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

Harvind Arumugam
Balloon Mission Member

Emmanuel Calura
Balloon Mission Member

Ben Harbarenko
Balloon Mission Member

Rogerio Neto
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
