Profile
Alison Dufresne
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
University of Southampton
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Qualifications:
Masters in Spacce Systems Engineering
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Work History:
Boston SCientific, Tranquility Aerospace and Deep Space Industries
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Current Job:
Propulsion and Systems Engineeer
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Employer:
I work for a company called Deep Space Industries. We are a small company who’ve been building engines for spacecrafts for a few years now. We’re planning on building our own spacecraft soon to send us to asteroids.
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About Me
Silly, hardworking and enthusiastic about the future of space travel
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Hey everyone! I’m an international space nerd. I grew up in a few European countries and ended up getting my Masters in Space Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton in the sunny south of England. I moved to America last year to work as a space propulsion engineer at an asteroid mining company. In my spare time I like to climb trees and game with my friends.
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My Work
I'm a space propulsionn engineer!
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My work is designing and building rocket engines which will our own future asteroid mining spacecrafts and those of many others who are exploring our solar system.
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My Typical Day: Blowing things up (safely) and playing with spacecrafts systems
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I usually spend my mornings doing design work for new systems, in the afternoon I get to work in the lab doing some hands on assembly or testing of our current flight systems. In the evening, if I’m lucky, I get to test fire our main engine which is a lot of fun.
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What I'd do with the money
I would like to give the money to Southampton Universities Spaceflight Society who visit schools to demonstrate some of the fun things that can be done with space science.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Nerdy, spacey, kind
What's the best thing you've done in your career?
Helped build an engine that had never been built before
What or who inspired you to follow your career?
Sci Fi writers, tv shows and the sky at night
What was your favourite subject at school?
Applied Math
What did you want to be after you left school?
An engineer or scientist
Were you ever in trouble at school?
All the time
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
A writer
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Led Zeppelin
What's your favourite food?
Chocolate in all of it's glorious forms
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Moved countries
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To be where I am, doing what I'm doing but in a world where everyone gets to do what they want
Tell us a joke.
There are two types of people in the world: 1. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data 2...
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