Thomas Ganley
Project Manager
Katelyn Ball
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 Managers
Admin Team
Elizabeth Chao
Admin Team Lead and Mechanical Team Member
Sareena Butt
Admin Deputy Lead
Kirk Zembal
Admin Team member
Sally Palmers
Admin Team member
Kinston Wong
Admin Team member
Educational Outreach Team
Sienna Cashion-Dextrase
Educational Outreach Lead
Vince Pantinople
Educational Outreach and Admin team Member
Zoe Dagenais
Education Outreach Team Member
Systems Team
Josh Lazaruk
Systems Team Lead and Onboard Computer Team Lead
Nick Sorensen
Deputy Systems Team Lead and Power Team Lead
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
Technical Team Leads
Jayke Boghean
Communications Team Lead
Molly French
Mechanical Team Lead
Nina Yang
Deputy Mechanical Team Lead
Odessa Bauer
Mission Design and Science Team Lead and Onboard computer team member
Nikhil Velagapudi
Mission Design and Science Deputy Team Lead
Andre Ulliac
ADCS Team Lead and Northern SPIRIT Team Member
Elliot Saive
Iris Team Lead
Liam Droog
Iris Deputy Team Lead
Andrew Rooney
Software Team Lead
Robert Taylor
Deputy Software Team Lead
Ryan Kortbeek
Ground-Station Software Team Lead
Technical Team Members
Adam Sundberg
ADCS Team Member
Jennifer Yip
ADCS Team Member
Hans Jarales
ADCS Team Member
Pundeep Hundal
ADCS Team Member
Patrick Li
Communications Team Member
Justin Ta
Communications Team Member
Tyler Stocking
Mechanical Team Member
Joshua Brown
Mechanical Team Member
Makenna Kuzyk
Mechanical Team Member
Nicolas Molina
Mechanical Team Member
Malav Naik
Mechanical Team Member
Scott Selland
Mechanical Team Member
Simranjeet Singh
Mechanical Team Member
Oliver Boodram
Mission Design Team Member
Ryan Yeung
Mission Design Team Member
Karim Valji
Mission Design and Embedded Systems and Onboard Computer Team Member
Arancha Bebany
Iris Team Member
Alexander Epp
Iris Team Member
Ibrahim Elmallah
Iris Team Member
Robbie Evangelista
Iris Team Member
Ryan Li
Power Team Member
Shirley Wang
Power Team Member
Maher Dyayn
Power Team Member
Ian Yurychuck
Power Team Member
Hannah Parry
Science Team Member
Meharpreet Singh Nanda
Software Team Member
Evan Giese
Software Team Member
Farough Motamed
Software Team Member
Dustin Wagner
Software Team Member
Arash Yazdani
Software Team Member
Punar Vasu Gupta
Software Team Member
Scott Chu
Software Team Member
Trung Tran
Software Team Member
Aniket Mishra
Software Team Member
Haoran Qi
Software Team Member
Erik Halliwell
Embedded Systems 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
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
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
Christopher Robson
Ex-Alta 1 Mechanical Lead
Jari Swanson
Former Ex-Alta 2 Payload Deputy Team Lead
Casia McLeod
Former Ex-Alta 2 Mechanical Lead
Taryn Haluza-DeLay
Former Ex-Alta 2 Systems Engineering Team Lead
Kristen Cote
Ex-Alta 1 Mechanical team member
Kirtan Dhunnoo
Ex-Alta 2 Mechanical Team Member
