ChristopherÌýKoehler
- Associate Teaching Professor

Office Location: AERO 219
Education
MS, Mechanical Engineering, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, 1994
BS, Aerospace Engineering, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, 1992
Professional Experience
2023 - Present, Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
2016 - Present, Managing Faculty Director, Space Minor, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
2022 - 2023, Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
2000 - 2022, Instructor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
2004 - 2022 Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
2000 - 2004 Deputy Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
1995 - 2000 Senior Engineer, Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado
Awards (Selected)
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Marinus Smith Awardee, 2022
NASA’s Group Achievement Award for Virtual RockOn 2021 Workshop, 2022
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ 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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