John Steele – NESC Academy Biography

John Steele has been a chemist in the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Aerospace Systems Windsor Locks Materials Engineering Group for 33 years and a UTC technical fellow for 9 years. He has provided chemistry-related expertise for numerous development, design, manufacturing, and field-support activities. Mr. Steele’s contributions encompass a wide range of environmental control, life-support, and thermal control systems that his business unit provides to NASA and the military. Mr. Steele wrote or co-wrote 43 technical papers related to his areas of expertise. He also holds 19 U.S. Patents awarded for novel chemical analysis techniques, specialty coolants, and multi-purpose coatings. Mr. Steele earned three masters of science: one from Central Connecticut State University in chemistry and two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (one in engineering management and one in environmental management and policy).