Thomas Ganley
Program Manager
Nikhil Velagapudi
Program Manager, Mission Design and Science Team Lead
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.
Program/Project Management
Team Leads
Joanne Cai
Systems Team Lead
Pundeep Hundal
Deputy Systems Team Lead
Hariharan Krishnan
Communications Team Lead
Yeh-In Kang
Iris Electrical Team Lead
Dipesh Aggarwal
IRIS Mechanical Team Mechanical Lead
Tyler Stocking
CUBICS Mechanical Team Lead
Priya Grewal
Power Team Lead
John Mabanta
Ground Station Software Team Lead
Sally Palmers
Mission Design Team Lead
Devin Headrick
CUBICS Software Team Lead
Connor McNeill
SpiderSat Co-Lead
Lauren Dara
SpiderSat Co-Lead
Non-Technical Team Leads
Zoe Dagenais
Program Coordinator
Emily Nguyen
Non-Technical Coordinator
JD Carlson
Non-Technical Coordinator and Finance Team Lead
Aaron Berhane
Educational Outreach Coordinator
Kelsey Truran
Outreach Coordinator
Jessica Pham
External Coordinator
Miguel Deanon
Internal Coordinator
CUBICS Mechanical Team
Harvind Arumugam
Mechanical Member
Ben Harbarenko
Mechanical Member
Katrina Hamdon
Mechanical Member
Mission Design Team
Keeya Beausoleil
Mission Design Member
Christian Chenard
Mission Design Member
OBC/Embedded Software Team
Isaac Joffe
Software Member
Rachit Anugula
Software Member
Daniel Sacro
Software Member
SpiderSat Team
Spencer Leaf
SpiderSat Mechanical Lead
Saksham Verma
SpiderSat Net Lead
Priyanka Goradia
SpiderSat Software Lead
Abegail Gagelonia
SpiderSat Outreach/Net Development Member
Ekjot Brar
SpiderSat Outreach/Net Development Member
Nabiha Saghar
SpiderSat Net Development and Outreach Member
Tom Cundict
SpiderSat Systems Team Member
Finance Team
Jaiden Edwardsen
Finance Member
William Huynh
Finance 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 (Northern SPIRIT)
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
Principal Investigator (CUBICS) and AlbertaSat Steering Group Member
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 have put into AlbertaSat.
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
Jayke Boghean
Former Communications Team Lead
Andre Ulliac
ADCS Team Lead and Northern SPIRIT Team Member
Nina Yang
Former Mechanical Team Co-Lead
Sichun Xu
Former Mechanical Team Co-Lead
Odessa Bauer
Former Onboard computer Deputy team Lead
Robert Taylor
Former Software Team Lead
Liam Droog
Former Iris Team Lead
Brandon Hodge
Northern SPIRIT team Lead
Stefan Damkjar
Systems Team Member
Karim Valji
Communications Team Member
Alex Leaf
Mechanical Team Member
Adam Sundberg
ADCS Team Member
Adam Carscadden
Northern SPIRIT team member
Grace Yi
Software Team Member
Ethan Ledig
Mechancial and Systems Team Member
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
