Leadership
Designing, building, testing, and launching a satellite takes a lot of work and requires a lot of collaboration. Here is a look at M-SAT’s leadership.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Pernicka
pernicka@mst.edu
The principal investigator is the professor who works with M-SAT to provide guidance and oversee the satellite projects. The Principal Investigator assists in funding acquisition, initial stages of research, oversight, and publication of findings.
CO – Principal Investigator
Dr. Daoru Han
CO – Principal Investigator
Dr. Jonathan Kimball
Resource Management Team
The Resource Management Team’s main purpose is to ensure the team is running smoothly. In charge of everything that isn’t a satellite, the Resource Management Team manages personnel, funding, equipment, facilities, and everything else outside of technical work.
Student Director
Joseph Nguyen
jpngpb@umsystem.edu
The student director is a point of contact for all members and serves as the point of contact between team members and the Principal Investigator. The Student Director also leads the resource management teams and guides large-team meetings
External Relations Manager
Weronika Bobula
wb6mf@umsystem.edu
Proposal Manager
James Cupples
rjccbf@umsystem.edu
Lab
Manager
Hailey Collins
hmc3mz@umsystem.edu
MR & MRS SAT
Being the largest project and closest launching to space, MR & MRS has the largest supporting team.
Co-Chief Engineer
Coleman Goulding
cjgpty@mst.edu
Co-Chief Engineer
Luke Serrano
lserrano@mst.edu
Program Manager
Alex Schumacher
amsh28@mst.edu
DEXSTR
DEXSTR is M-SAT’s newest satellite project and therefore has a smaller team to support it’s early stages of development
DEXSTR Lead
Alex Jackson
ajjkr8@umsystem.edu
The DEXSTR lead is responsible for ensuring progress is made on the project and keeps the general team updated on DEXSTR’s status
