Chris Koehler
Associate Teaching Professor

Office Location: AERO 219

Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 1994
BS, Aerospace Engineering, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 1992

Professional Experience

2023 - Present, Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
2016 - Present, Managing Faculty Director, Space Minor, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
2022 - 2023, Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
2000 - 2022, Instructor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
2004 - 2022 Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
2000 - 2004 Deputy Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
1995 - 2000 Senior Engineer, Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado

Awards (Selected)

CU Boulder Marinus Smith Awardee, 2022
NASA’s Group Achievement Award for Virtual RockOn 2021 Workshop, 2022
CU Boulder Marinus Smith Awardee, 2018
NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for RockOn and RockSat, 2016
NASA’s Group Achievement Award for University Student Launches (RockSat), 2016
NASA’s Group Achievement Award for University Student Launches (RockOn), 2012
AIAA Educator of the Year, 1999-2000

Areas of Interest

Principal Intestigator on over 40 spacecraft/suborbital missions, 10 large satellites, 8 small satellites, 28 sounding rockets, 70+ high altitude balloon flights, 1 lunar mission

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