Brian Walsh

Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering at Boston University

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Boston University

Dr. Walsh is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering.

His current research interests are in space physics and developing space technology.  With increasing human use of space for commercial, defense, and scientific applications, there is a growing need to characterize the space environment to ensure safe and responsible use. His research spans the physics of the space environment and the response to external drivers such as the sun as well as developing technologies to enable future space research such as constellations of cubesats and other small spacecraft.

His previous positions include:

Research Scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, 2014-2015

Researcher NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2011-2014

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NASA’s first wide-field soft X-ray camera is a gift that keeps giving

March 9, 2016

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