Background
Costes, Nicholas Constantine was born on September 20, 1926 in Athens, Greece. Son of Constantine Nicholas and Anna (Papadopoulou) Costes. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1959.
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Costes, Nicholas Constantine was born on September 20, 1926 in Athens, Greece. Son of Constantine Nicholas and Anna (Papadopoulou) Costes. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1959.
Diploma, Science School, Athens College, 1945. Student, Athens National Technology U, 1948. AB, Darthmouth College, 1950.
Mediterranean Shipping Company.E. (George W. Davis scholar), Darthmouth College, 1951. A.M., Harvard University, 1962. M.E.N., Harvard University, 1962.
Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy (Ford Foundation fellow), North Carolina State University, 1965.
Teaching fellow department сivil engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1951-1953; instructor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1962-1963; materials engineer, North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigh, 1953-1956; research civil engineer, United States Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H., 1956-1962; senior research scientist space science lab, Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, Alabama, 1965-1998; team leader Apollo II Soil Mechanics Investigation Science Team, Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, Alabama co-principal investigator Apollo 12, 13 Lunar Geology Experiment, Apollo 14-17 Soil Mechanics Experiment, Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, Alabama, since 1991; co-investigator, project scientist Mechanics of Granular Materials Microgravity Experiment, Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, Alabama, since 1991. Consultant geotechnology engineering, since 1965. Adjunct Professor U. Colorado, Boulder.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life, Norman medal 1972, chairman program committee aerospace council 1973-1975, executive committee aerospace division 1976-1982, chairman 1980-1981, professional coordination committee since 1982), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate fellow, director Alabama/Mississippi section 1976-1979, Outstanding Aerospace Engineer award 1976, Martin Schilling award 1979, Herman Oberth award 1998). Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Dartmouth Society Engineers, Society Harvard Engineers and Scientists, Association Civil Engineers Greece (honorary), New York Academy of Sciences, American Men and Women of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Polytime Andros, November 22, 1958. Children: Constantine Nicholas, Anna Amalia, Christina Smaragtha.