Coordination Steering Committee, Vice Chairman of the Software Productivity Consortium, and Chairman of the AIA Rotorcraft Advisory Group. Additionally, he has been a long-term member of NASA’s Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, the SAE Aerospace Council, the NRC Assessment Panel on Air and Ground Vehicle Technology for the ARL. In 2006 he was a member of the NRC Committee on Air Force/DOD Aerospace Propulsion and the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics.
Dr. Rosen holds five US patents and has written numerous papers in the fields of helicopter design, product development, propulsion, aero-thermodynamics, icing, and systems engineering. He holds MS and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School.