Nikhil Velagapudi
Program Manager
Priya Manavalan
Ex-Alta 3 Project Manager
Our Members
Program/Project Management
Systems Team
Max Schatz
Systems Team Lead
Connor Mcneill
Deputy Systems Team Lead
Ben Harbarenko
Systems Member
Odessa Bauer
Systems Member, Safety Officer
Mechanical Team
Saksham Verma
Mechanical Team Lead
Kevin Liu
Deputy Mechanical Team Lead
Power Team
Ben Luchkiw
Power Team Lead
Alexander Torres
Deputy Power Team Lead
Iris Imager Payload Team
Dipesh Aggarwal
IRIS Team Lead
Nabiha Saghar
Iris Team Lead
Ekjot Brar
Deputy Iris Team Lead
ADCS Team
Ryan Bererton
ADCS Team Lead
Spencer Leaf
Deputy ADCS Team Lead
Tom Cundict
Deputy ADCS Team Lead
Software Team
Rowan Rasmusson
Software Team Lead
Drake Boulianne
Deputy Software Team Lead
Amar Kulovac
Deputy Software Team Lead
Onboard Computer and Embedded Systems Team
Jacques Fourie
Onboard Computer & Embedded Systems Lead
Digital Fluxgate Magnetometer (DFGM) Payload Team
Matthew Foran
DFGM Team Lead
Sam Leader
DFGM Team Lead
Deven Thaleshvar
Deputy DFGM Team Lead
Radio Frequency (RF) Communications Team
Keith Tweed
RF Communications lead
Mission Design Team
Drishti Manilall
Mission Design Team Lead
Debbie Zhou
Deputy Mission Design Team Lead
Nontechnical Team
Miguel Deanon
Admin Team Lead
Julia Redinger
Admin Team Lead
Sally Palmers
Outreach Team Lead
Tam Ajoku
Deputy Outreach Team Lead
Advisors
Carlos Lange
Ex-Alta 3 Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Alberta)
Ian Mann
DFGM Science Lead, Professor of Physics (University of Alberta)
Ronald Unrau
ATS Associate Lecturer, Computer Engineering (University of Alberta)
Michael Fleischauer
Senior Research Officer (NRC-NANO), Adjunct Professor of Physics (University of Alberta)
Steven Knudsen
Industrial Professor of Electrical Engineering (University of Alberta)
Michael Lipsett
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Alberta)
Dan Sameoto
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Alberta)
Bruce Cockburn
Professor of Computer Engineering (University of Alberta)
Loren Wyard-Scott
Faculty Service Officer in Electrical & Computer Engineering (University of Alberta)
Leonid Olifer
Balloon Mission Advisor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics (University of Alberta)
Zahra Samadikhoshkho
Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering (University of Alberta)
Charles Nokes
Ex-Alta 1 Project Manager, Manufacturing Engineer (Rocket Lab)
Past Members
Though no longer contributing directly to our projects, we’re forever thankful for the work these legends have put into AlbertaSat.
Keeya Beausoleil
Mission Design Member
Aaron Berhane
Former Educational Outreach Coordinator
Priya Grewal
Former Power Team Lead
Thomas Ganley
Former Program Manager & Northern SPIRIT Project Manager
Kelsey Truran
Former Outreach Coordinator
Hariharan Krishnan
BIRDS-X Project Manager, Deputy Operations Director, Former Deputy Systems Team Lead
Lauren Dara
Former SpiderSat Co-Project Manager
Emily Nguyen
Former Admin Team Lead
Pundeep Hundal
Former Deputy Systems Team Lead
Tyler Stocking
Former Mechanical Team Lead
Yeh-In Kang
Former Iris Electrical Team Lead
Devin Headrick
Former Software Team Lead
Katelyn Ball
Former Deputy Project Manager
Abigail Hoover
Former Deputy Project Manager
Elizabeth Chao
former Admin Team Lead and Iris Team Member
Emily Seto
former Admin Deputy Team Lead and Iris Team Member
Josh Lazaruk
former Systems and Onboard Computer Team Lead
Zoe Dagenais
Former Non-Technical Manager
Andre Ulliac
ADCS Team Lead and Northern SPIRIT Team Member
Nina Yang
Former Mechanical Team Co-Lead
Sichun Xu
Former Mechanical Team Co-Lead
JD Carlson
Internal Co-Coordinator (FINANCE)
Robert Taylor
Former Software Team Lead
Jayke Boghean
Former Communications Team Lead
Liam Droog
Former Iris Team Lead
Brandon Hodge
Northern SPIRIT team Lead
Stefan Damkjar
Systems Team Member
Alex Leaf
Mechanical Team Member
Adam Sundberg
ADCS Team Member
Adam Carscadden
Northern SPIRIT team member
Grace Yi
Software Team Member
Karim Valji
Communications Team Member
Ethan Ledig
Mechancial and Systems Team Member
Callie Lissinna
Former Ex-Alta 2 Project Manager
Corbin Cooper
Advisor and Former Ex-Alta 2 Deputy Project Manager
Tyler Hrynyk
Advisor and Former Ex-Alta 2 Project Manager
Kristen Cote
Ex-Alta 1 Mechanical team member
Christopher Robson
Ex-Alta 1 Mechanical Lead
Logan Fairgrieve-Park
Former ADCS and Science Lead
Casia McLeod
Former Ex-Alta 2 Mechanical Lead
Taryn Haluza-DeLay
Former Ex-Alta 2 Systems Engineering Team Lead
Kirtan Dhunnoo
Ex-Alta 2 Mechanical Team Member
Jari Swanson
Former Ex-Alta 2 Payload Deputy Team Lead
Arash Yazdani
Former Ex-Alta 2 Software Team Member
Sareena Butt
Former Ex-Alta 2 Admin Deputy Lead
Molly French
Former Ex-Alta 2 Mechanical Team Lead
Andrew Rooney
Former Ex-Alta 2 Software Team Lead
Elliot Saive
Former Iris Team Lead
Hannah Parry
Former Ex-Alta 2 Science Team Member
Vince Pantinople
Former Educational Outreach and Admin team Member
Ryan Kortbeek
Former Ground Station Software Team Lead
Nick Sorensen
Former Deputy Systems Team Lead and Power Team Lead
Collin Cupido
Ex-Alta 1 Systems Engineer
Erik Halliwell
Former Systems, Power, and Embedded Systems Team Member
Malav Naik
Former Mechanical Team Member
