Dr. Ken Davidian

Dr. Ken Davidian has worked over 40 years in the space sector, including 20 years at NASA (Lewis/Glenn Headquarters), 14 years at the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, and 5 years in private industry/academia. Davidian currently wears many hats, as (i) the Vice President of North American Operation for the International Space University, (ii) the Editor-in-Chief of the New Space journal, (iii) an Adjunct Professor for Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, and (iv) owner of Impossible Research, a research, research consulting, and STEAM outreach company. Davidian is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, a Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and is internationally active as an officer or advisor on multiple committees and groups. Davidian received a BS degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a doctorate in Business Administration focusing on market-level organizational change, innovation, and space market emergence.