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John Koelling

Director, Aeronautics Research at NASA’s Langley Research Center

John Koelling is the Director, Aeronautics Research at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He is responsible to secure and execute aeronautics programs and projects for research and technology development supporting the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. Prior to this role, Mr. Koelling served as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Langley’s Research Directorate (RD) where he led strategic initiatives for both RD’s front office and the more than 20 branches within the Directorate. In his NASA career, John has served as researcher in Crew Systems, the Head of the Projects, and Advanced Concepts Branch, and in Project Management for NextGen Airportal and SMART-NAS as well as being the Project Manager for the System Wide Safety Project. Before joining NASA, he was the Airbus Fleet Specialist at US Airways and was Chief of the Space Software and Requirements Section at HQ USAF Space Command.  He also served as an Aircraft Commander and Instructor pilot in the Air Force where he taught low level tactical reconnaissance and air combat maneuvering. John holds a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from the US Air Force Academy and an M.S. in Systems Engineering.

LANGLEY aeronautics leadership

This is an official photograph of John Koelling, Director of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center. Koelling is wearing a dark suit, a blue and white striped button down shirt, and a blue tie with orange polka dots. An American flag can be seen behind Koelling.

John Koelling

Director

This is an official photograph of Sharon Monica Jones, Deputy Director of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Jones is wearing a red blouse.

Sharon Monica Jones

Deputy Director

This is an official photograph of Steven Velotas, Deputy Director for Projects of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Velotas is wearing a dark suit, a blue button down shirt, and a red tie with gold and black rectangles.

Steven Velotas

Deputy Director for Projects

This is an official NASA portrait of Chascydy Smith, Aeronautics Research Directorate (ARD) Deputy Director for Program, Planning & Controls (PP&C).

Chascydy Smith

Deputy Director for Program, Planning and Controls

This is an official photograph of Bryan Barmore, Senior Technical Advisor and Lead Systems Engineer of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Barmore is wearing a dark suit, a light blue button down shirt, and a grey tie with blue stripes. An American flag can be seen behind Barmore.

Bryan Barmore

Senior Technical Advisor and Lead Systems Engineer for Aeronautics

This is an official photograph of Angela Bowes, Business Development Manager of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Bowes is wearing a black shirt and standing in front of the NASA logo.

Angela Bowes

Business Development Manager