Cetin Kiris

After a distinguished 35-year journey at NASA, Dr. Cetin Kiris is now the CEO and founder of an early-stage technology startup that focuses on providing physics-based simulation capabilities to accelerate digital transformation of physical prototyping to predictive, fast, and cost-effective computing. Prior to his departure from NASA, Dr. Kiris served as the branch chief of the Computational Aerosciences Branch at NASA Ames Research Center. He initiated and orchestrated the development of LAVA, a computational framework for Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics. He received his master's degree and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. He has published over 200 technical papers and co-authored a book on numerical simulations of incompressible flows. He has received numerous honors and awards, including NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal; NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal; NASA Software of the Year Award; NASA Commercial Invention of the Year Award for co-developing the NASA-DeBakey Ventricular Assist Device.