Christopher Young

Staff Engineer

Christopher Young is a highly experienced aerospace engineer currently serving as a Staff Engineer at CU Aerospace since May 2023. Concurrently, Christopher holds the position of Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focusing on various aerospace subjects including flight and orbital mechanics, as well as spacecraft attitude control. Christopher also has experience as a Course Instructor for summer camps hosted by the Illinois Aerospace Institute, where high school students learn about space-related topics. Additionally, Christopher has served as a Mathematics Adjunct Faculty at Parkland College and held roles in the Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois. Christopher's educational background includes a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to transitioning to aerospace, Christopher had a long career as a police officer and bomb technician with the City of Champaign.

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Champaign, United States

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