• Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2022

• Saint Louis University, Aerospace Engineering with minor in Engineering Mathematics, ‘22

• Host Institution: Loft Orbital

• Executive Mentor: Tanya Harrison

• Brookie Mentor: Solteria Ross

Tinevimbo is a senior studying Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Engineering Mathematics at Saint Louis University (SLU) in Missouri. She is passionate about using space infrastructure to improve environmental monitoring and hopes to attain a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering with a specialization in Space Systems.

She was born and raised in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare. Her experiences growing up with water scarcity (and unclean water) have greatly shaped her curiosity and motivation for the advancement of scientific study. Specifically, weather phenomena disaster forecasting in African regions. She aspires to join and expand the Geospatial and Space Agency, advancing disaster readiness avenues whilst continuing space exploration. Furthermore, she hopes to pioneer aerospace engineering as an accessible field for young women in Zimbabwe.

In the summer of 2021, Tinevimbo worked as a research assistant under Dr. Michael Swartwout in the Space Systems Research Lab at Saint Louis University where she was exposed to the design, build and launch of low-cost nanosatellites constellations into low earth orbit, providing near-global coverage. Apart from her research experience, she works as a teaching assistant for Mechanics of Solids, Calculus I and Calculus III. In addition, Tinevimbo has had the pleasure of serving as a resident advisor for the past three years, a role in which she lives, supports, and collaborates with upperclassmen through a supportive and intentional residential community. Finally, she is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Missouri Epsilon Chapter and is a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar.

As a 2022 Brooke Owens Fellow, Tinevimbo is excited to be joining Loft Orbital in the summer. During this time, she hopes to contribute to making space more accessible to all.