Background
Choi, Michael Kamwah was born on August 16, 1952. Arrived in United States, 1972, naturalized, 1987. Son of Ying-Loi and Kan-Hau (Yuen) Choi.
researcher mechanical engineer Aerospace engineer
Choi, Michael Kamwah was born on August 16, 1952. Arrived in United States, 1972, naturalized, 1987. Son of Ying-Loi and Kan-Hau (Yuen) Choi.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering magna cum laude, Brown University, Providence, 1976. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978. Engineer's degree in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979.
Research assistant department mechanical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1979. Senior research engineer Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1979-1987. Senior engineer spacecraft thermal control system Fairchild Space and Defense Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, 1987-1990.
Project leader, manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, since 1990. Intrument thermal manager WIND and POLAR spacecraft Global Geospace Science Mission, 1990-1992. Thermal system manager Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Project, 1992-1994.
Lead thermal engineer High Energy Solar Imager project, 1994-1996. Thermal system manager LANDSAT-7 mission, 1994-1900. Lead thermal engineer electron reflectometer and magnetometer instruments on Lunar Prospector spacecraft, 1995-1997, Next Generation Space Telescope, 1996-1997, low energy neutral atom instrument on MIDEX IMAGE spacecraft, 1996-1900, Solar Probe Plasma Spectrometer Study, 1996-2006, Triana PlasMag instrument, 1999-2001, Swift Burst Alert Telescope instrument, optical bench and instrument module, 1999-1905, Solar Probe Plasma Wave instrument antenna study, Internal Research and Development, 2005-2006.
Thermal architect Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology, 1999-1900, Discovery Mission Vesper study and phase A, 2005-2006. Instrument Synthesis & Analysis Laboratory Thermal Lead, 2005-2007, Instrument Design Laboratory, since 2008, Juno MAG (Flux Gate Magnetometer and Advanced Stellar Compass) instrument, since 2007, Solar Orbiter STIX Instrument Internal Research and Development, 2006-2007, FastSat MINI-Master of Engineering instrument, 2009, Solar Probe Nadir Viewing Instrument Internal Research and Development, 2008-2010, International X-ray Observatory Soft X-ray Telescope Flight Mirror Assembly pre-Phase A, since 2007, Venus Probe Internal Research and Development, 2009-2010, Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Reflected Solar instrument suite pre-Phase A, since 2008, Landsat Data Continuity Mission Thermal Infrared Sensor, 2008, Joint Dark Energy Mission Optical Telescope Assembly, 2008, Venus Mobility Explorer Decadal Study, 2009. Consultant Earth Observation-1 Advanced Land Imager, 1997-1900, Earth Observation-1 Star Tracker thermal design, 2000, Earth Observation-1 observatory thermal vacuum & thermal vacuum test, 2000, Map Star Tracker thermal design, 1999-1900, IRAC thermal cooldown, 2000, inFOCus Balloon instrument thermal design, 2001, STEOREO Software Engineering Professionals instrument thermal design, 2000.
Reviewer flight assurance office. Organizer, chairman spacecraft and instrument thermal control sessions 32d Intersoc. Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997, chairman spacecraft and aircraft thermal management sessions, 1998-1902, chairman spacecraft and aircraft thermal management sessions, International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2003-2004, thermal management topical area coordinator, International Engergy Conversion Engineering Conference, since 2005.
Chairman spacecraft thermal management sessions International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, since 2005. Lead thermal engineer Instrument Design Laboratory, Integrated Design Center, since 2006. Deputy technical program chair, International Engergy Conversion Engineering Conference, since 2010, contributor solar heating and cooling program United States Department Energy.
Speaker national and international conferences.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, Certified Merit Best Paper in Aerospace Power Systems 1996, International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Topical Area Coordinator award 2005, 06, 07, 2010, LANDSAT-7 Govi. and Industry Team award). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Automotive Engineering, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Sophia Cheng. 1 child, Natalie.