Team members and credentials




From left to right and up to down:
Carissa Tudryn, Aurélie Bressollette, Anne Pacros, Carole Joppin,
Bérengère Houdou, Erika Brown, Benoît Martin.

Aurélie Bressollette
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 2 years of preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics, 1995-1997
- 3 years of General Engineering School at Ecole Centrale Paris, 1997-2000, majoring in Aerospace Engineering.
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching aerodynamics for a supersonic cruise aircraft's propulsion system (Gas Turbine Lab).
Term project on Design and Operation of a Space Shuttle, Sept. 2000 - Mar. 2000.
Term project on Aerodynamics of a Supersonic Cruise Aircraft, Jan. 2000 - Mar. 2000.

Internship at CFAN, Austin, TX. Researching advanced composite materials cures in autoclave for engines' parts, Mar. 2000 - Aug. 2000.
Teaching Mathematics and Physics to high school students, 1997-2000.

AIAA Member, Mars Society Member.


Erika Brown
Bachelor's (B.E.) in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2000
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching Physiological Adaptation to Artificial Gravity (Man Vehicle Lab).

Lockheed-Martin, Johnson Space Center, TX, Whitaker Industrial Intern, summer 2000.
Boeing SPACEHAB Payload Support Group, Huntsville, AL, Intern, summer 1999.

NSF VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies, Student Outreach Coordinator.
The MIT Tech, Student Newspaper, Photography Staff Member.


Bérengère Houdou
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 2 years of preparatory classes in Physics and Chemistry, 1996-1998.
- 2 years of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Supélec, Paris, 1998-2000.
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching on 3D spatial memory and learning, for training of astronauts making accurate spatial judgments in 0-G (Man Vehicle Lab).
Term project on the effects of scheduling on simulated Martian EVA performance and physiology, fall 2000.

Teaching Astrophysics to school kids (between 12 and 16 years old), 1999-2000.


Cédric Hutchings
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 2 years of preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics, 1994-1996.
- 3 years of General Engineering School at Ecole Centrale Paris, 1996-1999, majoring in Advanced Physics.
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching wireless applications and decision aiding system (Center for Transportations Studies).

Internship at the French National Office for Aerospace Studies, March 1999 - Aug.1999.


Carole Joppin
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 2 years of preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics, 1996-1998.
- 2 years of General Engineering School at Ecole Centrale Paris, 1998-2000.
Currently pursuing a Master’s (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching propellants and heat transfer on a regenerative micro rocket engine (Gas Turbine Lab).

Finalist of the European Space Agency competition for the 3rd Student Parabolic Flight Campaign and realization of an experiment in a parabolic flight, October 2000.
Internship at MATRA/BAE Dynamics, studying the IR signature of airplanes and helicopters, Summer 2000.

Member of the BEST Club in Centrale Paris: organization of events (educational, technical) regrouping engineering students from different countries in Europe.


Benoît Martin
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 3 years of preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics, 1995-1998.
- 2 years of Civil Engineering and Management at ESTP, Paris, France, 1998-2000.
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Construction Engineering and Management.

Internship at Dragages Pte Ltd, Singapore, June 2000 - August 2000.
Managing construction workers for guest rooms of five-star hotel "The Grand Fullerton".
Internship at Pinatton Stock Brokers Firm, Paris, developing software and configuring computer systems for analysts, June 1999 - August 1999
Teaching Mathematics, Physics, English and Spanish to school kids, 1999-2000.

Vice President of Construction Management Club.


Anne Pacros
Undergraduate studies in France:
- 2 years of preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physics, 1996-1998.
- 2 years of General Engineering School at Ecole Centrale Paris, 1998-2000.
Currently pursuing a Master's (SM) at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching on a Space Shuttle experimental payload.
Term project on the effects of scheduling on simulated Martian EVA performance and physiology, Fall 2000.

Finalist of the European Space Agency competition for the 3rd Student Parabolic Flight Campaign and realization of an experiment in a parabolic flight, October 2000.
Teaching Mathematics to high school students, 1998-2000.

Holder of a flying license since 1996 (youngest French private pilot).
AIAA Member, Mars Society Member.


Carissa Tudryn
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, EIT, The Catholic University of America, 2000.
Currently pursuing a Master’s (SM) at MIT in Mechanical Engineering, studying the Characterization of the Anodic Bonding Process of Different Materials used for MEMS Packaging (Draper Laboratory).

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, Washington DC, 1999.

NASA Academy Research Associate, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1999.
REU Univ. of Maine, Orono at Advanced Engineered Wood Composite Center, 1998.
REU UMass, Amherst at Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, 1997.