Angel Abbud-Madrid

Space Resources Program, Colorado School of Mines • Director

Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, where he leads a research program focused on the human and robotic exploration of space and the utilization of its resources. He is also the Director of the Space Resources Graduate Program, aimed at educating scientists, engineers, economists, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the field of extraterrestrial resources. He has more than 35 years of experience conducting space projects in NASA’s low-gravity facilities, including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, and received the NASA Astronauts' Personal Achievement Award for his contributions to human spaceflight.

Abbud-Madrid is President of the Space Resources Roundtable international organization and member of the Committee on Planetary Protection of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the Unites States. He holds a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in México, a M.S.E. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

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