Muriel Richard
EPFL STI SEL-GE
PPH 334 (Bâtiment PPH)
Station 13
CH-1015 Lausanne
EPFL ENT-R ESC
PPH 334 (Bâtiment PPH)
Station 13
CH-1015 Lausanne
Biography
Mrs. Richard got her Masters degree in 1996 from the California Institute of Technology (USA) in Mechanical Engineering. She worked at the NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1994 till 2005, early on for the Mars Program, and then for the Advanced Propulsion Technology Group. She becomes a senior engineer in 2001 when she moves to JPLs Mission Architecture Group. In 2005, she was employed by the Space Center EPFL in Switzerland to manage the SwissCube satellite project, and later on to manage the Clean-mE research and technology development program on Active Debris Removal. Since January 2012, she is the Project Manager of the CleanSpace One mission.
Parcours professionnel
| CleanSpace One Project Manager | Space Engineering Center (eSpace) | EPFL | 2009 - now |
| SwissCube Project Manager | Space Center | EPFL | 2006 - 2009 |
| Senior Engineer. Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter Project (JIMO/Prometheus Program, Phase A): System Analyses team lead. Dawn Project (Phase D): EP Test System Engineer. Technology (propulsion/aerocapture) developments analyses and roadmaps. | Deep Space Mission Architecture Group | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | 2001 - 2005 |
| Engineering staff. Technology developments: Electric and Advanced Propulsion | Advanced Propulsion Technology Group | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | 1996 - 2001 |
| Academic Part Time | Mars Program | NASA JPL | 1994 - 1996 |
Education
| M.S. | Mechanical Engineering Department | California Institute of Technology, USA | 1994 1996 |
| Engineer Diploma | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering | Ecole Polytechnique Feminine, France | 1988 1993 |
