Smriti Nandan Paul (Director)
Grant Baer (PhD Student)
Grant Baer is expected to receive his BS in Aerospace Engineering from Missouri S&T in 2024. From Summer 2024, he will be joining the DCV-Space group as a PhD student. He was a NASA BIG Idea Challenge 2023 Finalist (Moon Mining Project). His research interests include Astrodynamics, Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC), and spacecraft design.
Yumeka Nagano (Past Graduate Student)
Yumeka Nagano received her MS in Aerospace Engineering from Missouri S&T in 2023 and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Saitama University (Japan) in 2020. From 2021-2023, she was a member of the Command and Data Handling subsystem on the Missouri S&T Satellite Research Team. Her research interests include Astrodynamics, Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), as well as Active Debris Removal.
Igor Panfil (Undergrad – Integrated Master’s Student)
Igor Panfil is an integrated Master’s student in Aerospace Engineering at The University of Sheffield, England. He is currently studying on a year abroad at Missouri S&T, where he is a member of the Propulsion and Thermal subsystems of the Missouri S&T Satellite Research Team. His research interests include Space Object Characterization, Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation, and Space Sustainability.