This astronaut photograph of the central metro region includes the boundary area between three of the municipalities included in the conurbation of Phoenix: the cities of Phoenix (left), Tempe (center and lower right), and Scottsdale (upper right).

Who We Were

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Alumni

Staff

Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University

I. Josue Tapia Tamayo, Ph.D.

Decision Scientist

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University

Undergraduate Students

Suvan Kumar

MS Student, Astronautical Engineering

University of Southern California

B.S. Computer Science (2024), Arizona State University

From Stevens Institute of Technology (2016-2023)

Doctoral Students

Etan Ehsanfar, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Vanguard

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Allocative Mechanisms and Information Exchange in Task Processing and Interactive Networks”

Joana Cardoso, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Understanding Interoperability in the Co-design of Cyber-physical Systems: A Causal Graph-based Method”

Assistant Professor

Air Force Institute of Technology

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Strategically Robust System-of-Systems Design”

I. Josue Tapia-Tamayo, Ph.D.

Decision Scientist

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “A Conceptual Mission Engineering Framework for Evaluating the Performance of Precipitation Observing Missions”

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Rodrigo Caporali de Andrade, Ph.D.

Senior Manager, Risk Analytics

Bunge

Ph.D. Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Data-driven Operations Management for Multichannel Customer Support Services”

Assistant Professor

Old Dominion University

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Strategy Dynamics in Collective Systems Design”

Alkim Z. Avsar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Intervention in Collaborative System Design to Increase Efficiency by Focusing on Social Factors”

M.Eng. Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology

Stephanie Sharo Chiesi

Ph.D. Candidate, Systems Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Staff

Assistant Professor

University of Calgary

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stevens Institute of Technology

Brian Chell, Ph.D.

General Engineer

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stevens Institute of Technology

Matthew J. LeVine, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stevens Institute of Technology

Master’s Students
Missing portrait

Sigfried Hache

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “An Extensible Standard Model of Distributed Spacecraft Mission Architectures”

Lindsay Portelli

Data Engineer

Spotify

M.S. Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Mark Spence

Scientist

Merck

M.Eng. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “Logistics Modeling and Simulation of a 50-day Lunar Excursion”

Stephen Bosomworth

Systems Engineer

Collins Aerospace

M.Eng. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “Effects of Staged Deployment on the Economics of Global Broadband Internet Satellite Constellations”

Iser Pena

Research Assistant

Stevens Institute of Technology

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology.
Thesis title: “Improving Satellite-based Convective Storm Observations: An Operational Policy Based on Static Historical Data”

Anam Bayazid

M.Eng. Student, Systems Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Capstone project: “Snow Observing Using Optical Sensor and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)”

Missing portrait

Cameron Conway

M.Eng. Student, Engineering Management

Stevens Institute of Technology

B.Eng. Software Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Henry Lee

M.Eng. Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “Measuring the Strategic Risk of Collaboration for Satellite Programs: A Case Study of the National Polar-orbiting Satellite System “

James Laughland

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “Analyzing the Calibration and Validation Support Structure for CYGNSS as a Design Problem”

Missing portrait

Isaac Feldman

Decision Support Analyst

The Aerospace Corporation

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “Contractually-linked Multi-actor Design Optimization of Actor Preference of Distributed Earth Observing Systems using Genetic Algorithms”

Missing portrait

Benjamin Stanley

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thesis title: “An Economic Model for the Development and Implementation of Resource Management Technologies in Human Space Settlement Analogs”

Jaime Bardaji

M.Eng. Student, Space Systems Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Julia Cairns

M.Eng. Student, Engineering Management

Stevens Institute of Technology

B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Alex Yucra Castaneda

M.Eng. Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Capstone project: “Ground Station Availability Model for Earth-Observing Missions”

Undergraduate Students

Matthew Brand

Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory

B.S. Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology

Hayden Daly

Software Engineer

Stripe

B.Eng. Software Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Zackary Horton

B.Eng. Student, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Leigha Capra

System Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems

B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Theodore Sherman

Associate Engineer

Lockheed Martin

B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology.

Missing portrait

Corey Batchelder

Project Engineer

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson

B.Eng. Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology

Missing portrait

Harrison Teele

B.Eng. Student, Computer Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology


Background image: Public Domain NASA.