Alumni

Alex Pascarella LinkedIn _ORCID

Ph.D., 2025 (Summer)

Dissertation Title: Novel Methods for High-Fidelity Low-Thrust Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization and Mission Design
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona/Research Associate at JPL

Daniel Engel LinkedIn _ORCID

Ph.D., 2025 (Spring)

Dissertation Title: Assessment of Aerosurface-Based Hypersonic Control of Blunt Bodies for Planetary Entry
Current Position: Trajectory Optmization Analyst, Emerging Missions Flight Dynamics Department, The Aerospace Corporation

Pallavi Ravada LinkedIn

M.S., 2023 (Fall)

Thesis Title: Hybrid-Optimization Scheme for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design to the Lunar Gateway
Current Position: Trajectory Optmization Analyst, Trajectory Design and Optimization Department, The Aerospace Corporation

Joshua Fofrich LinkedIn

M.S., 2023 (Fall)

Thesis Title: Designing Low Thrust Missions in Cislunar Space
Current Position: Trajectory Optmization Analyst, Trajectory Design and Optimization Department, The Aerospace Corporation

Brian Patrick LinkedIn

M.S., 2023 (Spring)

Thesis Title: High-Fidelity Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization to the Lunar Gateway
Current Position: Trajectory Optmization Analyst, Trajectory Design and Optimization Department, The Aerospace Corporation

Marin Hubert LinkedIn

B.S., Exchange Student (EPFL), 2025

Research Focus: Ellipsoidal Thruster Pointing Constrained Optimal Trajectories for Satellite Servicing at SEL2
Current Position: M.S. Space Systems student at ETH Zurich

Varsha Krishnankumar LinkedIn

B.S., 2023 (Spring)

Current Position: Associate GNC Engineer, Tactical Systems Department, Northrop Grumman