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2021 Speakers
Welcome Address
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Todd Nygren Senior Vice President Engineering and Technology Group The Aerospace Corporation |
Keynote
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Andrew Woodcock Industrial Base Lead Space and Missile Systems Center US Space Force |
Plenaries
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Dr. Arturo Fernandez Head of the Power Management and Distribution Section European Space Agency |
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Rob Manning JPL Chief Engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA/Caltech |
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John Scott Principal Technologist – Power NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate |
General Session: Mission and Program Experience
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Ann Delleur Senior Engineer NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. Christine Gabrielse Research Scientist The Aerospace Corporation |
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Steven Korn Electrical Engineer NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. Justin Lee Senior Member of Technical Staff The Aerospace Corporation |
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Dr. Matthew Schurman Managing Partner newForge Technologies |
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Dr. Marshall Smart Principal Member of the Technical Staff NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology |
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Harry Yates Principal Engineer Maxar Technologies |
General Session: Energy Storage I – Space Battery Level Topics
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Tyler Lefholz Project Engineer EnerSys – ABSL Space Products |
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Richard Oeftering Electrical Engineer NASA Research Center |
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Hui Li Seong Materials and Processes Engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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Dr. Ryo Tamaki Technical Fellow EnerSys Corporation |
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Dr. Albert Zimmerman Technical Fellow The Aerospace Corporation |
General Session: Energy Generation I – Multijunction Solar Cells
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Dr. Philip Chiu Senior Development Scientist Spectrolab, Inc. |
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Dr. Daniel Derkacs Senior Scientist SolAero Technologies |
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Dr. Kristof Dessein Innovation Director Umicore Electro-Optic Materials |
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Kaveh Rouhani Vice President of Space Power Systems mPower Technology, Inc. |
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Dr. Torsten Torunski Manager Technology Characterization AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH |
General Session: Power Systems Architecture
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Jeffrey Csank Electrical Engineer NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. Geoffrey Landis Researcher NASA John Glenn Research Center |
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Matt LaPointe Technical Director Deployable Space Systems, Inc. |
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Richard Oeftering Electrical Engineer NASA Research Center |
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Dr. Seth Potter Consultant SDP Space Systems |
General Session: Energy Generation II – Modules and Arrays Designs
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Dr. Vicente Diaz Managing Director and Co-Founder DHV Technology |
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Andrew Levy Senior Program Manager Alphacore, Inc. |
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Dr. Eric Rehder Program Manager & Business Development Associate Technical Fellow Spectrolab, Inc. |
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Brian Spence President Deployable Space Systems |
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Harry Yates Principal Engineer Maxar Technologies |
General Session: Advanced Concepts
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Dr. Kyle Crompton Scientist Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division |
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Ryan France Scientist National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Dr. Henry Helvajian Senior Scientist The Aerospace Corporation |
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Aloisia Russo Research Assistant University of Liverpool |
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Erich Soendker Principal Engineer Aerojet Rocketdyne |
General Session: Energy Storage II – Cell Level Developments for Energy Storage
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Dr. Yannick Borthomieu Space and Defense Product Manager Saft |
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Dr. Heather Platt Senior Battery Development Engineer ADA Technologies, Inc. |
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Thomas Pusateri Director of Business Development GS Yuasa Lithium Power |
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Dr. Christopher Schauerman President/CEO Cellec Technologies, Inc. |
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Joseph Troutman Manager Business Development Space EnerSys Corporation |
General Session: Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) – Power System Design and Analytical Techniques
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Kiran Bernard Marketing Engineer Renesas Electronics America, Inc. |
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John Bevilacqua CTO Ibeos |
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Andrew Popp Director International Rectifier HiRel Products, Inc. |
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Steve Sandler CTO AEi Systems and Picotest |
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Dr. Kasemsan Siri Senior Engineer Specialist The Aerospace Corporation |
General Session: Energy Storage III – Advanced Energy Storage Topics
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David Boyle Ph.D Student Stanford University |
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Dr. Zhao Liu Market Development Manager Thermo Fisher Scientific |
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Dr. Ionel Stefan Chief Technology Officer Amprius Technologies, Inc. |
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Bruno Vanzieleghem Technical Sales Engineer Cuberg |
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Zhiao Yu Ph.D Candidate Stanford University |
General Session: Energy Generation III – Reliability and Characterization
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Dr. Rajesh Ambigapathy Managing Director Pasan SA |
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Stepan Demchyshyn Ph.D Student Johannes Kepler University |
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Jia Ding Ph.D Student Arizona State University |
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Dr. Pilar Espinet Gonzalez Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher California Institute of Technology |
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Dr. Rao Tatavarti Technical Director MicroLink Devices, Inc. |
Workshop Session: Energy Generation
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Yao Lao Research Scientist The Aerospace Corporation |
Workshop Session: Energy Storage
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Dr. Daniel Gordon Senior Member of Technical Staff The Aerospace Corporation |
Workshop Session: Power Management and Distribution (PMAD)
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Arnold Arst Senior Engineer Specialist The Aerospace Corporation |
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Peter Carian Technical Fellow The Aerospace Corporation |
SPW Lightning Talks
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Mitchell Bennett Engineer Spectrolab, Inc. |
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Artur Davoyan Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles |
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Emanuele Ferrando Senior Solar Array Specialist SpaceTech GmbH |
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Dr. Stanislau Herasimenka CEO Regher Solar, Inc. |
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Dr. Judy Jeevarajan Research Director Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. |
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Dr. Geoffrey Landis Researcher NASA John Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. Wei Lu Senior Engineer Tianjin Institute of Power Sources |
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Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown Research Electrical Engineer NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Jeremiah McNatt Photovoltaic Technology Lead NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. Jozef Ociepa President OCI Vacuum Microengineering, Inc. |
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Dr. David Ofer Director CAMX Power, LLC |
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Jessica Roche Graduate Student Loyola Marymount University |
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Dr. Kevin Roth Project Manager ADA Technologies, Inc. |
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Christian Ruud Ph.D Student Pennsylvania State University |
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Dr. Stefania Soldini Assistant Professor University of Liverpool |
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Dr. Kaitlyn VanSant NASA Postdoc Program Fellow NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Dr. RD Vispute CTO Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc. |