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Dr. Dexter Johnson is an Engineer, Educator, Entrepreneur, and Minister. He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Johnson is employed by the NASA Langley Research Center and is stationed at the Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the NASA Engineering and Safety Center Technical Fellow for Loads and Dynamics. He previoulsy served as the Chief of the Structural Dynamics Branch at NASA Glenn and worked there from 1990 - 2018. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1987, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, in 1989 and 1995, respectively. His current engineering interests involve overseeing Structural Systems Dynamics work focused on Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft Dynamic Environments applicable to Spaceflight Hardware Design, Development, and Testing. He previously was involved in the development and application of magnetic suspension technology to advanced aerospace turbomachinery. He is the inventor of the Adaptive Variable Bias Control method for power-saving operation of active magnetic suspension systems.
In 1998, Dr. Johnson was one of 6 individuals selected nationwide to participate in the prestigious NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program in which he was a visiting professor at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, worked at NASA Headquarters, and was a visiting researcher at several industrial organizations. Also, in 1998, Dr. Johnson received the esteemed “NASA Honor Award -- Exceptional Service Medal” for his magnetic suspension systems research and development. In 2003, he won the National Technical Association (NTA) Technical Achiever of the Year – Technologist Category Award. In 2006, he won the Science Spectrum Magazine Trailblazer Award. In 2006, he was selected as an UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 60 years of Excellence – Distinguished Alumni. In 2008, he won the NASA Honor Award – Group Achievement Award for contributing to the design and development of the NASA Ares I-X Upper Stage Simulator. In 2010, he received the Celestial Torch Award – Aerospace Pioneer of the Year from the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Aerospace Systems Conference. Dr. Dexter Johnson served on the Board of Directors of the NTA as the National Treasurer from 2002 through 2004. Dr. Johnson is also an active member of the NSBE, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). His NSBE involvement spans 30 years inclusive of membership, student leadership, professional leadership, mentorship, and corporate recruitment. He was a founding member of the UB chapter. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Assocition at UB.
Dr. Johnson is the co-founder, along with his wife Philomena M. Johnson, of PHIDEX Enterprises. PHIDEX is an educational research and professional development company whose mission is to “Passionately Help Individuals Develop Excellence”. PHIDEX is famous for their popular “Cost of Success” workshop. In 2013, they launched the “Brilliant Mind Marriage and Relationship TM” conference. They are Certified Prepare-Enrich Marriage Coaches/Instructors. His involvement in the Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness Program (BEAM), at UB, as a junior in high school led him to pursue a career in engineering. He has the distinction of being the first BEAM student to graduate with an engineering Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo. He and his wife recently graduated from the International School of Ministry. They are licensed and ordained minsters through Commisions Ministers Network. Dr. Johnson is happily married to Mrs. Philomena M. Lucas-Johnson, whom he loves dearly, and they are the proud foster-to-adopt parents.
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