Thomas Ganley
Project Manager
Katelyn Ball
Deputy Project Manager
Abigail Hoover
Deputy Project Manager
Our Members
Neil Armstrong didn’t get to the moon alone – he had a dedicated team to manage every aspect of Apollo 11. AlbertaSat is no different, so here is our stellar line-up.
AlbertaSat just keeps growing: every year we have new members joining. Now with over 100 active members, spreading out the thousands of hours required to create a satellite has never been more important.
No previous experience or technical knowledge is required to join. We have students from many faculties – not just engineering and science – and are always looking to expand our team and bring people on board. Interested in joining? Fill out the google form at the link below!
Please note: we are a volunteer-based student project group.
Project Management
Admin Team
Elizabeth Chao
Admin Team Lead and Iris Team Member
Priya Grewal
Admin Deputy Team Lead and Balloon Mission Member
Lauren Dara
Admin Deputy Team Lead and Balloon Mission Member
Emily Seto
Admin Deputy Team Lead and Iris Team Member
Divya Prasad
Admin Team member
Ava Milne-Epp
Admin Team member
Hariharan Krishnan
Admin Team member
Business Team
Emily Nguyen
Business Team member
JD Carlson
Business Team member
Educational Outreach Team
Zoe Dagenais
Educational Outreach Team Lead
Kelsey Truran
Educational Outreach Deputy Team Lead
Jana Gebara
Educational Outreach Member
Systems Team
Josh Lazaruk
Systems Team Lead and Onboard Computer Team Lead
Joanne Cai
Systems Team Member
Ethan Ledig
Mechancial and Systems Team Member
Stefan Damkjar
Systems Team Member
Northern SPIRIT Team
Adam Carscadden
Northern SPIRIT team member
Brandon Hodge
Northern SPIRIT team member
Balloon Mission
Priya Manavalan
Balloon Mission Team Lead
Sally Palmers
Balloon Mission Deputy Team Lead
Jake Fernhout
Balloon Mission Member
Aditya Shah
Balloon Mission member
Emmanuel Calura
Balloon Mission Member
Ben Harbarenko
Balloon Mission Member
Technical Team Leads
Jayke Boghean
Communications Team Lead
Andre Ulliac
ADCS Team Lead and Northern SPIRIT Team Member
Nina Yang
Mechanical Team Co-Lead
Sichun Xu
Mechanical Team Co-Lead
Odessa Bauer
Onboard computer Deputy team Lead
Robert Taylor
Software Team Lead
John Mabanta
Software Ground Station Team Lead
Liam Droog
Iris Team Lead
Technical Team Members
Hans Jarales
ADCS Team Member
Adam Sundberg
ADCS Team Member
Jennifer Yip
ADCS Team Member
Pundeep Hundal
ADCS Team Member
Karim Valji
Communications Team Member
Alex Leaf
Mechanical Team Member
Tyler Stocking
Mechanical Team Member
Ryan Yeung
Mission Design Team Member
Muhammad Samin Yasar
Mechanical Team Member
Yeh-In Kang
Iris Team Member
Ryan Li
Power Team Member
Meharpreet Singh Nanda
Software Team Member
Sankalp Saini
Software Team Member
Grace Yi
Software Team Member
Faculty Advisors
Michael Lipsett
Co-Investigator and AlbertaSat Steering Group Chair
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta and Ernest & Gertrude Poole Chair in Management for Engineers
Steven Knudsen
Principal Investigator and AlbertaSat Steering Group Member
Industrial Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta
Ian Mann
Co-Investigator and AlbertaSat Steering Group Member
Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta and Canada Research Chair in Space Physics
Charles Nokes
Project Coordinator and Ex-Alta 1 Project Manager
Engineering Physics Graduate
Michael Fleischauer
Co-Investigator
Associate Research Officer at NRC-Nanotechnology Research Centre and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta
Dan Sameoto
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta
Loren Wyard-Scott
Co-Investigator
Faculty Service Officer in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta
Carlos Lange
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta
Ronald Unrau
Consultant
Bruce Cockburn
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta
Jie Han
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta
Amina Hussein
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta
Leonid Olifer
Balloon Mission Advisor
Research Assistant
Zahra Samadikhoshkho
Academic Advisor
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta
Past Members
Though no longer contributing directly to our projects 🙁 , we’re forever thankful for the work these legends put into AlbertaSat.
Collin Cupido
Ex-Alta 1 Systems Engineer
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
Erik Halliwell
Former Systems, Power, and Embedded Systems Team Member
Malav Naik
Former Mechanical Team Member
