Mishaal Ashemimry – Aerospace Engineer and Founder of MISHAAL Aerospace

Mishaal Ashemimry is an Aerospace Engineer, Aerospace Entrepreneur, commercial pilot, speaker and influencer. She is the first female aerospace engineer in the GCC. Ashemimry is a consultant in her field and was a professor at the University of Miami Mechanical and Aerospace Department. Moreover, she is living her passion everyday by educating and inspiring others through conferences, webinars and her social media channels. While based in Miami, Florida, she founded MISHAAL Aerospace at age 26, to pursue her ultimate dream of building rockets. Her company’s objective was to design and build their own rockets to launch small satellites (500 kg) or less to Low Earth Orbit. Previously, she worked for Raytheon Missile Systems’ Aerodynamics Department and contributed to twenty-two different rocket programs. Her professional experience and areas of expertise include: aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, vehicle design, predictive simulation and analysis and rocket stage-separation analysis, with a strong focus on computational tool development.

 

She earned a Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engi­neering from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, and two Bachelor of Science Degrees in Aerospace Engineering and in Applied Mathematics, also from Florida Institute of Technology. Her academic focus included: experimental and analyti­cal aerodynamics, rocket design and nuclear thermal propulsion.