Dr. Pauline Faure joined Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Department in 2018 and teaches, among others, the department’s capstone course on Spacecraft Design as well as the junior-level course on Fundamentals of Systems Engineering. Dr. Faure’s research focuses on the adaptation and usage of space systems as an educative tool to build capabilities and support sustainable space activities for local communities, first time developers, and emerging space faring nations. To support her research vision, Dr. Faure established ETOILES, a research laboratory dedicated to the development of Educational Technologies for Open and Interactive Learning via the Engineering of Small Spacecraft. ETOILES has over 50 undergraduate and graduate students working on varied projects from a flight mission to demonstrate technologies in support of tackling climate change to the development of an educational and controlled spacecraft platform. Dr. Faure obtained her Ph.D. from Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan, in Mechanical and Control Engineering. Dr. Faure’s thesis dealt with decision-making processes in non-traditional satellites program management of assembly, integration, and testing activities. Current and Past Master Thesis Supervision 2021-22Ricardo ContrerasAn Educational Guide to Finite Modeling Small SpacecraftIn progressBailey GarrettProject Management and Systems Engineering for Preliminary Design of University-based Small Spacecraft MissionsIn progressJonathan HoodAnalysis for the Evaluation of On-orbit Sub-micro-Newton Thrust SystemsIn progress

Academic Year	Student	Thesis Title	Status
2019-20	James Harper	Pocket Rocket: a 1U+ Propulsion System Design to Enhance CubeSat Capabilities	Graduated
	Madeline Jensma	Thermal Modeling and Testing of the Blue Thermal Vacuum Chamber	Graduated
	Scott Pirkle	Design of a Martian Communication Constellation of CubeSats	Graduated
	Alyssa Ralph	Pathfinding Interplanetary Bus Capability for the Cal Poly CubeSat Laboratory through the Development of a Phobos-Deimos Mission Concept	Graduated
	Nick Snyder	Design, Validation, and Verification of the Cal Poly Educational CubeSat Kit Structure	Graduated
	Stavros Diamantopoulos	Development of Flight Software for Cal Poly’s CubeSat Kit	In progress
	Giovanni Guerrero	Development of an Integrated Payload Processing Module for Cal Poly’s CubeSat Kit	In progress
	Charles van Steenwyk	Design of a 12 U CubeSat network for exoplanet detection	In progress
	Andrew Yazhgur	X-band Communication System for Deep Space SmallSats	Withdrawn
2020-21	Sean Nogrady	MBSE-based CubeSat Design Tool – Power Module	Graduated
	Deeksha Prakash	Development of a CubeSat Conceptual Communications Design Tool	In progress
2021-22	Ricardo Contreras	An Educational Guide to Finite Modeling Small Spacecraft	In progress
	Bailey Garrett	Project Management and Systems Engineering for Preliminary Design of University-based Small Spacecraft Missions	In progress
	Jonathan Hood	Analysis for the Evaluation of On-orbit Sub-micro-Newton Thrust Systems	In progress