Author
Hilda Palencia
Director of Technology and Innovation
Hilda Patricia Palencia leads the Solid-State Fusion effort at the Anthropocene Institute and is an engineering leader specializing in Systems Safety and Mission Assurance.
Biography
Hilda Patricia Palencia leads the Solid-State Fusion effort at the Anthropocene Institute. She is an experienced engineering leader specializing in Systems Safety and Mission Assurance (SSMA). She played a key role in NASA’s LADEE mission, managing safety, documentation, and system integration.
Hilda is also certified to teach and manage Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) programs at NASA Ames, where she helped reduce costs and improve processes. She supported SPHERES, a satellite technology, ensuring safety compliance and quality assurance of battery packs sent to the ISS. Hilda also served as a Rover Navigator Astronaut in Mars Rover simulations at the International Space University.
Ms. Palencia received her Master of Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering from the Florida International University.
