Athip Thirupathi Raj Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

United States

Working as a Graduate Student Research Assistant at eh SpaceTREx Laboratory.NASA MIRO Scholar.Winner of the NASA Space Tech Catalyst Award for mentorship activities in the NASA MIRO Program.Team Lead for the CubeSat Docking Group.

Chennai, India

India

Worked as a Research Associate under the guidance of Dr. Soundarapandian, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras in the field of Additive Manufacturing. The topic of interest is 3D Printing in Micro-gravity and In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) for Space Applications.

United States

Worked as the Science Team Lead in this project under the guidance of Professor Nilton Renno, UMich Space Engineering and sponsored by NASA Exploration Habitat Challenge. The project aims design and develop a reusable 3D printed plant substrate that will facilitate the growth of plants in microgravity.

United Kingdom

Worked as a GSI under the guidance of Dr. Joyce Penner, Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science for the course CLIMATE 105 – “Our Changing Atmosphere” for the Spring/Summer term of 2017 at the University of Michigan.

United States

Worked as a Systems Engineer in a weather balloon mission for very high altitude high resolution (2k resolution) imaging and profiling of dust concentration from the surface to an altitude of 30 km over Michigan. The mission was launched on March 31st 2017 and the payload was recovered successfully.

United States

Designed and fabricated scaled–down Geodesic Domes as a proof of concept for construction of Greenhouses on Mars. Tested the models in a Vacuum Chamber for stress strain properties and quality of sealants. A project under the guidance of Professor Nilton Renno, UMich Space Engineering.

United States

Worked as a Systems Engineer on a project sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a secondary payload concept for the Mars 2022 orbiter. Prepared the various budgets such as Delta-v, Data, Link, Power, Mass, Volume and Cost Budget and Scheduling Operations. The proposal was presented in the Low-Cost Planetary Missions (LCPM) Conference 2017 at JPL.

United States

Lead/Manager of the Biochemistry Sub team (The Science Team) of the team which won the NASA X-Hab Challenge in 2016. The project aims to design a system which converts Astronaut urine into a nutrient solution for plants growth in deep space missions. The design was successfully prototyped in April 2016 and was reviewed at the Kennedy Space Center at May.

United States

Designed a modification for the Orbital ATK Cygnus vehicle to convert it to a deep space habitat capable of growing plants autonomously and providing a supplemental vegetarian diet to crew of astronauts. All the relevant subsystems were sized and budgets were prepared, and a mission to cis-lunar orbit was proposed as a proof of concept.

Chennai Area, India

Underwent an In-Plant training in Suryadev Alloys and Power Limited, a Coal fired Thermal Power Plant located in Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu for a period of 15 days, where the various circuits of a Thermal Power Plant and the individual components were identified and their properties thoroughly studied A special focus was given to the Boiler and turbines of.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Underwent In-Plant training in Royal Enfield Automobiles in Thiruvottriyur, Chennai. The training involved in comprehending the machining of engine and chassis parts and understanding the assembly of a motorcycle. Assembled a 350cc Royal Enfield Engine in the Engine Assembly Wing during the training.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Underwent In-Plant training in TVS Logistics in Sholavaram, Chennai. Gained useful insight about the logistics of Naval Engine Parts and understanding the assembly of engines.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Master’S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Activities and Societies: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 7.79

Activities and Societies: Swimming Team, Sangam at Pragyan, The Third Dimension Aeromodeling Club, League of Environmental Awareness and.

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