Anita Sengupta
Anita Sengupta | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Known for | Cold Atom Laboratory Mars Science Laboratory Deep Space 1 Ion propulsion |
| Awards | Best technical paper by the Electric Propulsion Technical Committee of the AAIAA ASEI Woman Engineer of the Year Recipient |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aerospace engineer |
| Institutions | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology University of Southern California Virgin Hyperloop One Airspace Experience Technologies |
| Thesis | Experimental and Analytical Investigation of a Ring Cusp Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber Physics and Performance (2005) |
| Website | anitasengupta |
Anita Sengupta is an American aerospace engineer. She is a graduate in aerospace and mechanical engineering (MS '00, Ph.D. '05) of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. She was the lead systems engineer of the team that developed the parachute system that was deployed during the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity. She was subsequently the project manager of the Cold Atom Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech. She was then the Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering at Virgin Hyperloop One. She is currently Chief Product Officer at Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX).