Please join Mines Pathways Exploration as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid presenting CSM in Air and Space: How Far Can We Go? on Wednesday, September 18 at Colorado School of Mines.  

Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Space Resources Program at Mines, where he leads a research and academic program focused on the human and robotic exploration of space and the utilization of its resources. He has more than 35 years of experience conducting space projects in NASA facilities, including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, and received the NASA Astronauts’ Personal Achievement Award for his contributions to human spaceflight. He is the President of the Space Resources Roundtable, an international organization focused on lunar, asteroidal, and planetary resources studies. Dr. Abbud-Madrid holds a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
from ITESM in México, a M.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, a Ph.D. from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a private pilot license for single-engine-land airplanes. At Mines, he is also the Director of the Space and Planetary Science and Engineering Area of Special Interest, Affiliate Director of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, and faculty advisor of the AIAA student chapter, Astronomy Club, and Rocket Club.