My name is Atilla Saadat and I am currently a GNC Engineer at Turion Space Corp, based in Irvine, CA. I specialize in:
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Space Systems Engineering - Mission Design & Analysis
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Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS)
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Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
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Aerospace Avionics Engineering
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Robotic Systems Dynamics Identification & Analysis
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Full-Stack Software Engineering
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Data Analysis & Machine Learning
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Earth Observation Analysis
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Projects & Research
Attitude Determination & Control Systems (ADCS) Testing Optimizations
MASc. Thesis, Chapter 1
On-orbit Spacecraft Inertia Tensor Estimation
MASc. Thesis, Chapter 2
Selected by the CSA to attend the IAC 2022 Student Conference as a Canadian Delegate
Attitude Determination with Self-Inspection Cameras Repurposed as Earth Horizon Sensors
MASc. Thesis, Chapter 3
1st place in Small Satellite Conference - Frank J. Redd Student Competition
Automated Spacecraft Power Generation Analysis
MASc. Thesis, Chapter 4
Conducted for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's StarBurst spacecraft
WinSAT-1: 3U LEO Earth Observation Cube Satellite
Founder, President, and Lead Systems Engineer of WinSAT
1st place in Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC-5) Critical Design Review
Satellite ADCS Fault Detection and Isolation with Ensemble Machine Learning Techniques
Astrodynamics Engineering and Machine Learning Academic Research
Published in the Aerospace Systems Journal
Dynamics Identification for Industrial Robotics
Robotics Systems Engineering Internship - Mujin Inc., Tokyo, Japan
UWindsor Rocketry Team - Aerodynamics Data Acquisition Module
Undergraduate Avionics Engineering Project
CryoRoute - Globally Optimized Naval Routes in the North Arctic Ocean
Undergraduate Earth Observation Research Project
Demonstration Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Research Project
Awards
Awarded $2500 for outstanding work and leadership in Aerospace Engineering
Canadian Space Agency Student Grant
Awarded $4000 to attend the ESA North-American CryoSat Science Meeting
Awarded 1st place and $10k for Best Paper and Presentation at the FJR Student Competition
University of Windsor
ESA Conference Fund
Awarded $1500 to attend the ESA Atlantic from Space Workshop to present CryoRoute
Awarded $5000 Series-A funding from UWindsor
Winter Hackathon
(Diverted to WinSAT)