Jenni Sidey-Gibbons

Jennifer Anne MacKinnon "Jenni" Sidey-Gibbons (born August 3, 1988) is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, and academic. She was selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as one of the two members of the 2017 CSA Group alongside Joshua Kutryk.[1][2][3][4]

Jenni Sidey-Gibbons
Official NASA portrait, 2017
Born (1988-09-04) September 4, 1988
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma materMcGill University (BSc)
Jesus College, Cambridge (PhD)
Space career
CSA Astronaut
Selection2017 CSA Group

Early life and education

Sidey was born on August 3, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta. Sidey graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Engineering with honours degree in mechanical engineering. While she was at McGill, she carried out research in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Research Council Flight Research Laboratory on flame propagation in microgravity.

During her time in McGill Engineering, she was part of the McGill Association of Mechanical Engineers (MAME) and the Plumbers' Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO).

She subsequently went on to complete a PhD in engineering at Jesus College, Cambridge in 2015, where she focused on combustion under the supervision of Professor Nondas Mastorakos.[5]

Academic career

Prior to joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Sidey was a lecturer in internal combustion engines at the Department of Engineering of the University of Cambridge. The focus of her research was turbulent flame physics and pollutant reduction in combustion systems.[6] She also taught undergraduate and graduate students in the Energy, Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery Division on topics ranging from conventional and alternative energy production to introductory thermodynamics and flame physics. In 2016, she was awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award, as well as a Royal Academy of Engineering Young Engineer of the Year Award.

CSA career

Sidey was selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to undergo training as an astronaut as part of the 2017 CSA Group, the fourth Canadian astronaut recruitment campaign. Sidey and Joshua Kutryk were selected among a large field of qualified candidates. Sidey was the third female candidate chosen by the Canadian Space Agency after Roberta Bondar and Julie Payette, and when selected at age 28, was the youngest astronaut candidate ever selected by the Canadian Space Agency.[7]

In July 2017, Sidey relocated to Houston, Texas, to complete the two-year NASA Astronaut Candidate Training Program at the Johnson Space Center. She is training alongside the 2017 NASA astronaut class.

References
  1. "Biography of Jennifer Sidey". Canadian Space Agency website. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. Semeniuk, Ivan (2 July 2017). "Meet Jennifer Sidey and Joshua Kutryk, Canada's newest astronauts". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Exploring Space or the Ocean: Astronaut Joshua Kutryk takes position". 5 November 2018.
  4. Dunham, Jackie (July 1, 2017). "Jennifer Sidey and Josh Kutryk: Canada's two newest astronauts revealed". CTV News.
  5. Sidey, J. A. M. (2015). Experimental and numerical investigations of highly preheated and diluted flames (PhD). University of Cambridge. OCLC 1064667170.
  6. "Dr. Jenni A. M. Sidey — CUED Division A". www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  7. Buckiewicz, Amanda (January 31, 2020). "How fire scientist Jenni Sidey-Gibbons became Canada's youngest astronaut". CBC Radio.
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