Ashley Clendenen

Graduate Research Assistant

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Expected 2025

M.S. in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020

B.S. in Applied Physics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018

B.S. in Mathematics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018

Honors & Awards

Honorable Mention, 2019 Symposium on Space Innovations Poster Competition

1st Place, 2023 NASA Exploration Science Forum Poster Competition

Research

Ashley works in Dr. Orlando's Electron and Photon Induced Chemistry on Surfaces (EPICS) Lab. She studies lunar planetary science and lunar In-Situ Research Utilization (ISRU). 

Papers

Clendenen, A. R.;  Aleksandrov, A.;  Jones, B. M.;  Loutzenhiser, P. G.;  Britt, D. T.; Orlando, T. M., Temperature programmed desorption comparison of lunar regolith to lunar regolith simulants LMS-1 and LHS-1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2022, 592 (117632). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117632

Talks & Presentations

A. R. Clendenen (2020) Student Lighting Talk, NASA Exploration Science Forum, Virtual

A. R. Clendenen, B. M. Jones, T. M. Orlando, P. G. Loutzenhiser (2020) Concentrated Solar Driven In-situ Resource Utilization for Lunar Exploration, AGU Fall Meeting, Virtual

A. R. Clendenen, A. Aleksandrov, B. M. Jones, P. G. Loutzenhiser, D. T. Britt, T. M. Orlando (2022) Comparison Of Lunar Regolith to Lunar Regolith Simulants LMS-1 and LHS-1 By Temperature Programmed Desorption, NASA Exploration Science Forum, Boulder, Colorado

A. R. Clendenen (2023) Student Lighting Talk, NASA Exploration Science Forum, College Park, Maryland

Theses

Concentrated Solar Driven In-situ Resource Utilization for Lunar Exploration, M.S. Thesis, 2020