Kobie boykins biography
Kobie is a principal mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, where he has worked since graduating from Rensselaer.
Kobie Boykins is a senior mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California..
Kobie Boykins
NASA affiliated American mechanical engineer
Kobie Boykins is a senior mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.[1][2][3][4] In , he was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.[5] He designed the solar array systems for the Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and designed the actuators on the Mars rover Curiosity.[1] He is currently the supervisor of the mobility and remote sensing teams for Curiosity.[6] In , he was part of NASA's M-Team, which lectured nationally to students regarding careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[7] He lectures internationally for National Geographic regarding exploration on Mars.[8][9]
Personal life
Boykins attended Omaha Northwest High School and lived in Nebraska until college.
Boykins then moved to New York to attend college,[10]