Education:

Dr. Scott Burgess began his academic career as an undergraduate student, graduating from Oregon State University. Served 27 years in the military, and graduated from the US Army Command and Staff College and the USAF Air Command and Staff College. He earned a Master of Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Ph.D. from Northcentral University. Now, Dr. Burgess continues that academic career as a full-time faculty member in the Worldwide Campus, College of Aeronautics, Department of Flight.

Experience:

Dr. Burgess' 35+ years of aviation experience includes both military and civil aviation organizations.

• Qualified on seven military and civilian helicopters (among them, the Schweizer 269, Robinson R-22, AH-1 Cobra, UH-1 Huey, OH-58 Kiowa
• Several as Liaison flying in an F-15E Strike Eagle as a functioning Weapons Systems Officer).
• Strategic airlift aircraft deployments, and even exiting them in flight.
• Built extensive experience in small UAS' with the Dept. of Flight.

Background at Embry-Riddle:

• Started as a Worldwide graduate student in 1997
• Assigned to the Prescott Campus as the Army ROTC detachment commander
• Was requested to help the campus to study, market, and develop a new academic program in rotorcraft. Burgess ran this program from 2002-2007
• Selected as the College of Aviation as Faculty of the Year in 2006-2007
• Moved to the Worldwide Campus in January of 2008, chairing University's largest degree program, joined the Department of Flight in 2017
• Selected as the College of Aeronautics as Faculty of the Year in 2017-2018

Burgess holds FAA certifications and ratings as a helicopter pilot with Commercial/Instrument, and Certified Flight Instructor. In the Army, Scott was a rated AH-1 Cobra Instructor Pilot. Dr. Burgess is a Level 3 Remote Pilot Instructor with the AUVSI Trusted Operator Program.

Worldwide Campus has fully integrated UAS Flight and Scott has brought his deep background in flight curriculum and flight instruction into this program. Scott is a SME in Infrastructure and Utility Inspections.

Interests:

Scott designed, engineered, and built his Energy Star-rated home on 600 acres of family land along the Brazos River in Haskell County, Texas. In his free time, Burgess ranches with his wife, acts as a certified license to carry instructor for the State of Texas, and serves as an adjunct instructor at Gunsite Academy in Arizona during summers in support of a program he began at the Prescott Campus in 2002.