Dr. Christopher “Chrispy” Petersen

• Assistant Faculty
• What do you like about space: I love the interactions of spacecraft subsystems to make possible RPO/XGEO missions
• Bio: See faculty page: https://mae.ufl.edu/people/faculty/primary/assistant-professor/profiles/chris-petersen/

Sarah Clees

Faraz Abed Azad

Channing Ludden

Robert Muldrow

• What do you like about space: Space has always seemed so grand, limitless, and utterly inhospitable. The challenges and the near impossibility of navigating and surviving space have always seemed so fascinating to me.
• Bio: I’m a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Sophomore, with my main research interest lying in Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking between satellites in orbit. As I learn more, I would love to expand my knowledge to include lunar and asteroid dynamical systems, since those are the future of the space industry. I am always looking for new and interesting topics that expand my understanding of space. Outside of the lab, I also have a passion for manufacturing, and I work as a TA for the Design and Manufacturing Lab course.

Om Parbadia

• What do you like about space: It fascinates me that most of these theories were developed so long ago with little to no computational power available.
• Bio: I am a fourth-year aerospace engineering student, specifically working on RPO maneuvering algorithms involving multi-mode thrusters

Alyssa Revilla-Norris

• What do you like about space: I am a junior undergraduate mechanical engineering major.
• Bio: I love how beautiful space is.

Kyler Wade

• What do you like about space: Loves space space and its potential to harbor resources that could significantly benefit humanity in the future..
• Bio: I am a senior aerospace engineering student

Murali-Lingamsetty

• What do you like about space: I think what’s so cool about space is that we may never be able to explore all of it
• Bio: I am third year undergrad in Computer Engineering and I love working with microcontrollers

Alexa Jane Gonzales

• What do you like about space: I love space because it is vast and filled with the unknown, and I am curious and eager to explore and learn more about it.
• Bio: I’m an aerospace engineering student at the University of Florida