Ibrahima S. Sow

Hi! I’m a second-year graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering - Research program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Belgian American Educational Foundation Scholar, and a member of the Robotic Exploration Lab. I am actively looking for full-time roles in Aerospace (GNC), Robotics or any other interesting opportunities, so definitely reach out!

Advised by Pr. Zac Manchester and Pr. Howie Choset, my current research focuses on real-time optimization-based planning, control, and navigation for agile robots and autonomous spacecraft. I also actively work on the system design, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), flight software, and communication subsystems for our CubeSat missions (Py4, Argus-1).

Previously, I graduated with a B.S. in Electromechanical Engineering from Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) in 2022. My undergraduate research was centered on the development, experimental testing, and control of new sensors and actuators for minimally invasive endoscopic and surgical tools, and on local model-order reduction optimization for spacecraft reentry simulation.

I have interned at Space Applications Services as an Avionics and Embedded Systems Engineer Intern, primarily working on Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for payload development and testing, and at Redwire Space, as a Mechanical Engineer Intern, contributing to on-orbit space servicing systems.

My interests encompass everything that moves: real-time trajectory optimization, motion planning, control, navigation, and leveraging deep learning for high-performance autonomous systems, on Earth and beyond.

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