Member spotlight – Nina Yang
By Alex Leaf and Cole Ryski Nina Yang is a 4th year mechanical engineering co-op student who joined AlbertaSat in early 2018 as a way of getting more involved in…
Student Spotlight – Makenna Kuzyk
By Alisa Loboda and Nehal Sekhon Makenna Kuzyk is a 2nd year mechanical co-op student and has been a part of AlbertaSat for approximately one year. She is a determined…
Member spotlight – Brandon Hodge
Brandon is the left most person in the picture
By Yingdi Xu and Marco GouveiaBrandon Hodge is in his third year of the mechanical engineering coop program. He is currently working at the space company, Wyvern, for his co-op.…
Member spotlight – Joshua Lazaruk
By Yeh-In Kang and Bradon DundasJosh Lazaruk, systems team lead and onboard computer team lead, just finished his 4th year of Engineering Physics Co-op. According to Josh, the program is…
Project Management
By Kirk Zembal How do you take 120 student volunteers and do something great like launching a satellite into space? That is the biggest question facing AlbertaSat and it is…
Member Spotlight – Sienna Cashion-Dextrase
By Elizabeth Chao Sienna Cashion-Dextrase is an Education student who loves space! Since joining AlbertaSat in September 2019, she has been part of the educational outreach team to pass on…
Critical Design Review
By Luke Wiebe, Hans Jarales, Kashish Aggarwal, and Isaac Chellakudam On February 25, 2021, AlbertaSat had its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP). The purpose of…
Member Spotlight – Nick Sorensen
By Elizabeth Chao “One of the unmentioned qualifications for joining AlbertaSat is wanting to become an astronaut.” Since childhood, Nick Sorensen has always been fascinated by outer space, and has…
Member spotlight – Abigail Hoover
By Elizabeth Chao Ever since she first saw Callie, the project manager, at a party controlling the satellite on her phone, Abigail (Abi) Hoover was intrigued, and knew she wanted…
