• Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2017

• University of Central Florida, Aerospace Engineering ‘18

• Host Institution: Orbital ATK

• Mentor: Ellen Stofan

Sumayya is an Electrical Engineer at Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) in Dulles, VA. She works on the integration and testing of the Cygnus spacecraft, which serves as a cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. She is also a Flight Controller for Cygnus. Prior to her current role, Sumayya was a Systems Engineer for the National Team's Human Landing System (HLS) effort as well as various other IRAD programs and NASA proposals.

As a Brooke Owens Fellow, Sumayya interned at Orbital ATK (now NGSP) as a Systems Engineer, where she had the opportunity to contribute to the design of an in-space manufacturing and assembly robotic spacecraft. Sumayya interned with them again the next summer and later accepted a full-time offer from NGSP upon graduating college. Before becoming a fellow, Sumayya worked as a Research Associate in UCF's Center for Microgravity Research as well as a Quality Analyst for Lockheed Martin.

Outside of work, Sumayya likes to be actively involved in the space community. She is co-chair of the Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) annual auction and is a long-time advocate of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). During her undergraduate years, Sumayya served as SEDS Sat-2 project manager, Chair for the 2017 SpaceVision national conference, and president of the UCF SEDS chapter from 2017 to 2018.