Scott E. Meyer
Propulsion Systems Director

Scott Meyer, a founding member of IN Space, contributes valuable experience in the areas of hybrid and liquid propulsion systems and is a co-patent holder of hydrogen peroxide hybrid rocket engine ignition device. Further, his expertise in test facility development, test planning, and instrumentation/measurement collection is really well exploited in IN Space’s research and development efforts. Mr. Meyer has designed, directed facility buildup for and overseen testing of both liquid rocket engines (using storable and cryogenic propellants with thrust levels up to 10,000 lbf and supply pressures up to 5,000 psi) and air breathing systems (including direct connect testing of Rocket-Based Combined Cycle engines, jet engine nozzle development, gas turbine engines and augmenters, and pulse detonation engines).

In addition to his IN Space efforts, Mr. Meyer is also the Senior Propulsion Engineer for the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University. He joined the Purdue staff in 2001 to direct propulsion testing operations and to develop the test facilities for the Indiana Propulsion and Power Center of Excellence.

From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Meyer worked at Beal Aerospace as a senior propulsion engineer. While working at Beal Aerospace, he defined test programs to support the development of the BA2-C launch vehicle stages and rocket engines. Mr. Meyer was instrumental in the development and testing of the Beal Aerospace 2nd stage engine, which produced over 800,000 lbf of thrust.

Before working for Beal Aerospace Mr. Meyer was a project engineer at Arnold Engineering Development Center from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Meyer worked in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility where he was responsible for directing wind tunnel tests, providing instrumentation specifications, managing testing operations, and performing project cost estimations.

Mr. Meyer earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1990 and a Master’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1992.