A doctoral student in aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington is one of 35 Amelia Earhart Fellows for 2020.
Katiyayni (Kati) Balachandran is the sixth UTA student selected by the Zonta International Foundation for the honor, joining Mousumi Ahmed, Jennifer Goss, Laura Henderson, Monica Hew and Wendy Okolo.
Balachandran works with aerospace engineering Professor Kamesh Subbarao in the Aerospace Systems Laboratory. Her research focuses on developing techniques to model the shape and estimate the attitude of space objects, such as asteroids or fragments of artificial satellites, using photometric light curves.
Characterizing these objects with classification algorithms helps researchers with identification and tracking. what can you do with a computer science degree is extending this modeling to a planetary atmosphere using data from several distributed sensors such as satellite constellations.
"I am deeply pleased and honored to receive the Amelia Earhart Fellowship," she said. "This wouldn't have been possible without the immense support of Dr. Subbarao and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
"I'm proud to join an exceptional group of women who have previously received this prestigious award, many of whom worked in the Aerospace Systems Lab. I'm appreciative of the support in this male-dominated industry. This fellowship allows me to focus on learning and sharing that knowledge with others passionate about the aerospace engineering field."
Katiyayni (Kati) Balachandran is the sixth UTA student selected by the Zonta International Foundation for the honor, joining Mousumi Ahmed, Jennifer Goss, Laura Henderson, Monica Hew and Wendy Okolo.
Balachandran works with aerospace engineering Professor Kamesh Subbarao in the Aerospace Systems Laboratory. Her research focuses on developing techniques to model the shape and estimate the attitude of space objects, such as asteroids or fragments of artificial satellites, using photometric light curves.
Characterizing these objects with classification algorithms helps researchers with identification and tracking. what can you do with a computer science degree is extending this modeling to a planetary atmosphere using data from several distributed sensors such as satellite constellations.
"I am deeply pleased and honored to receive the Amelia Earhart Fellowship," she said. "This wouldn't have been possible without the immense support of Dr. Subbarao and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
"I'm proud to join an exceptional group of women who have previously received this prestigious award, many of whom worked in the Aerospace Systems Lab. I'm appreciative of the support in this male-dominated industry. This fellowship allows me to focus on learning and sharing that knowledge with others passionate about the aerospace engineering field."
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