Alex Ellery
Carleton University, Canada
Biography
Prof Alex Ellery is a Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics & Space Technology at the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department of Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has a BSc in Physics, an MSc in Astronomy and a PhD in Astronautics & Space Engineering from the UK and is a graduate of the International Space University. He was awarded the George Stephenson medal by the IMechE in 2005 and delivered a prize winning paper at the World Energy Congress Istanbul in 2016 His expertise is in the application of robotics and artificial intelligence to space exploration including the exploitation of planetary in-situ resources and the application of 3D printing technology to extraterrestrial material. His goal is to develop this state-of-the-art technology to realise self-replicating machines on the Moon in order to implement innovative global climate change mitigation solutions.