Mr. Chris Porter
Senior Project Manager
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Tullahoma, TN

Mr. Jeffrey A. Chambers
Senior Project Manager

Project Management Branch
Facilities Division
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH

As a Senior Project Manager for Jacobs Technology, Chris Porter provides technical and management leadership of large complex multidiscipline programs worldwide. With experience spanning more than three decades, typical projects have included the design, build, and activation of major low speed wind tunnel facilities serving the aerospace, automotive, and motor sport industries.

Presently, Mr. Porter is Jacobs Technology’s project manager for the turnkey supply of the NASA GRC IRT refrigeration upgrade in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously he has been responsible for the project leadership of a broad range of design/build technical facilities located around the world. These projects have included the new BMW AVZ Wind Tunnel facility in Munich, Germany, several Formula One Wind Tunnels in Europe, and multiple Climatic Wind Tunnels in Europe and Asia.

Mr. Porter received his degree in mechanical engineering from Lanchester Polytechnic in England and is registered as a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Mr. Jeffrey Chambers is a senior project manager within NASA Glenn Research Center’s Facilities Division. As a senior project manager, Mr. Chambers is responsible for planning and executing large construction of facilities projects at NASA Glenn Research Center’s Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station. Mr. Chambers has managed a broad range of construction of facilities projects ranging from green-field design, construction and activation of cryogenic facilities to the rehabilitation and modification of active research test facilities.

Prior to becoming a construction project manager, Mr. Chambers enjoyed a lengthy career in Glenn’s Engineering Directorate as an aerospace design engineer and structural analyst. His project experience ranged from the design and analysis of systems for Glenn’s wind tunnels and research facilities to space flight systems for launch aboard the Space Shuttle and unmanned launch vehicles. Mr. Chambers gained facilities operational and maintenance experience while managing the operations of several large cryogenic and vacuum test facilities at NASA Glenn Research Center’s Plum Brook Station, Sandusky OH.

Mr. Chambers has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Tri-State University in Angola, IN and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics from Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH. Mr. Chambers has enjoyed a career of more than twenty-one years with NASA Glenn Research Center.