Ambassador Since 2005
	Cobalt, Connecticut 06414 dean.kavalkovich@comcast.net
	Biographical Information:
	Dean Kavalkovich is an engineer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. His experience includes control systems, gas turbine performance, engine diagnostics, and software engineering. He has participated in commercial and military aircraft engine programs, as well as in industrial gas turbine programs. Dean's first job was as a model rocketry counselor at a summer camp. Since then, he has gone on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1985 and Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute in 1991, and has spent nearly twenty years at Pratt & Whitney. He still enjoys model rocketry and other air and space hobbies such as amateur astronomy and kite-flying. He is also a life-long space enthusiast, and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
	Past events hosted by this Ambassador:
	Mars Rovers for Brownies Troop Leader's Home Saturn for First Graders Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Impromptu Talk at the Observatory Lobby Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University Stargazing for Families East Hampton Public Library New Horizons for First Graders Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
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