Kshitij Mall, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering
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Who builds ASPIRE
Three US universities, a program scientist from NASA, Meridian Space Command from the UK, and Space Kidz India.
01Principal teams
University of South Alabama
Jaiden Branton
Undergraduate Researcher
Sophomore in Aerospace Engineering
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Maggie Barron
Undergraduate Researcher
Sophomore in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Dafne Vivallos Ortega
Undergraduate Researcher
Sophomore in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Surabhi Bhadauria, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering
Max Raabe
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior in Aerospace Engineering
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Joshua Robinett
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior in Aerospace Engineering
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Stone Lucksinger
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior in Aerospace Engineering
Kennesaw State University
Gaurav Sharma, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering
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Tyler Hurley
Graduate Researcher
PhD Student in Systems Engineering
University of South Alabama
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Bishal Katwal
Graduate Researcher
PhD Student in Civil Engineering
University of South Alabama
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Aryan Sharma
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior in Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder
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Nathan Newton
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior in Aerospace Engineering
University of South Alabama
03Advisors
Anh-Vu Phan
Professor and Interim Head
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department
University of South Alabama
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Carlos Montalvo
Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering
University of South Alabama
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Joseph Richardson
Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering
University of South Alabama
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Edmund Spencer
Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of South Alabama
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04External Collaborators
Sam Richards
Chief Executive Officer
Meridian Space Command, Leicester, UK
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Srimathy Kesan
Chief Executive Officer
Space Kidz India, Chennai, India
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Maneesh Kumar Verma
Principal Systems Engineer
Space Kidz India, Chennai, India
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Ayaan Gupta
Website Developer
High School Student
Flower Mound High School
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Vanshi Mittal
Website Developer
B. Tech. in AI/ML
Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management
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