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Testimony from Lisa Wong, 2024 graduate of the TAS ASTRO Advanced Master® programme, SEEDS option

Lisa wong

Structural and thermal engineer

Testimonial Category :

Alumni

Date :

22 May 2025

Testimony of Lisa Wong

AM TAS ASTRO alumni class of 2024

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Last name: Wong
First name: Lisa
Title of Advanced Master® completed: TAS ASTRO, Space Systems Enginnering + SEEDS (Optional track: Space Exploration)
Graduation year: 2024
Position: Structural and Thermal Engineer
Company: Astroscale France
City: Toulouse
Country of residence: France

Her career before ISAE-SUPAERO

What was your academic background before joining ISAE-SUPAERO?

I graduated from Arts et Métiers after a preparatory course in MPSI and then PSI. My background was in industrial and mechanical engineering.

Why did you choose to pursue an Advanced Master® at ISAE-SUPAERO?

ISAE-SUPAERO was my goal from the moment I knew I wanted to work in this industry, largely because of its excellence in the sector and also because of its proximity to opportunities in the surrounding area. The Advanced Master® TAS ASTRO was an obvious choice because of its cross-disciplinary approach to working on space missions. I was also very quickly convinced by the choice of lecturers and the subjects covered, in particular the possibility of doing the Space Exploration option in collaboration with European universities.

Despite 6 months of Erasmus in Italy in space engineering and a work placement at Sogeclair Aerospace in R&D of space structures, I didn’t feel that my specialisation in space was deep enough. I wanted to go further in understanding the challenges of the sector, from a technical point of view, but also from other aspects. What could be better than being surrounded by other enthusiasts and learning from recognised experts in the historic city of the space industry?

Her experience at ISAE-SUPAERO

What lessons, projects or activities at the AM have impressed you the most?

In terms of teaching, I would say mission analysis and orbital mechanics, because it was very well taught, but also less expected teaching, such as human spaceflight engineering and space operations, which made the learning very concrete with the use of real examples of situations that the engineers had to deal with during real missions.

In terms of projects, it’s hard to choose. There was the bid management course project where we were 5 teams who had to respond to a call for tenders in 1 month. It was really challenging and formative, especially for working in industry.

Then there was the ITP project, where we had 6 months to come up with a preliminary design for a fleet of constellations. My team and I were responsible for designing the ‘space tug’ constellation to put the other constellations into orbit for the start of their mission, and to de-orbit them at the end of their mission. It was a very rewarding project, where the key was to get organised and communicate with your team as well as with the other teams in order to achieve a complex but sustainable and coherent system.

The SEEDS project stands out the most, which I will develop in another answer and which enabled me to work in a team of 30 students from the universities of Turin (PoliTo), Leicester and ISAE-SUPAERO. We started with a simple project title and ended up at the European Space Agency (ESA) technical centre 6 months later to present our work. The challenge was to organise ourselves, to take advantage of our teaching, experience and different cultures and approaches in order to move the project forward and create a shared ambition. The project enabled us to present our project to CNES and ESA and to be accompanied by experts from the Italian Space Agency, Thalès Alenia Space Italy and Space Park Leicester, as well as professors and doctoral students from the three partner universities.

How does the AM contribute to your technical and professional skills?

I would say that it gave me technical skills on more subjects, because we worked on many systems engineering professions, and that it greatly contributed to developing my professional skills, through courses on project management, bid management, financing and legal aspects of space projects, etc., but also through the presence of speakers from industry.

Did you take part in any applied projects, student challenges or industrial collaborations during your Advanced Master®?

Yes, I can mention the ITP project where we were supported by experts from Airbus Defense and Space for the project management part.

Did you carry out a work assignment or internship during your AM?

I was lucky enough to find an internship very quickly after my Advanced Master® at The Exploration Company, in their Munich offices and in the Procurement team. The Exploration Company is a start-up based in Munich, Bordeaux and Turin, which develops, manufactures and operates Nyx, a cargo spacecraft designed to meet the future needs of space stations and the lunar environment. The start-up was founded in June 2021 by Hélène Huby and seven colleagues, all former employees of ArianeGroup and Airbus, who wanted, through a European initiative, to fill the European gap in the space market for space cargo and crewed capsules to space stations.

To understand the context of my placement a little better, it took place during the assembly phase of the Mission Possible capsule, an in-orbit demonstration capsule that will take to the skies in June 2025, and the start of the initial development phases of Nyx.

My main task was to work as part of the purchasing team, which aims to buy and supply the specific products or services needed for the work of the teams and the projects to be carried out. We liaised mainly with the AIT (Assembly, Integration and Testing) engineers and with the design engineers to liaise with suppliers of parts and components, but also to be responsive in the event of non-compliance and technical problems.

Did you have any international experience as part of your AM?

Yes, I chose the ‘SEEDS’ option, which involves working on the system design of two space exploration missions.

This option was created through a collaboration between Politecnico di Torino, the University of Leicester and ISAE-Supaero. We were 30 students from the three universities working on these projects, supervised by professors and doctoral students on site and helped by industrialists in each city.

This project also enabled us to travel to the three countries with the team of students and benefit from local know-how and support.

The projects that year focused on the design of a manned Mars lander and the design of a commercial European space station, two fascinating subjects as much for their technical challenge as for the definition of their interests and non-technical feasibility (financial, political, etc.).

Her current career path

What is your current position? In which company or organisation do you work?

I’m a structural and thermal engineer at Astroscale France.

What business sector are you in today?

Space, more specifically the space segment, and even more specifically, in-orbit services.

How has your Advanced Master® contributed to your professional integration or career development?

It played a major role in increasing my credibility with the companies I was applying to for internships and my first job. I was able to get a great internship with a fast-growing start-up, which had a positive snowball effect for the rest of my career. It still helps me to understand the technical challenges of the company where I work.

What specific skills developed at ISAE-SUPAERO do you use the most today?

Project management skills and those developed during group projects. And, quite coherently, technical skills in thermal engineering, because that’s my job, as well as knowledge of standards and methods in the sector.

Has the Master's enabled you to achieve your professional or personal goals?

Yes, 100% so far. It has enabled me to work in a start-up that wants to revolutionise the space industry and that makes sense to me.

Her advice

What advice would you give to a future candidate for an ISAE-SUPAERO Advanced Master®?

You should choose a Master’s degree that you like (of course) but that is consistent with your career path, so that it builds on your experience and adds real value. I think there are enough options to ensure that there are some that are relevant in this sense.

In your opinion, what makes your ISAE-SUPAERO Advanced Master® so special?

The way in which the master’s programme is organised (courses, design offices, projects) and the careful attention paid by those in charge of the programme to adapting and improving it from year to year. There’s a real commitment to the training and career opportunities of each student, and that’s what makes the difference for this particular master’s programme.

"The TAS ASTRO Master has opened doors for me that I never imagined I would be able to open.

If you had to sum up your experience in one word, three adjectives or one sentence?

An immersive and decisive dive into the passion of the space sector.

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