Madelyn MacRobbie

Contact

mamacrob@mtu.edu
R. L. Smith 924

Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, MIT and Harvard Medical School
MS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Duquesne University
BA, Physics, Duquesne University

Research Interests

Aerospace physiology
Mechanobiology
Space ission architecture
Analog mission design
Crewed operations in extreme environments

Recent Publications

Macrobbie M et al. (2025). Analogs as a Research Platform: Systems-Based Optimization Approach to Facility Selection. Analog Astronaut Research Journal
MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Space-Based Solar Power: Implications for Operational Robustness in Lunar EVAs and Exploration Architectures. Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio
MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Evaluating Risk for Astronaut Involvement in In-Space Manufacturing: Analog Field Testing and Future Planetary Surface Procedures. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Evaluating Fluid-Driven Probe Contact in Altered Gravity Environments. MDPI Biosensors;
MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Evaluating the Impact of Mission Architecture on Crew Dynamics in Space Exploration. In review, npj Microgravity
MacRobbie C, MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Integration of Space Based Solar Power into a Scaling Lunar ISRU Based Infrastructure and Economy. In review, Energy Conversion and Management X
MacRobbie M et al. (2025). Measuring the Microgravity Response in Epithelial Tissue Barrier Function: A Path to Flight. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025
MacRobbie C, MacRobbie M, et al. (2025). Architecture for a Flexible, Scalable, and Sustainable Lunar Infrastructure. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025
MacRobbie M and MacRobbie, C. (2025). Analogs as a Research Platform: Quantitative Facility and Experiment Selection Framework. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Mckinney, L, et al. (2025). MARTEMIS: Mars Architecture Research using Taguchi Experiments on the Moon with International Solidarity. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Lordos G, Hoying M, et al. (2024). Leveraging Economies of Scale and Gains from Specialization for Robust Crewed Mars Architectures. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Hoying M et al. (2024). Space-Based Solar Power for Operational Robustness in Lunar EVAs and Exploration Architectures. Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress
Lordos G, Hoying M et al. Reusable Mars Transportation Architecture Modeling for Larger Crewed Missions. Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress
Mckinney, L, et al. (2024). MARTEMIS: Mars Architecture Research using Taguchi Experiments on the Moon with International Solidarity. Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress
Hoying M et al. (2023). Framework for Large-Scale, Low-Cost Mars Analog Missions. 74th International Astronautical Congress
Lordos G, Hoying M, et al. (2023). Pale Red Dot. AIAA ASCEND 2023
Erkel D et al. (2022). Distributed, Agile, and Redundancy-based Concurrent Engineering (DARCE) for Technology Demonstrator and Cost-Effective Space Missions. 73rd International Astronautical Congress
Gentgen C et al. (2022). BART & MARGE: Bipropellant All-in-one ISRU Truck & Mobile Autonomous Reactor Generating Electricity. AIAA ASCEND 2022
Hoying M et al. (2021). Project MADMEN: Proposed Analog Fidelity Comparison to ALIEN Martian Mission. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Hoying M, et. al. (2019). Solar Orbital Logistics, Forecasting, and Radiation Module (SOLFARM). 1st International Orbital Debris Conference Papers

Presentations

Epithelial Breakdown in Space and its Impacts on Astronauts. Wellman Research Seminar, MGH
Systems Optimization for Analog Facility Utilization. EDEN-LUNA Workshop, DLR
Sensor Payloads for Space, Putney Student Travel MIT Summer Camp (lecture and workshop)
Mission to Mars: How to Eat, Sleep, and Think Like an Astronaut. 2024 Cambridge Science Festival; 2025 Cambridge Science Festival (lecture; sold out event)
Astronaut Lunch & Learn: Insights from the Final Frontier, 2024 Cambridge Science Festival (panel member alongside retired NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman and others)
Inventher: Devices and Operations for Space Exploration, 2024 Women in Aerospace and Astronautics Conference, University of Michigan
Flexible Analog Mission Design for Operational Risk Management, 2024 Analog Astronaut Conference, University of Arizona Biosphere 2
How to Eat, Sleep, and Think Like an Astronaut, 2023 Undergraduate Research Program Guest Lecture, Duquesne University
Mission Planning for Mars: How do we keep astronauts safe on another planet? 2023 Science and Engineering Exploration Camp, University of Michigan
Aero 200 Culture and Careers Panel Discussion (panel member), 2023 University of Michigan Aero 200