Dr. Andrew Klesh
Associate Director and Chief Systems Engineer, Brinson Exploration Hub
Dr. Andrew Klesh is the Associate Director and Chief Systems Engineer of the Brinson Exploration Hub at the California Institute of Technology. Previously, he served as the Lunar Trailblazer Project Systems Engineer and the chief engineer for MarCO, the first two interplanetary CubeSats, which successfully flew by Mars in 2018. He is also the technical lead for several teams that use extreme-environment robots and instruments to explore the deep ocean and ice-water interfaces in the Arctic, Antarctic, and glacial terrains. Prior to JPL, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at JAXA. He has multiple degrees from the University of Michigan (BSE EE, BSE Aero, MSE Aero, MEng Space Systems, PhD Aero) and an MS in geology/geophysics from Cal Poly Pomona.
Andy currently volunteers at the USC/Wrigley Hyperbaric Chamber and with the Pasadena Fire Department as an emergency responder. As a lecturer at Caltech and adjunct professor at Arizona State University, he teaches Space Systems, Electronics for Space Applications, and MacGyver Engineering.
Speakers
Prof. Paul D. Asimow
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geology and Geochemistry
Prof. Dara Entekhabi
Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Chair
Prof. Howard Zebker
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Engineering Stanford University
Dr. Amani Alonazi
Associate Technical Fellow
Dr. Michelle Parker
Vice President and Chief Engineer, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Mr. Waleed Alwalaie
GM Space Data and Applications
Eng. Muryah Alshahrani
General Manager of Space Systems and Infrastructure
Eng. AlHarith Almoosa
General Manager of Spacecrafts Engineering & Integration
Mr. Khalid Manjoo
Director of Spacecraft Engineering
Prof. Alexander Hayes
Director, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Saturn