Spotlights
Tinevimbo Ndlovu
MS ’24
I’ve always thought planes were cool. I went on my first flight when I was 6, from my hometown of …
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Michael Kwara
PhD candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
During the peak of COVID when large gatherings were rare, I joined thousands of people on a beach …
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Guillem Casadesús Vila
MS ’24
Aeronautics and Astronautics
When I was around 14, NASA landed the Curiosity rover on Mars and it was an aha moment for me …
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Chelsea Sidrane
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Both my parents are lawyers, but my dad’s always been a tinkerer, making furniture and getting his …
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Kylie Holland, Phoebe Wall and William Alvero Koski
MS candidates
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering
There’s not a lot of work being done on building habitats on other planets, but our Mars Team at …
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Karen Leung
PhD candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
#IAmAnEngineer: I work on developing algorithms that help robots understand the world around them, …
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Sonia Travaglini
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Skilling and Learning Specialist
Aeronautics and Astronautics
#IAmAnEngineer Ever since I was little, I’ve been curious about how things worked — what’s …
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Grace Gao
Assistant Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’ve always had a lot of different interests. As a kid, I was very into math, science, engineering …
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Ken Hara
Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aeronautics and Astronautics
As a kid, I was enthusiastic about aerospace but I didn’t memorize types of airplanes or the names …
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Mykel Kochenderfer
Assistant Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics
It’s still completely unbelievable to me that aircraft can fly at all, and I’m saying that as an …
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Tess Hatch
MS ’17
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, went to the high school I attended years before me …
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Flora Mechentel
PhD Candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
As a child, I loved watching planes and visiting busy airports …
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Ana María Tárano
PhD candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’ve been at Stanford for almost 10 years working on my bachelor’s, master’s, and now my PhD …
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Kendra Short
MS ’92
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’ve been interested in space since I was in the third grade …
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Justin Kruger
MS ’18
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Attaching the word ‘space’ before anything immediately makes it more exciting to me. (A car …
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Tim Wheeler
’18 PhD
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Everyone at Stanford Engineering is part of something bigger than themselves …
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Cecilia L. Wilson
PhD ’13
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Think of a sci-fi movie where a spaceship gets hit by enemy fire. An alarm goes off that says …
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Theresa Johnson
PhD ’15
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I believe in using technology for change. My goal is to build products that allow us to connect more …
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Ved Chirayath
PhD ’16
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I’m obsessed with finding new forms of life on our home planet. To me, that is one of the most …
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Celeste Ford
MS ’80
Aeronautics and Astronautics
I am an engineer. To me, being an engineer means having high impact. I think that is what sets …
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Javier Stober
PhD candidate
Aeronautics and Astronautics
My one piece of advice for new students? Know this: Most students I’ve talked to go through …
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Fu-Kuo Chang
Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics
As humans we have a nervous system, so we can sense and communicate about what’s ailing us …
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