Emily J. Arnold (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in aerospace engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, KU. Prior to returning to KU as an Assistant Professor, she worked at the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA. She served as the lead design and structural engineer for several airborne antenna arrays used for remote sensing ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. She has extensive experience in building and designing composite structures, including the structure for a 1100 lb UAS. Dr. Arnold was a recipient of the CAREER Award in 2019, two NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships, and Zonta International’s Amelia Earhart Fellowship.