ChristopherÌýKoehler

  • Associate Teaching Professor
Address

Office Location: AERO 219

Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, 1994
BS, Aerospace Engineering, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, 1992

Professional Experience

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

Awards (Selected)

CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Marinus Smith Awardee, 2022
NASA’s Group Achievement Award for Virtual RockOn 2021 Workshop, 2022
CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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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