{"id":31829,"date":"2024-02-09T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=31829"},"modified":"2024-02-09T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:27:59","slug":"twin-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/twin-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Identical Twin Mechanical Engineers Reach for the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The sophomore sisters have long dreamed of working in aerospace\u2014and they\u2019re each others\u2019 biggest boosters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was condensed from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2024\/02\/sophomore-twins-and-space-enthusiasts-reach-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a feature<\/a> in the<\/em> Cornell Chronicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Caitlin Hayes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Identical twins Ashley Padres \u201926 and Verena Padres \u201926 were 10 years old and already obsessed with space exploration when they joined a competition to design and launch a rocket made from a two-liter soda bottle. The grand prize was a chance to see a real rocket launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were determined to win,\u201d Verena says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley worked on balsa wood fins and Verena on a small parachute that the girls tested by throwing it all over their yard in La Verne, CA, a Los Angeles suburb a half-hour drive from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an hour from SpaceX\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sisters, now mechanical engineering majors in Cornell Engineering, didn\u2019t win that first competition, but they remember it fondly as one of the first times they worked together on an engineering problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: Meet the Padres Sisters\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbXVIqIKdDc?feature=oembed&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was so fun,\u201d Verena says. \u201cAnd it was the start of the spirit of collaboration that we\u2019re still seeing now, where working together has been very beneficial. I know how she thinks, and she knows how I think, and we\u2019re able to take advantage of that to really work together efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twins\u2019 approach is now in use in multiple aerospace projects at Cornell and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verena is leading a team in Cornell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacecraftresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space Systems Design Studio<\/a> to send a light sail deployer, laden with sensors, for testing on the International Space Station. And Ashley\u2019s work with <a href=\"https:\/\/cuair.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornell University Unmanned Air Systems<\/a> (CUAir), one of Cornell Engineering\u2019s project teams, has led to breakthroughs in the design of an unmanned aerial search-and-rescue plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00a0I know how she thinks, and she knows how I think, and we\u2019re able to take advantage of that to really work together efficiently.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Verena<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, while Verena interned at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ashley led a group in developing a mission to detect and characterize exoplanets through Cornell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/smds.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SmallSat Mission Design School<\/a>. Both sisters will intern at SpaceX in summer 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working together for years, the sisters say Cornell\u2019s collaborative environment was a huge draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCornell really encourages you to work with your peers, and with that, students can create and pursue things that haven\u2019t been done before, just out of their sheer will to do something cool,\u201d Ashley says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs students, we can have a hand in actual engineering and designing, testing and manufacturing. Verena and I now have this opportunity to see what we\u2019re really interested in, to pursue the best opportunities to grow as engineers and to learn as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twins found their passion early\u2014Verena became obsessed with space in elementary school, after reading a book about female astronauts. Ashley was hooked after watching a pair of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rockets return from a mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Twin sisters and mechanical engineering majors Verena (L) and Ashley (R) Padres, both class of 2026, found their passion for aerospace and aeronautics. The sisters are pictured in the Space Systems Design Studio Lab in the basement of Rhodes Hall, where Verena (L) primarily works. She is showing Alpha CubeSat (light sail-carrying, cube-shaped satellite) that her lab team has worked on to her sister.\" class=\"wp-image-31831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-1264x843.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2024_1029_NH_048-S-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verena (left) shows Ashley a satellite that her lab team has been working on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt was this impossible idea of sending something into space but at the same time bringing the launch vehicle back and making it sustainable,\u201d Ashley says. \u201cThe whole idea of going to the stars was amazing to me. It still is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twins advanced quickly from bottle rockets. In high school, they joined their local Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, and participated in the American Rocketry Challenge, where they built and launched model rockets with fragile cargo: an egg that had to stay intact for the flight and landing. They competed in the national finals twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their interest in space was also supported and bolstered by their parents\u2014both civil engineers who encouraged them to explore their scientific curiosity from an early age\u2014and their proximity to NASA and SpaceX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twins both graduated from high school in three years and knew they wanted to attend college together. At Cornell they\u2019ve been on different but related paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verena has pursued research in the Space Systems Design Studio while Ashley chose to work on the CUAir project team. Verena hopes to pursue a PhD and advance human and robotic exploration of our solar system, while Ashley is interested in focusing on the vehicles that make that exploration possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the sisters are study partners for their classes and serve as essential sounding boards for each other\u2019s projects, often returning to their shared dorm room at night to debrief the day\u2019s challenges and celebrate the successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The whole idea of going to the stars was amazing to me. It still is.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Ashley<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would finish my flight shift, and she would come back after a whole day of test-flying her plane, and it\u2019s like: \u2018you won\u2019t believe what happened today,\u2019 or, \u2018we finally finished this,\u2019 or, \u2018we thought something was broken and panicked but fixed it,\u2019\u201d Verena says. \u201cJust having someone that I can share my excitement with has been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sisters have found a broader community at Cornell as well, with their suitemates and through the Cornell chapter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornellwoaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women of Aerospace and Aeronautics<\/a>, a student group, founded in 2020, that provides professional development and networking for female students interested in careers in aerospace and aeronautics, a field where gender parity is lacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll these opportunities make us feel like we\u2019re not alone in what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Ashley says. \u201cWe\u2019re a part of this much bigger group, where everyone is working together and rooting for you. It\u2019s not competitive at all but, like: Let\u2019s all bring each other up. Let\u2019s all get there together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Ashley (left) and Verena chat at Verena&#8217;s workbench in the Space Systems Design Studio Lab in Rhodes Hall. 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