Emily joined Pioneer at the beginning of 2005 as a research scientist on the Alternative Propellant Thermal Rocket (APTR) Phase I project. This project concentrated on finding materials compatible with oxidizing gases at very high temperatures (above 2000 C) for use in Nuclear and Solar Thermal Rockets. She is pictured above working on the test stand for this project. After completing APTR she joined the team working on the Phase II Sea Glider project as a project engineer. The Sea Glider project is for use in an undersea vessel. It utilizes the dissociation of nitrous oxide to change the buoyancy of a submarine type vehicle. This change in buoyancy allows the vehicle to move throughout the ocean without the need for a propeller. On this project she has helped design regeneratively cooled nitrous oxide dissociation engines, worked to make a compact buoyancy control system, modified the data acquisition system and done extensive testing of various engines and engine configurations.

Emily Bostwick-White graduated in May 2004 from the Colorado School of Mines with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She is currently registered as an Engineer in Training (EIT) with the state of Colorado. While in school Emily was involved with both Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). While at CSM, Emily interned at ADA Technologies in Littleton, CO from 2002 to 2004. While at ADA she assisted with two water treatment projects involving the removal of arsenic from drinking water and mercury from dental waste.

Emily is a Colorado native and loves the outdoors. She enjoys skiing in the winter and hiking, biking, camping, and climbing in the summer. In her spare time she coaches a girls gymnastics team.