Leik Myrabo

Leik Myrabo
EducationIowa State University (BA), University of California, San Diego (PhD)
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, nuclear engineering
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NASA, Air Force Research Laboratory, White Sands Test Center, Braddock Dunn & McDonald
Thesis (1976)

Leik N. Myrabo is an American aerospace engineer known for research on beamed-energy propulsion and for proposing and developing the lightcraft, a laser-propelled flight vehicle concept. He was an associate professor of aerospace, mechanical, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he and collaborators conducted experimental lightcraft launches at the White Sands Missile Range High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF). He collaborated on hypersonic aerodynamics research with the Brazilian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, and promoted space-based solar power and power-beaming concepts for space launch and high-speed travel.

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