Dr. Stephen A. Whitmore, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Propulsion Research Laboratory has more than 35 years of academic and technical experience in the aerospace industry. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA in 1988. The Propulsion Research Laboratory has recently developed a promising "green" alternative to hydrazine-based space propulsion systems. This approach is ideal for supporting the small-to-intermediate volume production rates required for most Aerospace applications, and offers potential of improving component quality, consistency, and performance, while reducing development and production costs. Dr. Whitmore and his team have recently received two key patents that are key to commercialization of this technology. On March 2018, a flight experiment built by students at Propulsion Research laboratory was launched into space from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility aboard a Terrier Malemute sounding rocket. The team mounted two soda-can sized green thruster units to a small test frame inside the sounding rocket. When the rocket reached the apogee altitude, its mid-section fell away and exposed the student experiment to the vacuum of space. The motor systems were successful fired five times. This event marks the first time a hybrid rocket system was restarted multiple time in a true space environment. This technical accomplishment significantly increases the TRL of this potentially market- disruptive technology.