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{{Infobox person
| name = Kavya Manyapu
| birth_place = India
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |28 |2016|05|26}}<ref name=":02"/>
| alma_mater = [[Georgia Tech]],
[[MIT]],
[[University of North Dakota]]
| employer = [[NASA]]
}}
'''Kavya K. Manyapu''' is an Indian–American aerospace engineer. She is part of the [[Boeing]] team that developed the [[CST-100 Starliner]] spacecraft. She developed a fabric for self-cleaning space suits that uses [[carbon nanotube]]s to repel dust for use in future lunar and Mars missions.

== Early life and career ==
Manyapu grew up in [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/one-giant-leap-for-the-skies/article5587370.ece|title=One giant leap for the skies|last=Reddy|first=R. Ravikanth|date=2014-01-17|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> When she was 16, her family moved to the United States.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airspacemag.com/space/taxi-to-the-space-station-261647/|title=Should the chief builder of the International Space Station be the company that offers taxi service there? Boeing thinks so.|website=Air & Space Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> She received a bachelor's degree in [[Aerospace Engineering]] from [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in 2006 and a master's degree in [[aeronautics]] and [[astronautics]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 2010.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://alum.mit.edu/slice/these-engineers-starliners-crew-top-priority|title=For These Engineers, Starliner's Crew Is Top Priority|website=alum.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://aero.und.edu/space/faculty-and-staff/kavya-manyapu.html|title=Kavya Manyapu {{!}} Department of Space Studies|website=aero.und.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> She also holds a diploma in performing arts from [[Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University]].<ref name=":02" /> She served as a crew member on multiple Analog/simulated Mars Missions.<ref name=":02" /> She joined Boeing in 2010, where she has been working on the [[Boeing CST-100 Starliner|CST-100 Starliner]], a spacecraft that would transport crew to the [[International Space Station|ISS]].<ref name=":1" /> She held multiple roles in this project, including Spacesuit Integration Lead, Flight Test Engineer, Flight Crew Operations and Flight Test Director.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

She received her PhD in 2017 under the supervision of [[Pablo de León]], becoming the first ever PhD graduate in [[space studies]] at the [[University of North Dakota]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Fabric-from-UND-developed-spacesuit-to-spend-year-in-space-508816551.html|title=Fabric from UND-developed space suit to spend year in space|last=KVLY|website=www.valleynewslive.com|language=english|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> During her PhD, she developed patented novel technology, a smart fabric for planetary space suits to address the problem of lunar dust that proved to be a major issue during Apollo missions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2189658-self-cleaning-spacesuits-could-help-astronauts-cope-with-martian-dust/|title=Self-cleaning spacesuits could help astronauts cope with Martian dust|last=|first=|date=|website=www.newscientist.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref name=":4"/> The fabric contains [[carbon nanotube]]s, which repel dust when an electric current is applied to them.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Self-cleaning-space-suit-could-help-NASA-13799258.php|title=Self-cleaning space suit could help NASA astronauts avoid harmful dust on moon, Mars|last=Stuckey|first=Alex|date=2019-04-26|website=HoustonChronicle.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> She holds three patents on this technology. Early-generation pieces of this fabric were launched into space for testing in April 2019 <ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> Manyapu became an Adjunct Professor of the Space Studies Department at the [[University of North Dakota]] in 2019.<ref name=":3" />

Manyapu is a certified scuba diver and has a pilot's license.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boeing.com/features/2013/08/bds-cst100-08-12-13.page|title=Astronaut Dreams|last=Boeing|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>

Manyapu has received a number of awards for her work. In 2014, she received the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Stellar Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/health/article/2014-RNASA-Stellar-Award-winners-announced-9888977.php|title=2014 RNASA Stellar Award winners announced|date=2014-04-24|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> In 2016, she was one of nine people who won a Future Space Leader award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iafastro.org/2016-future-space-leaders/|title=2016 Future Space Leaders {{!}} Iaf|website=www.iafastro.org|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==

* {{cite journal | last = Manyapu | first = Kavya K. | display-authors = et al. | doi = 10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.05.005| title = Proof of concept demonstration of novel technologies for lunar spacesuit dust mitigation | journal = Acta Astronautica | volume =137 | year = 2017 | pages = 472–481| bibcode = 2017AcAau.137..472M }}
* {{cite journal | last = Manyapu | first = Kavya K. | first2 = Leora | last2 = Peltz| first3 = Pablo | last3 = De Leon | doi = 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.019| title = Self-cleaning spacesuits for future planetary missions using carbon nanotube technology | journal = Acta Astronautica | volume = 157 | year = 2019 | pages = 134–144| bibcode = 2019AcAau.157..134M }}

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[[Category:American women engineers]]
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