Gender Male
Peter Coen is the manager for the Commercial Supersonic Technology Project in NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program. In this role he leads a team from four of NASA's Research Centers in the development of tools and technologies for a new generation of quiet and efficient supersonic civil transport aircraft.
Peter has worked at NASA for more
than 30 years. During his career he has studied technology integration in practical designs for many different types
of aircraft. Supersonic flight is his passion however and he has made
technical and management contributions to all of NASA’s supersonics
related programs over the past 25 years.
Peter grew up in New York City and graduated from the Polytechnic
Institute of New York with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering.
He received his Master of Science Degree in Aeronautics from George Washington University, while working at NASA. Peter is a licensed private pilot who has amassed nearly 30 seconds of
supersonic flight time.
