“After 37 years in aerospace and defense, I have come to realize the importance of the engineering foundation that I received while an undergraduate student at Purdue. The disciplined approach to problem solving, combined with the technical background in control systems and applied math, has served me well in every endeavor during my career. I have Purdue to thank for putting me on this rewarding journey.”
Paul Shattuck graduated from Purdue in 1974 with a B.S. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. He has an M.S. in aerospace engineering sciences from the University of Colorado (1979) and two acquisition management degrees from Defense Systems Management College (1998 and 2000).
He has over 37 years of technical, management and business development experience in the pursuit, capture and development of space, launch, airborne and ground systems.
A focused area of Shattuck's career has been the development and maturation of beam control technologies for High Power Laser Directed Energy Systems. He spent most of the 1980's developing and testing beam control technologies for the Strategic Defense Initiative, culminating in a simulated ground demonstration of a space-based laser engagement of enemy ballistic missiles for President Reagan in November 1987.