LOAY ELBASYOUNI / THE ENGINEERING RECORD
Interviews, podcasts & the story behind the work.
IN CONVERSATION / ON THE RECORD
The conversations
behind the headlines.
Interviews that go beyond the biography: the choices, constraints, and collaborations behind an engineering career.
LEXICON PODCAST / 2024
The journey behind NASA’s Mars Helicopter
A full-length conversation with Christopher McFadden about Loay’s path into engineering, Ingenuity, and the future of exploration.
Listen to the Lexicon episodeINTERVIEW / 2025
The case for fundamentals in an AI-first world
How lessons from efficient electrical systems connect Mars flight, rocket engines, and the next generation of computing. Publisher subscription may apply.
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OUTLOOK / AUDIO / 2021
A space odyssey: the journey to Mars flight
Emily Webb speaks with Loay about the persistence and personal journey behind helping a helicopter fly on another planet. Original programme: “From Gaza to Nasa: A space odyssey.”
View the BBC programme
MAGAZINE APPEARANCE / SUMMER 2021
Featured in WIRED Middle East
Loay’s portrait and listing in the Summer 2021 issue, preserved in his archive. Opens the magazine contents pages; publisher artwork is display-only.
View the magazine appearanceKEYNOTE VIDEO / TEDxMaviliSquareSalon
Accept the challenge and work hard!
Ambition, persistence, and the work behind a remarkable engineering journey.
Watch the TEDx talkTELEVISION INTERVIEW / 2021
The first helicopter flight on Mars
Loay discusses the engineering behind Ingenuity’s historic first flight in this interview recovered from his original website.
Watch the Mars-flight interviewUNIVERSITY INTERVIEW / 2021
From UofL to Mars
A short introduction to Loay’s engineering journey and the university that helped make it possible.
Watch the university interview
TRENDING TECH PODCAST / 2026
From Mars to machines
With Barbara Pareglio and Jim Morrish on what makes intelligent machines useful in the real world.
Open the official podcast playerPODCAST / TRANSCRIPT / 2021
Building the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter
Andrea Macdonald talks with Loay about electrical engineering, the people who helped him, and pursuing an improbable dream.
Listen to the conversationCOMMUNITY Q&A / 2025
Community Spotlight: Loay Elbasyouni
A conversation about design tools, electrification, career choices, and the curiosity behind the work.
Read the community interviewThe work behind these conversations.
From electric vehicles and solar aircraft to Mars flight, rocket-engine avionics, and building AstraQua. Explore the engineering story behind the interviews.
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Event records & speaker biography
NYU Abu Dhabi: First Flight from Earth to Mars
April 26, 2023 · Engineering Seminar Series
Loay delivered “First Flight from Earth to Mars” at NYU Abu Dhabi. The university lists the talk in its Spring 2023 engineering seminar programme, with Loay identified as a Blue Origin speaker.
View NYU’s original event archive ↗
In the archive, open AY 22–23 and find April 26, 2023 under Spring 2023. This is an event listing; the university does not link a recording from that entry.
The eVTOL Show USA — speaker agenda
Loay Elbasyouni is an electrical and computer engineer, aerospace engineering leader, speaker, and Founder & CEO of AstraQua. His work connects electric propulsion and power electronics with NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, rocket-engine avionics, and intelligent autonomous machines.
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