Carly Fridlin is an SM candidate in the Strategic Engineering Research Group advised by Professor Olivier de Weck. She received a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Purdue University in 2022. She is a SMART Scholar working in space operations for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Her research interests include space situational awareness, orbital debris mitigation, and space policy.