Office Location: AERO 219
Education
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1994
BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1992
Professional Experience
2023 - Present, Teaching Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2016 - Present, Managing Faculty Director, Space Minor, University of Colorado Boulder
2022 - 2023, Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2000 - 2022, Instructor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2004 - 2022 Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, University of Colorado Boulder
2000 - 2004 Deputy Director, NASA Colorado Space Grant, University of Colorado Boulder
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