B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2017) – Texas A&M University
GN&C Engineer, NASA JSC
Jorge Chong received his Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M in 2018. Prior to involvement with MAESTRO he worked with SpaceX supporting acceptance testing of Falcon 9 vehicles, and with NASA Johnson Space Center on GN&C, Robotics, and CFD projects. His interests include smart materials, bio-inspired design, and personal air vehicles.
He is very active in Church and enjoys rock climbing and playing music.
As a MAESTRO team member he worked on the Morphing Radiator project which focuses on development of a novel spacecraft thermal control system. His work has involved design, fabrication, testing, and analysis.