Captain Jason G. Seik is the Project Manager of the Hypersonic Plasma Re-entry Effects Program within the Air Force Research Laboratory located at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM. He is responsible for managing a $5 million portfolio aimed at research and development of modeling and simulating the plasma and plasma effects seen in atmospheric re-entry… Learn more
Capt Adrian M. Castillo is the Starfire Optical Range Research Section Chief, Kirtland AFB, NM. He is responsible for managing the development of emerging Space Domain Awareness (SDA) technologies within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He supervises personnel at the Starfire Optical Range (SOR), pushing the boundaries of adaptive optics (AO) research to provide… Learn more
Capt. Colton Mott is the Satellite Navigation Technology Area Lead at Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM. He leads a mixed team of government and contractor personnel in researching, developing, and testing advanced GPS technologies, devices, and signals for both military and civilian capabilities. Capt Mott entered the Air Force in June 2017 upon… Learn more
John is a proven executive skilled in leading high-performing teams of scientists, engineers and technicians in the execution of research, development, and manufacturing projects for cutting-edge programs. He has 20 years of experience as an effective leader of teams raging in size from 20 to 70 and complex projects of over $200M. He has devoted… Learn more
Susie Martínez, a former NASA engineer and flight controller, currently works as a payload developer in the space industry. Previously, Susie serviced the International Space Station as an operations controller, helping the astronauts do their science. Formerly, she was an additive manufacturing engineer at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center where her main project was… Learn more
Erin Winick Anthony is passionate about showing the creativity of science! She has worked as a professional science communicator for more than 8 years, telling stories of research and engineering for everywhere from MIT to NASA. Erin is the founder of STEAM Power Media which aims to make Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) more accessible and… Learn more
Lieutenant Col Cassandra J. McCloud is the Deputy Base Civil Engineer for the 161st Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Phoenix, Arizona. She supports the commander in leading 65 military, federal and state full-time personnel. She oversees maintenance, repair and construction for the base, which includes 277 thousand square feet of physical… Learn more
TSgt Terica Clewis is an Air Force data scientist at the Pentagon with 15 years of experience. Her current duties include designing innovative software systems to assist center personnel (as well as the rest of the Air Force) efficiently manage, store and process large-scale data. Specializing in Python programming, front-end web design, and developer team… Learn more
Joan Melendez Misner (@yourfemaleengineer), a native of Orlando, FL., is a Mission Integration Systems Engineer at NASA for the Launch Services Program working on management of space and aeronautical flight systems for all non-crewed and scientific missions. Her missions include the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), Europa Clipper, GOES-U and Dragonfly. Joan received a dual… Learn more
Captain Tasia L. Reed is the Operations Flight Commander assigned to the 10th Space Warning Squadron on Cavalier Space Force Station, North Dakota. As the Operations Flight Commander, Captain Reed leads a 16-member crew force that executes the United States Space Force critical missile warning and space domain awareness missions via the Perimeter Acquisition Radar… Learn more
