SSPI Satellite Scholars

The Satellite Scholars program honors young men and women who have been recipients of SSPI scholarships, internship support or mentoring, and helps them connect to employment opportunities in the industry. The links below will take you to LinkedIn profiles for each Satellite Scholar, making it easy for you to identify motivated individuals with the talents to help your company succeed. If you're a LinkedIn subscriber, click here to visit the Satellite Scholars Group. Ask to join the Group in order to stay in contact with some of the best and brightest new talent in the business! For more information, contact SSPI.

2008

		Rajeev Gadre. This graduate student in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has studied at NASA, designed HD video links for the Google Lunar X Prize and interned with Orbital Sciences, where he worked in the RF engineering group on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. Graduation Year: 2008 More				Nancy Thompson. An air traffic controller with the Federal Aviation Administration in the Southwest, Nancy sought a Masters of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, with the support of SSPI, and concentrated on space studies and safety systems to prepare for a career in the space community. Graduation Year: 2009 More
		Jun Ki Min. A graduate student of Cornell's mechanical engineering program, where he helped design a smallsat, Jun Ki has interned with Loral as a mechanical systems engineer and pursued aerospace engineering studies at Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeriing. Graduation Year: 2009 More

2007

		Luis Fernando Carrasco. Fernando is the 2007 PSSC Legacy Fund Scholarship winner. Originally from Mexico, he pursued with SSPI's help an MS degree in Communications Technology and Policy at Ohio University. With a background as a teleport engineer in California, he has also worked as a satellite network consultant on broadband Internet access projects in Mexico. Graduation Year: 2008 More				Fabio Lattanzi. Fabio received the Broadcasting and Satellite Network scholarship from SSPI's UK Chapter in norder to pursue Ph.D. studies at the University of Surry in the UK. He is co-author of an AIAA paper "DVB-RCS Mobility Management in Vehicular Satellite Networks" and expected his graduate studies to focus on the management of link layer and network layer mobility in GEO networks. Graduation Year: 2008
		Luke Davis. Luke is the 2007 International Scholarship winner. A former US Air Force officer, he pursued graduate studies at the International Space University in Strasbourg with support from SSPI and now describes himself as a "hands-on aerospace executive." Graduation Year: 2008 More				Benjamin Wang. Benjamin entered the freshman class of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the autumn of 2007. A gifted young mathematician and scientist, he anticipated majoring in physics and materials engineering with a focus on aerospace applications. Graduation Year: 2011