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Jason Dunn is an international pioneer in the areas of commercial space, digital manufacturing, and disruptive technologies. In 2014, he was recognized by Forbes Magazine on the prestigious “30 Under 30” list.

Jason is Co-Founder and Director of Made In Space, Inc. (MIS), which is best known for being the first company to manufacture off Earth. Since its conception, MIS has led the aerospace industry in leveraging space manufacturing technology to enable new space missions.

He earned an undergraduate and graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Central Florida, and is a graduate of Singularity University.

Dunn believes that to solve the world's biggest problems, we must break free from the limits to growth found on our finite planet and move humanity’s footprint into space.

As an inventor, Dunn has several patents to his name, such as an additive manufacturing device operable in microgravity; an additive manufacturing device to perform at least one additive manufacturing process; an apparatus for creating a scanning-column backlight in a scanning aperture display device; a method and apparatus to retrofit a display device for autostereoscopic display of interactive computer graphics; a scanning aperture three dimensional display device, and more.

Early Life and Education

Jason graduated third in his class from Gulf High School in 2003 and then went on to study aerospace engineering at the University of Central Florida. While at UCF he joined SEDS (the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) and traces his early interests in creating space companies to the times he spent in SEDS.

At UCF, Jason worked in the research lab CATER (Center for the Advancement in Turbines and Energy Research), where he publishes his thesis titled, “On the Nature of Flow in a  Separated Annular Diffuser.” This work helped reveal the complicated flow characteristics associated with separated flow and helped hint at ways that flow separation may be controlled using novel techniques.

Jason earned a Bachelors and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from UCF between the years 2003-2009.

Business career

Dunn is a Co-Founder and Director of Made in Space, Inc. The company was founded in August 2010, and is situated at NASA Research Park in Moffett Field, CA. Made In Space is the first space-manufacturing company. Dunn looks forward to a day when everything in space can be made there, and then, mankind will truly begin to explore the solar system. Since its inception, MIS has led the aerospace industry in leveraging space manufacturing technology to enable new space missions.

Prior to forming Made In Space, Jason co-created Earthrise Space in 2008 to be the first and only completely student-run team competing in the Google Lunar X Prize with their team named “Omega Envoy.”

Recognition

Dunn was included in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 for Manufacturing list for 2014.