With two degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington and a noteworthy graduate research experience, Mr. Aberle, a C/C++ guru and natural programmer, is well prepared to meet the industry challenges of tomorrow. His interests include design, controls, propulsion, spacecraft, rocketry, mission planning, and programming.

Chris has always been passionate about space travel, a passion that has only been fueled by the various science fiction shows like Doctor Who, Blakes' 7, Red Dwarf, Star Trek (the many series and movies), Star Wars, Airwolf, and the like. This passion sensibly extends to aerospace and computers, both of which are crucial components to any space traveling venture. These passions have driven Chris to where he is today, a highly talented engineer who is fluent in both aerospace applications and software programming.

His talents in science and math were recognized at an early age; he always ranked high in the standardized tests percentiles, was placed in the advanced math courses in junior high, and excelled at both the maths and sciences. In High School, he participated in the local Science Bowl three years straight, two at his older Knappa High School and then at Bothell High School. During his senior year at Bothell High School, Chris took the advanced physics course and participated in the science olympiad. The drive and passion followed into college where he consistently earned high scores in the math and science courses.

Chris first started programming at the age of eleven by picking and reading the BASIC software manual for the HP9816 (Mc68000 8MHz, 1983 vintage) that his family owned. After becoming proficient in BASIC, he started learning Pascal and Assembly, however, the computer started to experience issues so continued use of that computer proved next-to-impossible. After that, Chris was given an HP48GX calculator (he still owns it to this day) and became quite proficient at scripting that; one of his scripts became widely distributed among fellow students while in college. In his first real computer course in the winter of 1995, the requisite one for all engineering students, Chris learned the C programming language; while the course was designed to teach programming, for Chris, who already understood the fundamentals of programming, it was merely a course on learning C, a course that he aced. After that, Chris' programming really took off, writing stuff left and right on the Powerbook 520 that he used at the time, which included a rather fancy electronics drafting package (in hindsight, he'd do things differently) that earned him a summer job. In Winter of 1996, Chris took the advanced programming course to learn C++; it was during this course and a previous electronics course that he met Don Hewett, the fellow who introduced Chris to Treeranch Software. During graduate school, Chris became involved in the Advanced Algorithm project, where he furthered his C/C++ programming skills by applying them to numerical modeling. Now using a computer running Gentoo Linux, Chris still finds time to write the occasional bit of computer code.

When it came time to enter college, Chris pursued his primary interest, space, earning his Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in 1998, then earning his Masters of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2004. He could have pursued computer science, thereby having an easier time obtaining a higher GPA, but Chris decided to diversify and challenge himself with the engineering instead, in the process, learning a lot more than he would have pursuing computer science. Throughout his college experience at the University of Washington, Chris exceled at the coursework that presented itself.

The result is that Chris is a highly competent engineer and programmer whose skills and talents could greatly benefity anybody who employs him.