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Samuel Low
Masters Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Autumn 2021
SU Student - Summer, Summer SessionBioI am a graduate student in Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Member of Technical Staff at DSO National Laboratories, Singapore. My undergraduate education was in Electrical Engineering in the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). My research interest is in the guidance, navigation, control and autonomy of distributed space systems, such as formations and swarm satellites. This research field presents an exciting new frontier that could unlock novel space mission ideas and exploit new space flight concepts that allow us to glean new insights about our planet, our solar system, and the universe.
In my career, I was a space mission designer and analyst in DSO National Laboratories solving orbit design and optimisation problems. I also designed the relative satellite navigation algorithms for Singapore's first formation flying mission using differential GNSS techniques. I am proficient in both procedural and object oriented programming languages (Python, MATLAB, Julia, C++). I am also well versed in using and automating AGI's Satellite Tool Kit (STK). I build and share open-source tools using Python for astrodynamics analysis on my GitHub.
I am privileged to have been an SUTD Zhejiang University Asian Leadership Program Scholar, a DSO SOAR Scholar, a DSO Postgraduate Scholar, and a Tan Kah Kee Foundation Scholar. I am elated to have also won a Merit Award in the Singapore Space Challenge 2018, and won the team first prize in the Caltech Space Challenge 2022. I aspire to contribute significantly to multi-agent space flight research, as well as to be a channel for young minds to find inspiration in space science and engineering. To do this, together with a team of friends, we build and maintain Open Space Singapore - a vibrant student-friendly space technology interest group in Singapore (www.openspacesg.com) where we advocate for the free exchange of knowledge, promote open discourse and celebrate mind share, for the gainful benefit of others.
I also enjoy photography, painting, sketching, hiking and other outdoor activities. -
Cole Mero
Masters Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioI am working toward my Master's in Aeronautics and Astronautics with specific research interests in hybrid rocket technology and materials science.
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Jacob Troy Needels
Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Spring 2019
BioJacob Needels is a current Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He holds a M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics for high-speed flows, with an emphasis on nonequilibrium thermochemical models and uncertainty quantification for robust vehicle design. He works on development of the SU2 open-source software, particularly focused on implementation and validation of capabilities to model multi-species reacting gases.
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Nitin Ongole
Masters Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioI'm a first year MS student at Stanford Aero/Astro planning to focus on aerospace GNC and autonomy topics.
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Joshua Ott
Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioJoshua is a second-year Ph.D. Candidate in Aeronautics & Astronautics at Stanford University and is a recipient of the Stanford Graduate Fellowship (SGF) in Science & Engineering. He is a researcher in the Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab (SISL) where his research focuses on decision making under uncertainty for autonomous systems. Joshua has also conducted research in collaboration with SISL and NASA JPL related to the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.
Joshua earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. During his time at UC Berkeley, Joshua's work focused on optimization methods for bioinspired design, machine learning for real time manufacturing control, and experimental multi-phase flow analysis. Joshua has also interned at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. -
Lauren Simitz
Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Autumn 2021
Masters Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Winter 2022
AARC Tutor, DASHBioHi there! I'm an aerospace engineer, chemist, and geoscientist striving to both protect our world and advance technologies to explore new ones.
My work in industry (Chevron, SpaceX) and academic research at Northwestern (flowable batteries) catalyzed my passion for advancing sustainable, reliable fuel and energy systems at the micro- and macro-scale. I have specific interests in propulsion (chemical, electric, air-breathing) and energy conversion processes like combustion. As a Stanford PhD candidate, I employ the intersection of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and kinetics to probe underlying phenomena in these areas.
I also strongly believe journeying across the cosmos does not have to be a flight from our planet's environmental challenges but can be a powerful way to understand others such that we can more effectively combat climate change at home. Climate change, and its disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities, are the most pressing global challenges we face; my mission to address them is reflected at the core of my research, institutional work (ex. Midwest Climate Summit student rep), and organizing (ex. chair of Northwestern's largest sustainability student group).
Further, I strive to see the field of space exploration expanded, pushing the boundaries of where we can travel—minimizing the environmental footprint in doing so—and increasing equitability around who has access to space and to work on space technologies.
Lastly, in acknowledging a number of opportunities and mentorship I was afforded that allowed me for to grow into who I am today, I am committed to outreach and advocacy so that others, particularly those from underserved communities, may get the same experiences I did.
I welcome connection requests and messages and am always seeking collaborations with other scientists/groups. I am also happy to answer any questions about graduate school, fellowships, aerospace/chemical engineering/geoscience, and SpaceX, or put you in touch with my network, if that is helpful.
