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Fiona Leverone

		Miss Leverone is a 2010 graduate mechanical engineer from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She joined UKZN’s Aerospace and Systems Research Group at the start of 2011 to pursue her master’s in engineering which focused on conducting performance studies for sub-orbital hybrid sounding rocket, and has presented her work at the Joint propulsion Conference in California and the International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town. She has commenced her PhD in orbital propulsion and is a bursary holder from the South African National Space Agency.
Quote:		Do what makes you happy
Position:		Senior Tutor
Qualifications:		MScEng (cum laude) BScEng (summa cum laude)

Discipline:		Mechanical
Campus:		Howard
Email:		Leverone@ukzn.ac.za
Research Areas:		Aerospace design and propulsion

Recent Publications:		Leverone, F. K., Brooks, M. J., Pitot de la Beaujardiere, J. F. and Roberts, L. W., “Performance Modelling of the Phoenix-2A Hybrid Sounding Rocket using the HYROPS Code”, 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, San Jose, 15-17 July 2013. Leverone, F. K., Pitot de la Beaujardiere, J. F., Brooks, M. J. and Roberts, L. W., “Recent advances in South Africa’s Phoenix Hybrid Sounding Rocket Programme”, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, October, 2011.