{"id":324725,"date":"2023-05-25T08:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=324725"},"modified":"2024-02-06T07:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T12:48:55","slug":"dr-richard-a-wahls","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/dr-richard-a-wahls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Richard A. Wahls\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Rich Wahls, Sustainable Flight National Partnership Integration Manager\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 54% 30%; object-position: 54% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg 4955w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Dr. Richard A. Wahls\u00a0<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Sustainable Flight National Partnership Mission Integration Manager<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rich Wahls is NASA\u2019s Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP) Mission Integration Manager for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). He is responsible for long-range strategic technical planning, as well as coordination of projects, supporting SFNP across ARMD\u2019s programs and with industry, academia, and national\/international government agencies. He supports the objective of delivering validated, high-readiness-level technologies to industry that enable the next generation sustainable subsonic transport aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahls previously served as strategic technical advisor for the Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP), where he provided top-level assistance to AAVP program leadership for long-range strategic technical planning for all AAVP projects. He led the development and integration of strategic roadmaps for ARMD\u2019s vehicle-centric thrusts and Strategic Implementation Plan, leading diverse groups of multi-center and multi-disciplinary teams focused on the development of key concepts and technologies for ARMD. Wahls also represented the United States on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Long-Term Aspirational Goal task group to explore the feasibility of carbon reduction goals for aviation, including options and roadmaps for its realization, as well as on ICAO\u2019s first independent expert review on integrated fuel burn, noise, and emissions goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having joined NASA in 1991, Wahls started as an aerodynamics researcher. He then became technical lead for multiple projects at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Virginia, followed by serving as assistant head for the Configuration Aerodynamics Branch. Subsequently, he served as project scientist for ARMD\u2019s Subsonic Fixed Wing project with an overlapping year as planning lead and chief technologist for the Environmentally Responsible Aviation project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a fellow of both the Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and has received numerous awards, including two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahls earned a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and doctorate degree, all in Aerospace Engineering, from North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"textbox\" class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rich Wahls, Sustainable Flight National Partnership Integration Manager\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 51% 31%; object-position: 51% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rich-wahls.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-name hds-file-list-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22\">Dr. Rich A. 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