Captain Aaron Burkhardt, a 2014 graduate of Coudersport Area High School, has earned a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. Capt. Burkhardt is the son of Kelley Bennett of Coudersport, and Joe Burkhardt of North East, MD. He will serve as the Deputy Director of Operations for the Air Force Radiochemistry Laboratory at Patrick Space Force Base near Cape Canaveral in Florida.