{"id":5031,"date":"2026-05-13T15:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5031"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:39:44","slug":"jay-chaudhari","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/jay-chaudhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Chaudhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Chaudhari-Jay-.jpg\" alt=\"by Corban Swain\" class=\"wp-image-5581\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Chaudhari-Jay-.jpg 400w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Chaudhari-Jay--200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Georgia State University<\/strong><br>Faculty Advisor: Prof. Paulo Lozano<br>Research Surpervisor: Dulani Withanage<br>Department: Aeronautics and Astronautics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jay Chaudhari is a rising sophomore at Georgia State University Perimeter College,<br>pursuing an Associate of Engineering. He plans to transfer to a four-year institution to major<br>in Aerospace Engineering, where he can engage in advanced research and pursue a career<br>in non-chemical propulsion, broadening his knowledge and enabling him to contribute to<br>society in a meaningful way. Jay\u2019s curiosity for research began when he joined the CORE<br>research program at GSU, where he learned the fundamentals of research. Currently at MIT,<br>he is simulating the deployment of the STEP-1 satellite from ISS, its staging process, and<br>verifying S-band radio. This opportunity has led him to develop a deeper interest in pursuing a<br>research career that helps humanity transition to a multi-planetary species, as current chemical<br>propulsion systems are too heavy and slow for deep-space exploration. His exploratory<br>interests also align with his adventurous hobbies, such as wilderness hiking and cycling.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Orbital Simulation of the Deployment and Staging of the Staged Electrospray<br>Pathfinder 1 Satellite<\/strong><br>Jay Chaudhari1, Dulani Withanage2, and Paulo Lozano2<br>1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Georgia State Perimeter College<br>2Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Electrospray propulsion uses an extractor grid to produce electric fields that extract and accelerate<br>ions from a nonvolatile ionic liquid propellant, which generates thrust. The STEP-1 satellite is<br>a project used to demonstrate electrospray propulsion in low Earth orbit. Our first objective for<br>the simulation was to simulate the deployment of STEP-1 from the ISS and then determine the<br>time required for the satellite to reach a safe distance from the ISS before we fire the thrusters,<br>because premature firing could lead to re-contact with the ISS. After which, we generated a staging<br>simulation to help determine the altitude and time for each event in the mission. This helped us<br>determine the optimal time between mission sequences to successfully execute the mission. Free<br>Flyer, an astrodynamics software, is used in the simulation. Moreover, we need the simulation<br>data for the Trajectory Planning and Operations Officer because they will require an ephemeris file<br>of each stage firing\u2019s resulting trajectory, after which they can approve execution. The impact of<br>this work will help carry out the mission without hazardous collisions with the ISS and will lead<br>mission control in planning the STEP-1 mission sequence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5393,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5031","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5681,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5031\/revisions\/5681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}