| Dr John JoyceRotella |
| Branch Technical Advisor |
| AFRL Foundational Technologies Directorate |
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| Dr John JoyceRotella is the Branch Technical Advisor Structural Systems Manufacturing Foundational Technologies Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL WrightPatterson Air Force Base Ohio In this capacity he leads a 15person multidisciplinary technical team to scale and transition manufacturing technologies across more than 70 programs His leadership ensures the Department of the Air Force DAF maintains a decisive tactical advantage by enabling producible capable and affordable systems
Dr Rotella has established a distinguished career at the intersection of materials science and aerospace systems engineering He entered federal service at AFRL in 2019 and has successfully architected and executed critical national security initiatives including invention of alternative production methods for refractory alloy powders and manufacturing maturation of enabling propulsion systems Additionally Dr Rotella serves as a liaison to AFRL’s Air War Directorate Propulsion Division and AFLCMC’s Propulsion Acquisition Directorate
EDUCATION
• 2014 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL
• 2014 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL
• 2021 Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN
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