Dr Sara Spangelo is the co-founder and CEO of Swarm Technologies, a company that is democratising data access to everyone in every corner of the Earth through their sandwich sized satellites.
Come and listen to her, as she talks to Haslinda Amin about the inspiration and challenges of her profession, and her passion for space exploration as an aspiring astronaut!
Register now for this second episode of our STEM Speaker Series focusing on women in Space.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/thenextfrontierpart2
About the STEM Speaker Series
United Women Singapore’s STEM Speaker Series aims to feature globally acclaimed women in STEM fields which are male-dominated. This series is a platform for these remarkable women role models to share the experiences that shaped them and inspired them to achieve greatness and the challenges they had to overcome in the course of their journey.
About Dr Spangelo
Prior to founding Swarm, Dr. Sara Spangelo worked on small satellites and autonomous aircraft at the University of Michigan and was a lead systems engineer at both NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and Google X. Her expertise is in modeling and optimizing satellite constellations to maximize impact and business opportunities. Sara holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and in 2017 was a Top 32 Canadian astronaut candidate.
United Women Singapore is a local non-profit organisation that advances women’s empowerment and gender equality. The organisation works towards narrowing the gender equality gap through education and raising awareness and advocacy on issues of anti-violence and women’s empowerment, with the support of partners from the public and private sectors.
