Chris Kuhl

Contact: christopher.a.kuhl@nasa.gov

Prior to joining GCD in May of 2022, Chris served various roles on NASA Entry Descent and Landing projects, most recently as Chief Engineer for the Safe and Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities project. He previously held the positions of Deputy Project Manager for the Dragonfly Entry Aerosciences Measurements project, Chief Engineer for both MSL Entry Descent and Landing (MEDLI), which was part of Mars Science Laboratory, and Mars Entry Descent and Landing II (MEDLI2), which was part of Mars 2020, and Lead Engineer for EFT-1 Developmental Flight Instrumentation. He also served on NASA Headquarter’s Technical Capabilities Assessment Team with the goal of assessing the state of the agency’s Entry, Descent, and Landing capabilities.

Chris has been awarded the Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal for transformation technical contributions in the development of the Mars 2020 MEDLI2 instrumentation suite, a Silver Snoopy for outstanding contributions on the Orion EFT-1 Development Flight Instrumentation, and the NASA Langley Transformer of the Year Award for implementing a novel approach to flight project subsystem milestone reviews.

Chris holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Hobbies and activities which he has enjoyed include camping, backpacking, woodworking, and helping to coach high school girls’ basketball.