Space Symposium
May 7th-8th, 2021
"Discovering Our Place in Space"
The 2021 virtual Space Symposium was a two-day event planned by SEDS with the goal of demonstrating the space related projects students and faculty at the University of Michigan are working on. SEDS invited professors, research labs, industry professionals, and student project teams to talk about their experiences working on space exploration related fields. The primary goal of this event was to showcase and bring attention to the work being done by University of Michigan students and labs on space related projects.
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Day 1: May 7th, 2021
10:30 AM
Riley Schnee & Emily Rassel | Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
10:50 AM
Abbhinav Muralidharan | NASA Johnson Space Center
11:30 AM
David Baek & Rachel Li | MRover
11:55 AM
Rohun Athalye & Eric Reuter & Hunter Sagerer | Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA)
12:20 PM
Break
12:50 PM
Stephanie Shantz | Lockheed Martin
1:30 PM
Chad Cerutti & Catalina Garza | Bioastronautics and Life Support Systems (BLiSS)
1:55 PM
Michael Bila | Society for Space Law and Law of the Sea (SSLLS)
2:20 PM
Break
2:40 PM
Catherine Philpott & Maddy Eichenberg | Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics (WAA)
3:05 PM
Liam Spence, Sam Sharma, David Li, Wayne Zhu & Alexandru Beloiu | Miniature Tethered Electrodynamics Experiment (MiTEE)
3:30 PM
Owen Marr | Bi-Annual Launches for Undergraduate Education (BLUE)
3:55 PM
Break
4:15 PM
Alex Sena | Maxar Technologies, Inc.
4:55 PM
Cesar Mu, Drew Vanderspool, Delenn Bauer & Mariana Ramirez | Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space (CLAWS)
5:20 PM
Riley Schnee & Emily Rassel | Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Day 2: May 8th, 2021
10:30 AM
Trevor Rosario | Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
10:35 AM
Michael Limcangco | Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI)
11:15 AM
Hannah Weiss | Stirling Group
11:40 AM
Prince Kuevor | Autonomous Aerospace Systems Lab (A2SYS) & Michigan eXploration Lab (MXL)
12:05 PM
Break
12:35 PM
Rupal Nigam | UIUC Aerospace
1:00 PM
Dr. Mark Moldwin | NASA Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) & Michigan Magnetometer Lab (MML)
1:25 PM
Dr. Michael R. Meyer | University of Michigan
1:50 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Jon Arenberg | Northrop Grumman
2:55 PM
Mike Leihmon | Michigan Space Institute
3:20 PM
Dr. Edwin Bergin | University of Michigan Department of Astronomy
3:45 PM
Break
4:05 PM
Anastasia Prosina | Stellar Amenities
4:45 PM
Joshua Woods & Leanne Su | Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory (PEPL)
5:10 PM
Trevor Rosario | Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Guest Speakers
University of Michigan Student Organizations
