Elena Wu

University of Maryland

Elena is an aerospace engineering student at the University of Maryland. As a recipient of the 2025 ASME INSPIRE/Charles W.E. Clarke Scholarship, she is passionate about mechanical engineering and design. Her current research investigates the application of elastomeric Miura-ori origami for camber morphing wings. This work earned a second place poster at the 2026 SAMPE Baltimore/Washington Student Research Symposium. In addition to her research, Elena is also project manager for the TERP RAPTOR space mission, an initiative aimed at conducting an Apophis flyby and establishing the University of Maryland's first CubeSat program.