9 AM to 10:45 AM — Introduction & Communications

9:00 AM — Introduction

9:15 AM — Flying Ducks in Space II

Steve Dunton and Kevin Nottberg, Cal Poly Electrical Engineering Department with OWL Integrations

9:30 AM — A shortest-path optimization algorithm for ground station and satellite clusters communication

Bérenger Villat, Leaf Space

9:45 AM — Comparing evolutionary algorithms to derivative-based methods for optimizing laser-based ranging and communications

Joseph Conroy, University of Florida

10:00 AM — Small Plasma RF Integrated Electrothermal Thruster

Mont Murad and Neil Bedagkar, Cal Poly CubeSat Lab

10:15 AM — Modular SDR platform for high performance space missions

Aarón Nercellas, Alén Space

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM — Break

11:15 AM to 12:15 PM — Thermal & Electrical Considerations

11:15 AM — RebelSat-1: Doped Poly-CO Measurements in Low Earth Orbit

Batya Vishnepolsky and Adam Sheta, RebelSat UNLV

11:30 AM — PROVES - Electrical Subsystem

Tim Bogman, Bronco Space - PROVES

11:45 AM — Update on AMDROHPsat (Additively Manufactured Deployable Radiator Oscillating Heat Pipes) mission

Mike Kabot, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

12:00 PM — QUBESAT-2: QuantumCubeSat

Krishnakumar Bhattaram and Nikitha Chalgeri, University of California, Berkeley

12:15 PM — CubeSats for Rapid Infrared and Optical Surveys

Hannah Gulick, University of California, Berkeley

12:30 PM — CubeSat Thermal Design and Best Practices Panel

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM — Farmers’ Market

Downtown San Luis Obispo