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Nicolas Mahoume recently completed his dual Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Centrale Nantes in France and in Space Engineering at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands. He is the recipient of the 2024 Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) Apollo Fellowship Award, sponsored in 2024 by the NSS and its Club For The Future education award program. During the NASA HMP-2024 summer field campaign in the Arctic, his research project entailed using drones to image geologic features that are analogs for Mars, to determine which types of Martian geologic features would be most productively studied by NASA’s future Mars Chopper rotorcraft. While a student in France, Nicolas also worked on advanced modelling and structural analysis, in particular on vibration analyses and damping of space structures for Thales Alenia Space. Besides his studies, Nicolas worked as a part-time engineer for the Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering student association to build the Stratos V rocket. He was also a Student Expert on the French Commission of Engineering to evaluate the eligibility of international graduate schools and faculties to deliver engineering degrees recognized in Europe.