Dr. Ahsan Choudhuri is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (cSETR), a NASA University Research Center at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Choudhuri’s primary research interests are in aerospace systems and energy engineering. He received his degrees from School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma (MS, 1997, PhD, 2000) and Department of Mechanical Engineering at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (BSc Engg, 1993).