Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo

Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center

Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)

Phone– 650-604-1491

Email– k.garzongalindo@nasa.gov

Mail Stop– 262-4

Professional Bio

Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo is an Aeronautical Research Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, where he supports the integration of emerging high-altitude and stratospheric vehicles into the national airspace system. Since 2020, he has been involved in advanced research on high-altitude operations, beginning with supersonic transport concepts. His early work focused on how vehicle design, propulsion systems, and sonic booms influence aircraft performance, operation and safety, especially under off-nominal conditions. Over time, his research has expanded to a broader class of stratospheric vehicles, with an emphasis on modeling vehicle dynamics, understanding atmospheric sensitivities, and enabling safe and efficient operational integration.

At NASA, Kevin has led simulated flight test campaigns in collaboration with industry partners, developed tools to streamline scenario creation and data integration, and contributed to early models of airborne rerouting costs in commercial aviation.

He holds a Diplom-Ingenieur degree in Transport Engineering from TU Dresden, specializing in aviation systems and aerospace logistics, and completed a year abroad in Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft. As a frequent speaker, Kevin shares his work and other general innovations in aerospace to both technical and general audiences. He is fluent in German, Spanish, and English, and brings a cross-cultural perspective to aerospace systems research and design.

Education

2022, Diplom Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.), Major: Transportation Engineering, Track: Traffic System Technology and Logistics in Aviation, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany

2018 – 2019, Exchange Year, Major: Aerospace Engineering, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

Professional Experience

1 year (2017 – 2018), Student Research Assistant/Teaching Assistan, Department of Aviation Technology, Dresden, Germany

3 years (2019 – 2022), Student Intern, San Jose State University Research Foundation/NASA Ames Research Center

Awards/Honors

NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA, 2021

Best Paper of Session, IEEE/AIAA, 2021

Winner of Student Challenge, ICRAT-Boeing, 2018

Conference Proceedings

Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo, Xue Min, Ishihara Abraham (2023) Operational Safety Areas in one-engine inoperative Situations for Supersonic Transport Aircraft, In AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition, San Diego. June 12 – 16, 2023, CA

P. U. Lee, C. L. Brasil, C. V. Gabriel, K. Garzon, N. J. Buckley, & S. N. Kalush (2021) Demonstration of​ Airline-Based Airborne Reroute Operations using Trajectory Option Sets and Third-Party Tools, In AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition. August 2-6, 2021, Virtual Event

Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo, Paul U. Lee, Connie Brasil (2021). Modelling Relative Trajectory Cost in Airborne Rerouting Scenarios using Trajectory Options Set, in Digital Avionics Systems Conference.October 3-7, 2021, DASC, San Antonio, TX