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Robert Cassanova

Prior to becoming the Director of NIAC, Cassanova was Director of the Aerospace and Transportation Laboratory in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). While at GTRI and in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, he performed research in biofluid mechanics, solar thermal energy, acoustics, combustion and rarefied gas dynamics. He received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology; an M.S. in Space Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee; and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University.