Meredith Colket is a consultant with Combustion Consulting Services LLC. He served 37 years at the United (Raytheon) Technologies Research Center, retiring as a Senior Fellow. His research includes chemical kinetics of hydrocarbons, combustion of alternate fuels, measurement and control of emissions from gas turbine engines with specific applications to PW RQL combustors, endothermic fuels and applications to hypersonic flight (X-51), and to augmentor design on the F22 and F35 for light-off and flame stabilization. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Cornell University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University.