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Aaron Cohen

Systems are the work. People are the point.

My career has moved through spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, generative AI, and emergency communications. The common thread is a fascination with complex things—and the responsibility to make them useful in the real world.

Outside engineering, I’m drawn to film, history, public ideas, travel, hospitality, and the rooms where people who would not normally meet begin building something together.

Portrait of Aaron Cohen outdoors

A few things I return to

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Film + storytelling

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History + public ideas

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Travel + hospitality

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Memorable rooms

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Unexpected connections

From practice to perspective

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Nearly eight years

at NASA Ames

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Emergency communications

with CA-TF3

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International

engineering teams

Personal archive

Work in progress

Future space for Aaron’s own field notes, photography, books, films, objects, and places.

01 · Field notes
02 · Books + films
03 · Places
04 · Objects + ephemera