LTC Brooks Bentley, Ph.D.

Lieutenant Colonel Brooks Bentley is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics from Brigham Young University. Lieutenant Colonel Bentley earned a Master of Science degree in 2009 and a doctorate in 2013 in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), after which he taught graduate students as an Assistant Professor in the AFIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has served in the White House on the National Security Council staff as the Director of Emerging Technologies, on the Air staff at the Pentagon as an innovation strategist, and in the Air Force Research Laboratory as a researcher in high-energy lasers and hypersonics. Lieutenant Colonel Bentley currently teaches the advanced mathematics sequence which includes mathematical modeling, ordinary differential equations, and advanced multivariable calculus. At the graduate level, he has previously taught introductory hypersonics, high-speed aerodynamics, numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics, and advanced computational modeling for aerodynamics. Senior faculty, Mathematical Sciences, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, US Military Academy (2021-present) Innovative Solutions Strategist, A5/7, Pentagon (2020-2021) Director for Emerging Technologies, National Security Council, White House (2019-2020) Program Manager, Hypersonics Technology Development, AFRL, Eglin AFB (2017-2019) Executive Officer, AFIT, Wright-Patterson AFB (2016-2017) Executive Officer to the Deputy Commanding General of CSTC-A, Kabul, Afghanistan (2015) Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, AFIT, Wright-Patterson AFB (2013-2016) Chief, Tactical Targets Section, Laser Effects Branch, AFB, Kirtland AFB (2009-2010) Lead Support Equipment Engineer, F-22 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB (2005-2007)