ESP Biography

EMILY ALEMAN, MIT AeroAstro Sophomore

Major: Aerospace Engineering

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2028

Brief Biographical Sketch:

My interest in satellites began in high-school when I was trying to find new exoplanets and competed in the ISEF fair. Now, I'm the Co-President of the MIT Satellite Team, where we build satellites and space systems instead of just studying their data. I love teaching and sharing/acquiring knowledge with others. I've have spent time in Italy teaching curriculum ranging from mathematics to satellite engineering to high schoolers and adult learners. My goal is to help build a "space-conscious generation" by making space science interesting and accessible to everyone. It's not Rocket Science! Actually, it is...

Past Classes

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E16478: Satellite Telecommunications: How We Communicate Across Space in Spark 2026 (Mar. 14 - 15, 2026)

Ever wonder how we get photos back from Mars or how a satellite is able to detect and alert us about hurricanes? In this hands-on workshop with the MIT Satellite Team, you’ll become a Mission Controller. We’ll learn about CubeSats, tiny satellites the size of a tissue box, and learn how they communicate across the vacuum of space using the basics of binary and packet-based communication (telemetry). You’ll help us run a "Selfie Telemetry" experiment, where we encode, transmit, and decode data across the room just like a real orbiting spacecraft. No rocket science degree required!