EMILY MATTESON

Matthew Isakowitz Fellow, Class of 2023

Cornell University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Aerospace Engineering

Host Company: Impulse Space

Emily Matteson is a senior at Cornell University’s College of Engineering studying Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. She is extremely excited and honored to be a 2023 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow and will intern this summer at Impulse Space. Previously, she interned at The Aerospace Corporation as a 2022 Brooke Owens Fellow.

Currently at Cornell, Emily is the Chief Engineer on the CisLunar Explorers Research Team in Dr. Mason Peck’s Space Systems Design Studio. CisLunar Explorers is a 12U CubeSat demonstrating water electrolysis propulsion and optical navigation systems. Emily is also the Structures Lead Emeritus on the Cornell Rocketry Team, one of Cornell Engineering’s 34 student-led project teams. Cornell Rocketry Team designs, assembles, and launches reusable high-powered rockets to compete in the international Spaceport America Cup Competition held annually in New Mexico. Previously at Cornell, Emily was a Teaching Assistant for the Cornell Engineering Leadership Certification Program and also participated in Cornell’s SmallSat Mission Design School. 

Emily is from Tenafly, New Jersey. When she is not working on spacecraft and launch vehicles, Emily can be found stargazing in an open field, bouldering and top-roping in an indoor gym, or skiing on the icy slopes of the East Coast.

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