The executives, outreach and marketing teams, and technical advisors who run MASS and support every project team.
Executives4
Mateo Builes
President
Engineering Physics, Level IV
Delina Mekonnen
VP Finance
Computer Engineering & Management, Level IV
Sanya Khurana
Co-VP Outreach
Engineering Physics & Management, Level IV
Marco Puchetti
Co-VP Outreach
Mechanical Engineering, Level III
Technical Advisors3
Shayavan Shridar
Technical Advisor
Engineering Physics, Level V
Arub Syed
Technical Advisor
Mechanical Engineering & Management, Level IV
Gabriel Lonuzzo
Technical Advisor
Masters, Biomedical Engineering
To be announced
Outreach Team
Members coming soon
Marketing Team
Members coming soon
SOLARIS investigates how atmospheric distortion affects optical signal transmission from ground level to 30 kilometres up, and how well optical coatings reduce it, to support ground-to-satellite laser communication.
Project Leads3
Tharani Elilvannan
Co-Project Manager
Electrical Engineering, Level III
Chloe Hoang
Co-Project Manager
Engineering Physics, Level IV
Parul Hedau
Electrical Design Team Lead
Science, Level IV
To be announced
Mechanical Subteam
Members coming soon
Electrical Subteam
Members coming soon
Software Subteam
Members coming soon
Science Subteam
Members coming soon
Stellarscope is a multi-phase project to build an array of radio telescopes and the synchronization software that links them, to collect data from and image celestial objects.
Project Leads3
Kamyar Lakdashti
Project Manager
Electrical Engineering, Level IV
Dhavin Tandon
Electrical Engineering Team Lead
Electrical Engineering, Level IV
Marco Puchetti
Mechanical Engineering Team Lead
Mechanical Engineering, Level III
To be announced
Stratogene Team
Members coming soon
These teams completed their projects and are no longer active. They are listed here to recognise the work that got MASS where it is today.
Completed 2024 · Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
CAN-ARX 2024
Designed and built a collapsible radio telescope that measured solar radio flux and the 21 cm hydrogen line, and deployed it in a low-interference analog environment for SEDS Canada's CAN-ARX expedition.
Became the foundation for the Stellarscope project.
Completed 2024 · Montreal, Quebec
CAN-SBX 2024
Launched E. coli and yeast payloads more than 30 km into the stratosphere, the first biological payload in the history of SEDS Canada's CAN-SBX. Partnered with the Canadian Space Agency, SNOLAB and NOSM University.
The CAN-SBX work continues with the SOLARIS team.