Keith Bennett

Keith Bennett is Founder and CEO of Bennett Research Technologies LLC with 30 years of experience in aerospace and academia working on space systems, artificial intelligence, planetary space data, virtual reality, geospatial information systems (GIS), and space software applications. Mr Bennett is a retired, senior researcher at Washington University and was Deputy Manager for Operations at Washington University’s Geosciences Node of NASA’s Planetary Data System. In this role, he was responsible for developing and improving science data operations of a wide range of planetary missions. A key focus was the development of new ways of accessing, visualizing, and using science data from across instruments and missions. Mr. Bennett also worked with the humanities departments at Washington University to integrate the use of computer science concepts into humanities research, data archiving, and teaching. Mr. Bennett is also the founder and Co-Director from 1998 to 2005 of the Aerospace Systems Lab (ASL), also know as Project Aria, at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Washington University. ASL was a Washington University space engineering research center focused on the application of emerging space technology in the design, building, and operating various space projects focusing on microspacecraft and nanosatellites. Specialties: Software, Space Systems, Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Virtual Reality (VR), Data Management, and NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS)