Meet the FLARE Project Team

Aaron

 

 

 

Aaron Pickens

Aaron Pickens is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and will be graduating in the Spring of 2023 with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. Aaron is the Project Manager and System Engineer for the FLARE team. As the PM he is the student leader in charge of the project and technical leader of the team.

 

 

 

 

 

Moe

 

 

Moe Suemura

Moe Suemura is a graduate student in the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and will be graduating in the Spring of 2023 with a Masters in Aerospace Engineering. Moe is the Mechanical Design Team Leader for the FLARE project. She is in charge of designing, manufacturing, and testing of space dropondes and the dropsonde dispenser. This includes all structures, mechanism, and materials work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunter

 

 

 

Hunter Singh

Hunter Singh is a PhD student in the Aerospace Department at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and is the Electrical Design Team Leader for the FLARE project. I am leading Artemis efforts at Northrop. I help NASA overcome some of the key challenges facing the campaign. I have recently run my own analog in the California high desert called CRADLE where I've been performing research on tele robotics, microbial growth, regolith substrate for radish growth, bioastronautic brahmanaut studies (applying eastern knowledge to the Mars mission), human robotic solar sintering, human construction techniques using robotic filled sand bags, suit port designs, and more recently at Northrop I've been leading IRAD efforts on crew displays, open vs close loop eclss systems and human assisted large habitable volume construction.

 

 

 

 

 

Valerie

 

 

Valerie Svaldi

Valerie Svaldi is a graduate student in the Space Resources Program at the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ School of Mines and will be graduating with a Masters of Science in Spring of 2023. She is a Professional Research Assistant (PRA) involved in the FLARE project as a faculty mentor. Valerie provides support and guidance for the project with specific focus on material studies.