Dr. Kevin G. Bowcutt is a Boeing Senior Technical Fellow and Chief Scientist of Hypersonic Design and Applications for The Boeing Company, with 21 years of experience. Kevin is an expert in hypersonic aerodynamics, propulsion integration, and vehicle design and optimization. Dr. Bowcutt pioneered the modern viscous optimized hypersonic waverider during his doctoral research at the University of Maryland. After school, Kevin served in technical leadership roles for propulsion integration on the National AeroSpace Plane (NASP) program and worked on two national teams assembled to solve key NASP technical issues. Following NASP, Kevin led a project to test scramjet engines at speeds up to 9,000 ft/sec by firing them from a light gas gun at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Next, Dr. Bowcutt conceived and led the conceptual design activity for the DARPA/Boeing Affordable Rapid-Response Missile Demonstrator (ARRMD) Mach 7 waverider vehicle, applying Multidisciplinary Design Optimization techniques to dramatically improve vehicle performance. Dr. Bowcutt most recently led the design team that created the FASST two-stage-to-orbit air-breathing reusable launch vehicle concept, which has recently become architecture #6 for the NASA Next Generation Launch Technology program. Kevin currently leads several hypersonic vehicle design/analysis efforts, leads the hypersonic vehicles portion of the Boeing Integrated Vehicle Design System (BIVDS) project, is working on the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation, and is a Director of Technical Independent Reviews for Boeing Air Force Systems. Dr. Bowcutt holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland.