WoAA
SDSU
WOMEN OF
AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICs
San Diego State University
PLAN YOUR SPACE CAREER
GET INVOLVED
Space Movie Nights
Whether it's Space Odyssey or The Martian, enjoy nights full of space wonder with fellow members.
Networking and Outreach
Meet professionals in the space exploration field during guest speaker meetings and at space events.
Organization Tours
Tour companies and organizations that contribute to and support space exploration efforts.
Interested in becoming a space cadet?
Fill out our interest form!
ABOUT
The Women of Aeronautics & Astronautics (WoAA) chapter at San Diego State University is a student organization that strives to promote and encourage women and minorities to pursue careers that support space exploration efforts. We are open to students from all majors to join us in this cause!
We are also an affiliated chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), a 501(c)3 non-profit that empowers students to participate and make an impact in space exploration.
MEET OUR OFFICERS
Kaylin Borders
Secretary & Co-Founder
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President of WoAA SDSU for the 21-22 school year. She is a fifth year Aerospace Engineering major with a minor in honors interdisciplinary studies.
Serenity Richardson
Vice President
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Bhavana
Treasurer
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Fourth year Aerospace Engineering major at San Diego State University.
Akiko Saturn
Marketing Officer
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Fourth year Language, Culture, and Society major at San Diego state university. Outside of school they paint, read, and teach swimming lessons at the boys and girls club.
Fourth year Aerospace Engineering and Physics major at San Diego State University. Outside of class, she is a martial arts instructor.
MEET OUR ADVISORs
Third year Environmental Engineering major at San Diego State University.
Nathalia Del Callejo
President
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Liyou Tesfaye
Marketing Officer
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Second year Aerospace Engineering major at San Diego State University.
Dr. Rubin studies the movement of gas into and out of galaxies and the effects of this gas cycle on galaxy evolution. She completed her PhD in Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz, and spent six years working as a postdoctoral fellow at the MPIA in Heidelberg, Germany and at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Kate Rubin
Assistant Professor
Astronomy
Dr. Margherita Capriotti
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Capriotti's research focuses on non-destructive evaluation techniques, mainly ultrasonic and infrared, for aerospace composite structures. She completed her PhD Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from University of California San Diego in 2019, pursuing research in the Experimental Mechanics & NDE Lab. She previously graduated with her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Parma (Italy).
CONTACT US!
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