Engineer Engineering

Farah Alibay PhD Candidate & Research Assistant; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA)

Sept. 2010

Present PhD candidate and Research Assistant

Space Systems Engineering with a Minor in Earth & Planetary Sciences

Current GPA: 5.0 out of 5.0 Expected Graduation: January 2014

Space systems engineering design & architecture, system safety, feedback controls, astrodynamics,

Relevant Course

numerical methods, planetary science

Content

MRPEA: Development of flexible mission architecture tools for multi-robot planetary exploration

Relevant Projects

TALARIS: Development of a test bed for hopper technology, as part of MIT s TALARIS project

16.83: Space Systems Engineering (Spring 2013): TA duties include setting up of an integrated

Teaching

design facility in the department, teaching and supervising its use and teaching a few lectures

Experience

Evaluation of Multi-Vehicle Systems for the Exploration of Planetary Bodies in the Solar System

PhD thesis

Amelia Earhart Fellowship for women in aerospace engineering (2012-13)

Prizes Received

Ida Green Fellowship for distinguished incoming graduate students (2010-11)

Trinity College Travelling Fellowship (2010-11)

Trinity College, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)

Sept. 2009-

June 2010 Master s Degree in Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering

Grade obtained: Distinction (highest grade achievable)

Aerodynamics, turbomachinery, aircraft stability and control, nuclear power engineering and project

Relevant Course

management.

Content

Unsteady Jet Propulsion: Development of a chocked ejector nozzle for use with pressure gain

Master s thesis

combustors

Morien Morgan Prize and Royal Aeronautics Society Prize, awarded to the most distinguished

Prizes Received

Master s candidate in aeronautical engineering and aerodynamics respectively

Trinity College, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)

Sept. 2006-

Including a 1 year exchange (08-09) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, US A)

June 2009

Bachelor s Degree in Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering

Grade Obtained: First Class Honors (highest grade achievable); GPA of 4.9 out of 5.0 at MIT

Aerodynamics, propulsion systems, fluid mechanics, space systems engineering, computational

Relevant Course

methods for aerospace engineering and core classes of Cambridge s general engineering course

Content

Development and testing of payload hardware for MIT s Mars Gravity Biosatellite. The engineering

Undergraduate

model was successfully tested on a Zero-G flight.

research project

Include awards given by Trinity College and the Department of Engineering for students achieving

Prizes Received

the highest grades in the yearly examinations

Work Experience

JPL Graduate Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, USA)

June-August 2012

Mission Systems Concepts Section, Planetary Missions Group (312A)

Development of a methodology to evaluate how large flagship missions can be replaced by sequences of smaller

missions to reduce complexity while still achieving high science value. The current science goals for a mission to

Europa were used for the case study.

NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center (College Park, USA)

June-August 2010

Sponsored by the European Space Agency

Main Project: Development of a central database for studies undertaken in the Mission Design Lab, within the

Integrated Design Center.

Team Project: Team leader in the conceptual design of a small satellite for on-orbit satellite servicing & repair.

Summer Intern: IFMR Trust (Chennai, India)

June-August 2009

Research on the biofuel sector in India, within the Rural Energy Network Enterprise at the IFMR Trust.

Investigation of how biofuels could be produced and used at a rural level to electrify off -grid villages.

Undergraduate Systems Engineer: Bentley Motors Ltd (Crew, UK)

June-August 2008

Development of software for integrated design within the Digital Mo ck-Up team, based on a Volkswagen system.

Undergraduate Engineer: Flight Refueling Ltd (Dorset, UK)

June-August 2007

Development of fuel & water filtration equipment for the British Royal Navy, as part of the Fluid Systems Group.

Workshops

MicroRover Space Horizons Workshop (Providence, USA) Invited Speaker

February 2012

One-day workshop at Brown University on the use of micro-vehicles for planetary surface exploration.

Invited to present on my group s work on hopping vehicles, as well as my research on taking a fractionated

approach to planetary surface exploration.

Caltech Space Challenge (Pasadena, USA) Participant

September 2011

5 day student competition/workshop on designing a manned mission to a Near -Earth Object

Co-lead systems engineer in a team of 16 international students. My particular tasks included facilitating trade

studies, keeping track of budgets and requirements and helping the robotics, payload, radiation and human

factors teams in their designs.

Recent Publications

Alibay, F.; Strange, N.J., "Trade Space Evaluation of Multi-Mission Architectures for the Exploration of Europa," IEEE

Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2013 (accepted).

Alibay, F.; Desaraju, V.; Duda, J.; Hoffman, J.A., "Fractionated Robotic Architectures for Planetary Surface Exploration,"

63rd International Astronautical Congress, Naples, Italy, October 2012

Lohmeyer, W.Q.; Dwyer, M.; Getliffe, G.V.; Marinan, A.; Alibay, F.; Weigel, A.; Cahoy, K., "The Global Impact of ITAR

on the For-Profit and Non-Profit Space Communities," 63rd International Astronautical Congress, Naples, Italy, October

2012

Alibay, F.; Desaraju, V.; Cowlagi, R.; Johnson, A.W.; Duda, J.; Hoffman, J.A., " Multi-Vehicle Lunar Operations

Simulation using SEXTANT," AIAA Space 2012, Pasadena, CA, September 2012

Alibay, F.; Frick, A.; Timmons, E.; Frank; E., "Finding NEO: A Manned Mission to a Near-Earth Object," AIAA Space 2012,

Pasadena, CA, September 2012

Rossi, C.; Cunio, P.M.; Alibay, F.; Morrow, J.M.; Nothnagel, S.L.; Han, C.J.; Steiner, T.J.; Lanford, E.; Hoffman, J.A.,

"Talaris Project Update: Overview of Flight Testing and Development of a Prototype Planetary Surface Expl oration Hopper,"

62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, S.A., October 2011, also published in Acta Astronautica, Volume 81,

Issue 1, December 2012, Pages 348-357.

Alibay, F.; Morrow, J.M.; Nothnagel, S.L.; Rossi, C.; Steiner, T.J.; Hoffman, J.A., "Survey, Capture, Relocation and

Exploration of a Near-Earth Object," RASC-AL Forum 2011, NIA, 6-8 June 2011

Cunio, P.M.; Alibay, F.; Meira, P.; Sheerin, T.; Lanford, E.; Krupczak, E.; Hoffman, J.A., "Options in the solar system for

planetary surface exploration via hopping," IEEE Aerospace Conference 2011, Big Sky, Montana, March 2011.

Interests

French (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (advanced)

Language Skills

Extensive knowledge of Matlab. Good knowledge of Mathematica and Pro-Engineer.

Computer Literacy

Familiarity with LabView, Catia, SolidWorks, C++, C and Basic.

- President of the Graduate Women s Association of Aero/Astro at MIT (Sept. 2012 present)

Other Positions Held

- Corporation Board Member for MIT s Women s Independent Living Group (June 2012 -present)

- Resident Advisor for the Women s Independent Living Group as part of MIT s Residential Life

Program (Aug. 2010 June 2012)

- Leader of various engineering outreach programs in the Boston area, particularly through

activities in collaboration with MIT and the Boston Museum of Science.

- Member of Cambridge s Full Blue Racing Team (2009 -10)

- Engineering Mentor at the University of Cambridge (2006 -10)

- President of the Trinity College Engineering Society (2008)

- Secondary school teaching assistant volunteer (2006 -10)

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