ORCASat — TEAM

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Team

The ORCASat is lead by the University of Victoria Centre for Aerospace Research (UVic CfAR). UVic CfAR has full-time researchers and co-op students working on ORCASat as part of the HQP training objective. Volunteer students from UVic Satellite Design, UBC Orbit, and SFU Satellite Design are also contributing to the development and operation of ORCASat.

Team Leads

Alex Doknjas, Project Manager

Tristan Tarnowski, Mechanical Lead

Josh Gage, Mechanical Co-lead

Levente Buzas, TT&C Lead

Stefan Bichlmaier, TT&C Co-lead

Richard Arthurs, CD&H Co-lead

Andrada Zoltan, CD&H Co-lead

Tanner Oleksiuk, Payload Co-lead

Team Members

Stewart Lusk, Logistics

Tim Wriglesworth, TT&C Co-op

Sean McAuliffe, TT&C Co-op

Evan Maier, TT&C Co-op

Steven Richter, CD&H

Julie Belleville, CD&H

Victor Leon, CD&H

Svetlana Borkovkina, CD&H

Ben Kellman, EPS Co-op

Josh Fernandes, TT&C Co-op

Colton Broughton, EPS

Graduate Students

Diogo Janeiro, TT&C, M.Sc

Beatriz Alves, ADCS, M.Sc

Zeno Pavanello, ADCS, M.Sc

Investigators & Advisers

Prof. Afzal Suleman, Principal Investigator, UVic

Prof. Justin Albert, Co-Investigator, UVic

Maarten Meerman, SSL/Maxar

Viresh Wickramasinghe, NRC

Alireza Seyfollahi, HIA - NRC

Prof. Jens Bornemann, UVic Adviser

Prof. Peter Driessen, UVic Adviser

Christopher Munz-Michielin, Adviser

Michael Cavallin, Adviser

Notable Alumni

Bryce Edwards

Bernardo Lobo-Fernandes

Bernardo Lobo-Fernandes

Evan Moore

Inês Bernardino

Inês Bernardino

Joao Duarte

Peter Ogilvie

Ethan Clarke

Michael Huynh

Benjamin Mazzerole

Benjamin Mazzerole

Melvin Mathews