| Adam Okninski graduated from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology. At WUT he managed the Polish Small Sounding Rocket Program for over two years and since 2012 he has been employed at the Center of Space Technologies of Institute of Aviation. During 2014–2016 he has been working at the European Space Agency in the field of chemical rocket and spacecraft propulsion. His wide fields of interest include: Space Debris Mitigation, space transportation, solid and hybrid rocket motors, hydrogen peroxide bipropellant systems and additive manufacturing improvements for space propulsion. Currently he is the Head of the Space Technologies Department at Lukasiewicz - Institute of Aviation in Warsaw, Poland, where he is leading development of cutting edge green propulsion, creating a 75-people team dedicated to this hot topic. Since 2019 Adam Okninski also leads one of the sections of the Committee for Space and Satellite Research at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2019 Adam Okninski was honoured in one of the largest aerospace contests (biannual IFAR-ICAS Award) - organised by the International Forum for Aviation Research and International Council on Aeronautical Sciences. ”Bringing a significant contribution to Aeronautical Science within his doctoral thesis”, Adam Okninski obtained the 3rd place in the world (and 1st considering Space Technology itself). Adam Okninski has been involved in the development of the ILR-33 AMBER suborbital rocket, which demonstrated world’s first in-flight use of 98% Hydrogen Peroxide in late 2017 (the previous world record was 90%). Some awards obtained include: the Platinum Medal during International Invention and Innovation Show INTARG 2018 in Katowice, Bronze Medal during the 70th international trade fair iENA 2018 in Nuremberg (under the auspices of the International Federation of Inventors Association), silver medal during the 22nd Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies “ARCHIMEDES 2019” (under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization and International Federation of Inventors Associations). Selected the No. 1 Young Researcher in Poland’s largest state in 2018 (”Mazovia Innovator”), With over 80 publications and being an UN UNOOSA special session speaker in Vienna, he is a peer reviewer for top international journals. While continuing to contribute scientifically, his research is aiding technology developments for the growing European space industry. In 2020 he made the ”30 under 30” Forbes list for impacting the European space propulsion industry. |