Max Fagin

United States United States

Graduate Student, Purdue University

Aviation

My ultimate goal is to help humanity get to Mars, and I have built my professional life and education around that idea. I triple majored in engineering, physics, and astronomy through the Dartmouth/Vassar dual degree program, and am now working towards my masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, with a minor in astrodynamics. At Purdue, I am a researcher in the Rapid Design of Systems Laboratory, where I focus on the design of human rated Mars entry, descent and landing systems. I am an expert machinist and fabrication engineer, having worked as an instructor for 5 years in machine shops at Dartmouth and Purdue, which has helped me keep true to my belief that the b...