• Patti Grace Smith Fellow, Class of 2025

• California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, ‘27

• Host Institution: Vast

INoah is a second year student at the California Institute of Technology, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aerospace Engineering. Noah has been engaged in aerospace since middle school, learning the ins and outs of space mission design through various opportunities and building intuition as an engineer through robotics and various small engineering projects.

At Caltech, Noah has been able to further learn the fundamentals of mechanical engineering and design and is involved in the Caltech Air and Outer Space club where he was a part of the 2024 NASA Big Idea Challenge team. Through his team’s efforts, they were able to gain placement as finalists and presented their work at the competition's summit at UNLV last November and at the Lunar Space Innovation Consortium. Noah is also involved in the club's rover team where we compete in the University Rover Challenge and Canadian Rover Challenge.

Throughout his academic and professional career, Noah has been given incredible opportunities to explore and advance his knowledge in engineering for which he is very thankful for. Noah hopes to use these experiences in the field to help foster an aerospace environment that encourages getting out of your comfort zone and finding your passion within the field.