B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2020) ─ The University of Notre Dame
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2023) – Texas A&M University
Collette Gillaspie is a Master of Science student in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Her research in the M²AESTRO Laboratory centers around morphing radiator project, and Collette plans to couple the shape memory alloy-actuated radiator to a thermal control system for her master’s thesis. At her alma mater, Collette was a four-time participant in the NASA Student Launch competition and led the Notre Dame Rocketry Team when she was a senior. Collette was also a fluid-structure interactions research assistant, an electrical equipment intern on Boeing’s H-47 Chinook, a cooling and ventilation loop design intern for the Artemis spacesuit, and a three-year Boeing Scholar.
Research Project:
- Morphing Space Radiators
Experience:
- Rapid Plasma Deposition Industrialization Graduate Intern ─ Norsk Titanium (Summer 2023)
- Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics Research Institute Intern ─ Sandia National Laboratories (Summer 2022)
- Space Systems Engineering Intern ─ Collins Aerospace (Summer 2020)
- Engineering Accelerated Hiring Initiative Intern ─ The Boeing Company (Summer 2019)
Publications:
- Neil McHenry, Abdurrahman Ozturk, Poonampreet K. Josan, Karlie B. Nixon, Renee F. Abbott, Veronica C. Aguayo, Collette N. Gillaspie, Jorge L. Aja Giordano, Bonnie Dunbar, Gregory Chamitoff, Ana Diaz-Artiles, “The JEANNE Habitat Design for a 2033 Crewed Mars Mission.” 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). IEEE, 2022.
- Sean P. Nevin, Joseph E. El-Ashkar, Collette N. Gillaspie, Darren J. Hartl, “Shape Memory Alloys for Regulating TCS in Space (SMARTS): Validated Multiphysical Modeling and Design Optimization of Morphing Composite Radiators.” (2022).