Lawanya Awasthi

Research Area:
Deployment and Control of a Distributed Telescope as a Formation of Nanosatellites

Bio:

She holds a Master of Engineering in Space Engineering from University of Michigan, USA and a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from UPES, India. She has contributed to NASA’s X-Hab project, supporting the development of the International Space Station’s Volatile Organic Compound Capture System. Her research spans space weather and sailcraft charging analysis, with published research on sailcraft charging analysis along Sun–Earth line at L1. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Luxembourg, where her research focuses on the deployment and control of a distributed telescope formation of nanosatellites.

Supervisor: Holger Voos