ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·

Outstanding Alumni for Excellence in Commercial Enterprise
Over 40 Category

Zach Hazen leads the Flight Sciences team at FlightHouse Engineering, an engineering services company specializing in aircraft design, UAS product development, and aerostructures that supports both emerging startups and established aerospace companies. He combines hands-on technical work with team leadership, shaping both detailed aerodynamic analysis and broader systems engineering approaches for aircraft programs across commercial and defense sectors. His work spans vehicles ranging from small tactical unmanned systems to large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility.

Prior to FlightHouse, Hazen served as Airframe Performance Lead at Martin UAV, where his contributions in aero design, flight test, simulation, and weights management helped the V-Bat ducted fan tailsitter UAS experience dramatic endurance improvements, leading to Martin’s acquisition by Shield AI in 2021. He previously spent five years at Zee.Aero (now Wisk) as a senior aerospace engineer, where he led subscale vehicle development and wind tunnel testing during the early days of the eVTOL industry.

While completing his MS in Aerospace Engineering at Wichita State University, Hazen conducted research in autonomous cooperative soaring and helped establish the Bronze Propeller Competition, an undergraduate subscale aircraft design competition. He began his professional career at Cessna Aircraft Company as a loads engineer for advanced design programs in business aviation.

Throughout his career, Hazen has sized, configured, and provided detailed aerodynamic designs for 10 different aircraft achieving first flight and led the development of five operational aircraft serving both commercial and defense sectors, including vehicles participating in the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program and DARPA Ancillary.Ìý

Hazen’s most amusing aircraft design effort is the 2013 Red Bull Flugtag world record glider which exercised his expertise in flying wing design and his ability to dance in a chicken costume. ÌýAt ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, he was both a track and field athlete, holding the school record for hammer throw and the recipient of AIAA’s Best Senior Design Award for his senior capstone edge of space glider.

Hazen lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Meabon and their two children, Teagan and Connor. Hazen attributes his success to an extremely fortunate host of generous mentors, early hands-on engineering opportunities, and the support of his family. Ìý