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Dr. Matt Lehman currently serves as Chief Engineer of Pump and Turbomachinery Products in Ventions' San Francisco office.
Prior to joining Ventions, Dr. Lehman worked as Senior Project Leader
within the Delta IV Program Office of The Aerospace Corporation, where he had overall responsibility for
all propulsion/mechanical issues on the first stage of the Delta IV rocket for Air Force missions.
He also interfaced directly with United Launch Alliance engineering and internal engineering and lab personnel,
and gained valuable component and system level experience encompassing conceptual design, qualification and flight.
Dr. Lehman also worked as Propulsion Analysis Manager at Space Exploration Technologies, with primary responsibility in
turbomachinery analysis, design and development testing. His tenure saw successful flight qualification of the
Merlin engine turbopump, and upgrades for
increased thrust applications.
Prior to joining SpaceX, Dr. Lehman worked as a Propulsion Engineer for Northrop Grumman, where he was
the lead engineer responsible for the TR-108 rocket engine turbomachinery, gaining a broad experience base i
n analysis, manufacturing, component/vendor selection, and testing.
Dr. Lehman holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and a BS in Aeronautical
Engineering from Cal Poly, SLO. His graduate research, funded by NASA-MSFC, included laser diagnostics
applied to mixing/reacting Rocket Based Combined Cycle scale combustors with
significant contributions to the NASA CFD database.
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