<aside> <img src="/icons/stars_gray.svg" alt="/icons/stars_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Navid Nakhjiri is Professor and Associate Chair of Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and a Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His work focuses on space mission design, astrodynamics, and spacecraft systems, with emphasis on early concept development. He directs the Astronautics Laboratory, leading funded and collaborative projects in small satellite missions and advanced mission concepts, while training students in design-centered, systems-level thinking.
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Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Dec-2013
M.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Jun-2011
B.S. Aerospace Engineering | Sep-2009
