History of Military Aviation Fuels

18 March 2021 | 11:00 AM ET

Watch Now!

Supporting Documents:
History of Military Aviation Fuels

Webinar Description: 
Military developments in aviation gasoline and jet fuel have often preceded their adoption in commercial use.  This presentation will describe several of those developments.  The tremendous growth in commercial aviation in the past few decades means that commercial aviation is now driving technology developments in jet fuel.

Presenter: Dr. Tim Edwards, Chemical Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. Tim Edwards is a Senior Chemical Engineer in the Fuels Branch in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate/Turbine Engine Division. He has 39 years of experience in research in fuels and propellants, working at both of the Aerospace Systems Directorate’s sites at Edwards AFB (no relation) and Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB). His interests include properties and applications of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants in support of advanced propulsion programs. He assists in several of the Fuels Branch’s in-house (HIT) programs. Most notably, he was involved in the Air Force’s alternative (non-petroleum) fuel program, taking him back to his grad school PhD work at the University of California/Berkeley on coal liquefaction.