TERESA MCBRYAN

• Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2018

• Arizona State University, Aerospace Engineering, '20

• Host Institution: Orbital ATK

• Mentor: Carol Lane

Teresa McBryan is currently finishing up her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University (ASU) in Aerospace Engineering. She is pursuing her love for space and robotics with research into rover designs. After an internship at JPL in smart rover wheels, she is continuing her research into terramechanics and optimal rover wheel design. She started a team at ASU to participate in the RASC-AL challenge to design a lunar southern pole rover. She will pursue her master's degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at ASU.

Throughout her undergraduate career, she has completed 5 internships from institutions like Intel, NASA Goddard, and JPL. The Brooke Owens Fellowship enabled her to intern at Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, where she worked on CRS-9, the resupply mission to the ISS. Her love for space has only grown over the past couple of years and the Brooke Owens Fellowship always inspires her to pursue her passions without restraint.

She was the U.S. Delegate for the 2018 U.S. China Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange where she tried to foster a unified community for space exploration. She loves to travel and explore the world. Her hobbies include traveling, drawing, and fencing. She is a highly competitive fencer in the state of Arizona, earning her the title of Women’s Foil State Champion for 5 years in a row.