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John R. Bucknell graduated from Cleveland State University in 1995 with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and the University of Michigan in 1999 with a master’s in systems engineering.  He has led advanced engineering teams at Chrysler and General Motors for three production high performance engine families, was the Senior Propulsion Engineer for the Raptor full-flow staged combustion methalox rocket engine at Space Exploration Technologies, the VP Propulsion for Divergent3D in Torrance, CA developing additively manufactured vehicle technologies and now CEO and Founder of Virtus Solis Technologies.  Published technical work includes high efficiency/low operational cost internal combustion engines, economic carbon-neutral synthetic fuel processes and high performance air-breathing nuclear rockets as well as forty six US patents.