Kenza K. Boudad

Kenza Boudad is a PhD candidate working with Professor Kathleen Howell at Purdue University. She previously earned a Master of Science degree in Astrodynamics and Space Application (also from Purdue University) in 2018 and a Bachelor of Science/Master of Science combined degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2017 from ESTACA, in France. Her research at Purdue focuses on multi-body dynamics in the Earth-Moon-Sun regime, specifically on the dynamical pathways between the cislunar and heliocentric spaces. Kenza was awarded a Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship in 2021.

Journal Publications

Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D.C., "Dynamics of Synodic Resonant Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits in the Bicircular Four-Body Problem", Advances in Space Research, Vol. 66, Issue 9, pp. 2194-2214, November 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.07.044.

Conference Publications

Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D. C., "Analogs for Earth-Moon Halo Orbits and their Evolving Characteristics in Higher-Fidelity Force Models", AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, California, January 3 - 7, 2022.
Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D. C., "Round-Trip Trajectories Between Earth-Moon NRHOs and Heliocentric Space in the Earth-Moon-Sun System", 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 25 - 29, 2021.
Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D. C., "Energy and Phasing Considerations for Low-Energy Transfers from Cislunar to Heliocentric Space", AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Lake Tahoe, California (Virtual), February 1 - 3, 2021.
Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D. C., "Heliocentric Access from Cislunar Space within the Context of the Bicircular Restricted Four-Body Problem", 31st AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina (Virtual), August 9 - 12, 2020.
Davis, D.C, Boudad, K. K., Power, R.J., and Howell, K. C. "Heliocentric Escape and Lunar Impact From Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits", AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, Maine, August 11 - 15, 2019.
Boudad, K. K., Howell, K. C., and Davis, D. C., "Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits in Cislunar Space within the Context of the Bicircular Four-Body Problem", 2nd IAA/AAS SciTech Forum, Moscow, Russia, June 25 - 27, 2019.
Davis, D.C, Boudad, K. K., Philips, S.M., and Howell, K. C. "Disposal, Deployment, and Debris in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits", 29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawaii, January 13 - 17, 2019.
Boudad, K. K., Davis, D. C., and Howell, K. C. "Disposal Trajectories From Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits", AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, Utah, August 19 - 23, 2018.

Theses

Boudad, K. K., Disposal Dynamics from the Vicinity of Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits in the Earth-Moon-Sun System, M.S. Thesis, Purdue University, 2018.