John Pace

John Pace is a skilled materials engineer currently employed as a Materials Engineer II at Idaho National Laboratory since August 2025. Previously, John served as a Chemical and Materials Engineer II at Collins Aerospace, where responsibilities included performing material characterization, conducting root cause failure investigations, and leading design and manufacturing support projects related to inertial gyroscopes and various materials. John has experience as a research intern at NASA, focusing on low creep polymer composites for deployable spacecraft structures, and has held roles as an undergraduate research assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, studying mechanical properties of advanced materials. John holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.