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Heidy Kelman

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Heidy Kelman

Technical Designer

Biography

Heidy Kelman is a Technical Designer in the Embedded Robotic Systems Group (347A) at JPL. She currently serves as Lead Designer on MRSH Receiving and Processing double Walled Isolator design as well as EES-OS Deintegration design. Previously supported CCRS On-Orbit Assembly Testbed Systems team.

Education

  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • BS., Engineering Technology, Electromechanical

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Mechanical Designer
    • Div 35 Design Group - Various projects
  • Caltech
    • Mechanical Designer
    • LIGO project
  • Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO)
    • Designer
    • Development and Communications Assistant
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Technical Designer
    • Embedded Robotics Systems

Research Interests

  • Mechanical Design
  • SolidWorks CAD system
  • Cable Layout/Documentation
  • Visio
  • 3D Printing

Publications

2024
  1. P. Younse, J. Chesin, P. Phelps, S. Gerdts, O. Rendon Perez, J. Plourde, T. Kim, J. Wheaton, H. Kelman, J. Munger, A. Kakarlapudi, and K. Rao, "Mars Sample Return Sample Handling Technology Development," 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 04 March 2024.