People: Astrobiology Faculty

Adam Bruckner
Professor and Chair
Aeronautics and Astronautics

Professor Bruckner graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1966 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Honors Mechanical Engineering. In 1972 he received his Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University, and joined the faculty of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington. He has been Department Chair since 1998. His research has encompassed planetary in situ resource utilization, hypervelocity accelerators, space propulsion, space power systems, energy conversion, and laser applications in biology and medicine. He has published more than 175 papers and reports on these topics and has been awarded 5 U.S. patents. He has also been a frequent consultant to industry and government.

Professor Bruckner has received several awards from NASA and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In 1989, he was honored by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) with the Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the NASA/USRA Advanced Design Program. At the University of Washington, he was selected as the recipient of the 1989 Burlington Resources Inc. Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Research in recognition of his contributions to the development of the ram accelerator. In 1997 he was elected to the rank of Fellow of the AIAA.

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Relevant Publications

Wood, S. E., Schneider, M. A., Cardell, G., Hecht, M., Knowlen, C., Bruckner, A.P., Catling, D. C., Cobos, D., and Zent, A., ?Characterization and Calibration of the Phoenix TECP Relative Humidity Sensor in a Mars Atmospheric Simulation Chamber,? Fourth International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Davos, Switzerland, Oct. 2-6, 2006..

Schneider, M.A., and Bruckner, A.P., ?Extraction of Water from the Martian Atmosphere,? Space Technology & Applications International Forum ? STAIF-2003, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2-5, 2003, M.S. El-Genk, ed., American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Volume 654, pp. 1124-1132.

Polkko, J., Harri, A-M., Lehto, A., Tillman, J., Bruckner, A.P., and Siili T., ?Digihum: Humidity Transmitter for Harsh Martian Environment, Construction and Performance Assessment,? Poster PS037, XXVII General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, April 21-26, 2002.