Meet Mishaal Ashemimry, First Saudi Arabian Woman to Join NASA

[Saif al-Arab]

Meet Mishaal Ashemimry, First Saudi Arabian Woman to Join NASA​

Published September 17th, 2017 - 14:59 GMT

Mishaal Ashemimry is the first Saudi woman to join US space agency NASA.

Mishaal Ashemimry is an aerospace engineer and serves as CEO of MISHAAL Aerospace based in Miami, Florida. Her job consists of sending small satellites into orbit with cost-effective space access vehicles known as the M-Rocket Series.

“When I look back at the moment I was inspired, when I was six, it somehow puts things into perspective. I guess you can say I get my inspiration through my younger eyes staring at the sky in awe and enthusiasm,” Mishaal said in an interview.

“My fascination with space started while gazing at the stars in the Unayzah desert. Since then my focus has been to become an aerospace engineer and contribute to the development of space vehicles and rockets,” she said.

Ashemimry previously worked for Raytheon Missile Systems’ Aerodynamics Department and contributed to 22 different rocket programs. Her professional experience and areas of expertise include: aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, vehicle design, predictive simulation and analysis and rocket stage-separation analysis, with a strong focus on computational tool development.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida Institute of Technology with two Bachelor of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics on May 5, 2006, and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering on December 15, 2007. Her academic focus include experimental and analytical aerodynamics, rocket design and nuclear thermal propulsion.

As a graduate research assistant Ashemimry worked on a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center project on nuclear thermal propulsion. She analyzed and designed a new thermal nuclear rocket engine for Mars Missions for NASA. She analyzed and modeled the thermo-fluid behavior inside the nuclear core of the 1960s NERVA-Type reactors to better understand the issue of large wall thermal gradients and to benchmark codes to design our new nuclear thermal rocket engine.

The objective of her work is to design a nuclear thermal rocket that minimizes or eliminates the thermal issues experienced by the 1960s NERVA-Type reactors.

https://www.albawaba.com/business/first-saudi-woman-join-nasa-1022542

 

[somebozo]

tsk tsk...still not allowed to drive in their home country..

 

[Saif al-Arab]

US Central Command congratulates first Saudi Arabian woman to join NASA


Mishaal Ashemimry is an aerospace engineer, who serves as CEO of MISHAAL Aerospace based in Miami, Fla. — Courtesy photo

Saudi Gazette report

Jeddah — US Central Command has congratulated Mishaal Ashemimry, the first Saudi woman to join US space agency NASA.

In a tweet it congratulated Ashemimry, saying she is “an inspiring model for women.”

Center for International Communication (CIC), an initiative of the Saudi Ministry of Culture & Information, retweeted: “Congratulations to @mishalashemimry the 1st #Saudi #female to join @NASA.”

Mishaal Ashemimry is an aerospace engineer, who serves as CEO of MISHAAL Aerospace based in Miami, Fla. The goal is to send small satellites into orbit with cost-effective space access vehicles known as the M-Rocket Series.

“When I look back at the moment I was inspired, when I was six, it somehow puts things into perspective. I guess you can say I get my inspiration through my younger eyes staring at the sky in awe and enthusiasm,” Mishaal said an earlier interview.

“My fascination with space started while gazing at the stars in the Unayzah desert. Since then my focus has been to become an aerospace engineer and contribute to the development of space vehicles and rockets,” she said.

Mishaal previously worked for Raytheon Missile Systems’ Aerodynamics Department and contributed to 22 different rocket programs. Her professional experience and areas of expertise include: aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, vehicle design, predictive simulation and analysis and rocket stage-separation analysis, with a strong focus on computational tool development.

Mishaal earned Bachelor of Science Degrees in Aerospace Engineering and in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, and a Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering, also from Florida Institute of Technology. Her academic focus included: experimental and analytical aerodynamics, rocket design and nuclear thermal propulsion.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida Institute of Technology with two Bachelor of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics on May 05, 2006 and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering on December 15, 2007.

As a graduate research assistant Mishaal worked on a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center project on nuclear thermal propulsion. She analyzed and designed a new thermal nuclear rocket engine for Mars Missions for NASA. She analyzed and modeled the thermo-fluid behavior inside the nuclear core of the 1960s NERVA-Type reactors to better understand the issue of large wall thermal gradients and to benchmark codes to design our new nuclear thermal rocket engine. The objective of her work was to design a nuclear thermal rocket that minimizes or eliminates the thermal issues experienced by the 1960s NERVA-Type reactors.

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/517388/SAUDI-ARABIA/NASA

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tsk tsk...still not allowed to drive in their home country..

What has a temporary, less than 25 year old "law" (not a law de facto and women do drive in the countryside), anything to do with the content of this thread? The answer is absolutely nothing.

 

[Morpheus]

Is she considered Saudi if she was born in US, and raised in US, and has a US nationality. She has a Saudi nationality because of her parents only, but isn't it against Saudi law to hold dual nationality.

 

[Clutch]

*sob*
I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky,...
But I can't believe I still can't drive,
I believe I can fly,
*sob*

 

[raptor22]

congrats..

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Is she considered Saudi if she was born in US, and raised in US, and has a US nationality. She has a Saudi nationality because of her parents only, but isn't it against Saudi law to hold dual nationality.

She was born in KSA to Saudi Arabian parents. What exactly makes her non-Saudi aside from possibly (not sure) having acquired US citizenship (which almost everyone is able to)?

So what? Does not stop many people from having dual nationality and this law is not really upheld unless you work in sensitive places (military) and other important sectors.

*sob*
I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky,...
But I can't believe I still can't drive,
I believe I can fly,
*sob*

Go play with your toys if you have only moronic trolling to offer. The topic of this thread is something that you cannot comprehend.

 

[Morpheus]

She was born in KSA to Saudi Arabian parents.

She was born in US to Saudi parents, according to her own biography page.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

She was born in US to Saudi parents, according to her own biography page.

Well, there you have your answer then. To Saudi Arabian parents. So she is as Saudi Arabian as anyone else. She could have been born in a isolated mountain village in KSA, an isolated desert village, Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Riyadh, a Saudi Arabian embassy abroad or even in North Korea. It would not change her ancestry or the fact that she is a daughter of two Saudi Arabian nationals.

Any child born to a Saudi Arabian father (if married) is automatically given Saudi Arabian nationality if applying for it and if paternity can be proven, regardless of place of birth.

BTW I did not expect her to have been born in the US. It must have occurred during the time of her parents study in the US or they simply emigrated (rare but it does occur).

 

[The SC]

tsk tsk...still not allowed to drive in their home country..

What does have driving a car at home has to do with her being a rocket scientist?
How many women are driving cars in the world,? billions..and how many join NASA as scientists.. count them on your fingers!..

 

[Saif al-Arab]

What does have driving a car at home has to do with her being a rocket scientists?
How many women are driving cars in the world,? billions..and how many join NASA as scientists.. count them on your fingers!..

Exactly!

Trolling and butthurt from the usual suspects.

That's like saying, whenever an Pakistani woman accomplishes something great, that "women in Pakistan are still stoned to death by villagers, "acid is thrown at them" etc.

As I wrote earlier what has a temporary, less than 25 year old "law" (not a law de facto and women do drive in the countryside), anything to do with the content of this thread? The answer is absolutely nothing.

 

[The SC]

Trolling and butthurt from the usual suspects.

That's like saying, whenever an Pakistani woman accomplishes something great, that "women in Pakistan are still stoned to death by villagers, "acid is thrown at them" etc.

As I wrote earlier what has a temporary, less than 25 year old "law" (not a law de facto and women do drive in the countryside), anything to do with the content of this thread? The answer is absolutely nothing.

They should be saying congratulations, because she is first of all a Muslim young woman with big achievements.. they can be proud of as Muslims..

 

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@Sharif al-hijaz


Yes, it is ‘The Boss’. ^^

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[Saif al-Arab]

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@Sharif al-hijaz


Yes, it is ‘The Boss’. ^^

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Yes. Hopefully one day she and the many other 100's (if not 1000's) of highly capable Saudi Arabians now based in the West, will be able to return and contribute to the progress of the country. Similarly with all other highly talented Arabs based in the West regardless of nationality.

*sob*
I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky,...
But I can't believe I still can't drive,
I believe I can fly,
*sob*

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

Yes. Hopefully one day she and the many other 100's (if not 100's) of highly capable Saudi Arabians now based in the West, will be able to return and contribute to the progress of the country. Similarly with all other highly talented Arabs based in the West regardless of nationality.

Yes !

But we must fight for it, brother (Respect, Equality and all their rights). Nothing comes without fighting.


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*sob*
I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky,...
But I can't believe I still can't drive,
I believe I can fly,
*sob*

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@Sharif al-hijaz


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