Turning ideas into prototypes — and prototypes into missions.
Hi there! I'm Diyora — originally from Uzbekistan, now chasing stars and solving problems in Colorado. After high school, I moved to the U.S. to pursue a degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, with a passion for space, code, and building things that fly or move. Whether it’s designing, prototyping, or programming, I love turning ambitious ideas into reality. I’m always up for a great conversation, a new challenge, or a bold collaboration.
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Sproutnik is a CU Boulder senior-design project to design, build, and field-test an autonomous lunar greenhouse capable of sustaining 20 AstroPlants beneath 3 m of regolith.
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Buffs One Read Storytelling Contest
Winner of the annual storytelling contest exploring voice and purpose. Essay titled "Voices" reflects on identity, culture, and the path to pursuing STEM.
Best Technology Award
Selected for the best use of technology in the solution.
Interview article
The story of the future first female astronaut of independent Uzbekistan.
UniSat 3.0 Mentorship
Mentored young women in orbital mechanics through the UniSat program.
Impact Story
Feature story: "Diyora — The Next Uzbek Ada Lovelace".
An essay reflecting on personal experience growing up within Uzbek culture and how that shaped my identity as a woman pursuing aerospace engineering. The piece explores the strength of silence historically enforced on women in Central Asia, while tracing my own curiosity and path to Boulder.
Read Essay (PDF)The Sproutnik greenhouse is a CU Boulder senior design project demonstrating autonomous plant growth on the lunar surface. The system is capable of growing 20 Brassica Rapa plants for 15 days while buried below the lunar surface for radiation protection. It features dual-walled cylindrical structure for strength and thermal insulation, pressurized interior with temperature and CO₂ control, and autonomous sensor data transmission to a crewed lunar base every four hours.
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