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President
President
Calvin Schroeder '26
Aerospace Engineering
Cal is a junior majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Growing up in Littleton, Colorado in the shadow of Lockheed Martin’s space operations, Cal has been fascinated by space for as long as he can remember. He’s been a member of SEDS since the beginning of his freshman year and hopes to foster an enjoyable, informative, and constantly improving SEDS experience for everyone as the President. Outside of SEDS, Cal enjoys reading sci-fi novels, participating in intramural sports, and being part of Karura, an international URC rover team.
Contact Information: calvin.schroeder@tamu.edu
Vice President
Vice President
Adam Zheng '26
Aerospace Engineering
Adam is a junior Aerospace Engineering major from Buffalo, NY, with minors in philosophy and mathematics. He joined SEDS as a freshman and had a blast serving as Outreach Director sophomore year. He is very passionate about space exploration, and is excited to continue spreading this passion and growing this org as VP. Beyond SEDS, Adam is VP External for AIAA, an undergraduate researcher with MAESTRO and LASR, as well as a member of several ML/AI projects. He enjoys running, filmmaking, reading books, and writing in his free time.
Contact Information: adzheng@tamu.edu
Outreach Director
Outreach Director
Isabella Morter '26
Bioenvironmental Science
Isabella is a junior majoring in Bioenvironmental Science and minoring in Astrophysics. She is very enthusiastic about space exploration, exoplanets, astrobiology, and more. As part of SEDS and AAC, Isabella loves to contribute to discussions on astrobiology and space policy as it relates to mission development. Outside of SEDS/AAC, she is a women's ambassador for Ada Marie, a L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy Alumni, a student researcher, and science member of Karura, an international URC team. Beyond academics, she is a collegiate competitor with Texas A&M Taekwondo and enjoys reading. Isabella hopes to harness her unique experiences and passions to inspire others to explore what space has to offer and encourage conversations to uplift others within SEDS.
Contact Information: morter_2022@tamu.edu
Treasurer
Treasurer
Chesney Gaines '28
General Engineering
Chesney is a freshman Class of 2028 Engineering major with goals to ETAM into Aerospace. From launching rockets, to being a NASA Aerospace Scholar, she has always been very passionate about space exploration. She is involved in Aggie Sisters for Christ, a Student Senator for the College of Engineering, a Terry Scholar, and she has competed in NASA MITTIC. During the past couple summers, she has worked at T Bar M camps as a Christian Camp Counselor, and most recently, she went on a study abroad to Italy through TAMU. She is involved in undergrad research at A&M through the aero department, and in the future, once she’s eligible, she plans to complete the STEM to Stocks program to be the CEO of her own space company. She is eager to get involved on campus and make an impact at Texas A&M!
Contact Information: chesneygaines@tamu.edu
Aggie Astronaut Corps (AAC) Director
Aggie Astronaut Corps (AAC) Director
Connor Altes '26
Aerospace Engineering
Connor Altes is a Junior Aerospace Engineering Student and has plans to continue his education to receive a Masters in Aerospace Engineering in the near future. Currently, Connor is a part of the AggieSat Lab to help build satellites and provide useful testing for the lab's sponsors. SEDS and AAC have been an integral part of the success of Connor's academic journey by providing an outlet for fun space talk and by building long-lasting friendships. Connor insists that SEDS and AAC have built a welcoming community that keeps the passion for space flourishing. Alongside going to meetings, Connor enjoys working out, going to the movies with friends, and playing basketball.
Contact Information: connoraltes@tamu.edu
Design Team Coordinator
Design Team Coordinator
Sohaib Attalla '27
Aerospace Engineering
Sohaib Attalla is a rising sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering graduating in 2027. He has been fascinated with space exploration, space missions, and astronomy since he was a kid. SEDS provides him with a wonderful opportunity to learn and collaborate with other engineers on interesting projects. Being a NASA MITTIC national finalist through SEDS in the spring of 2024 inspired him to take the role of the design team coordinator, with the aim of helping others learn and adapt to achieve new skills. Outside of class, he loves to play soccer with friends and is a big Liverpool supporter (YNWA). He is also part of AIAA and loves to read about astronomy, exploration, and innovation. He aims to work in the astronautical side of aerospace and hopefully work on some research regarding topics he likes.
Contact Information: sohaib.attalla@tamu.edu
Communications Director
Communications Director
Joshua Dumalig '26
Interdisciplinary Engineering
Joshua is a junior majoring in Interdisciplinary Engineering and a member of the class of '26 and Corps of Cadets. Ever since childhood, he has been fascinated in rocketry and hopes to innovate on future propulsion methods with companies such as SpaceX or Relativity Space. He has been a member of SEDS and AAC since freshman year and loves the environment and comradery shared between fellow space enthusiasts, and hopes to continue to create that same energy for future meetings. Outside of academics and SEDS, he enjoys things such as hiking, bowling, working out, and trying new foods.
Contact Information: joshua.dumalig@tamu.edu
Advisor
Advisor
Dr. Gregory E. Chamitoff
Professor of Engineering Practice, Aerospace Engineering Director, AeroSpace Technology, Research and Operations (ASTRO)
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Greg Chamitoff served as a NASA Astronaut for 15 years, including Shuttle Missions STS-124,126,134 and Space Station long duration missions Expedition 17 and 18. He has lived and worked in Space for almost 200 days as a Flight Engineer, Science Officer, and Mission Specialist. His last mission was on the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, during which he performed two spacewalks, including the last one of the Shuttle era which also completed the assembly of the International Space Station.
Chamitoff earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly, M.S. in Aeronautics from Caltech, and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. He also holds a Minor and a Masters in Planetary (Space) Science. Prior to selection by the NASA Astronaut Program in 1998, Chamitoff worked at Four Phase Systems, Atari Computers, Northern Telecom, IBM and Draper Laboratory. As a Draper Fellow he worked on several NASA projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Space Shuttle autopilot, and the attitude control system for Space Station Freedom. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia, before joining Mission Operations at the Johnson Space Center, where he worked on attitude control and maneuver optimization for the International Space Station (ISS). He is an author of NASA’s first technology memo on resource utilization on Mars, and worked on various projects related to Mars mission design. As an Astronaut, he has been Lead CAPCOM in Mission Control, and supported ongoing missions in numerous other roles. In 2002, Chamitoff was a crewmember on the NEEMO-3 Mission (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations), living and working on the Aquarius undersea research habitat for 9 days.
Chamitoff is the William Keeler ‘49 Chair Professor of Practice in Aerospace Engineering, and Director of the Aero-Space Technology Research & Operations (ASTRO) Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He is co-author and co-editor of Human Spaceflight Operations, a textbook on the lessons learned from the past 60 years of spaceflight. His research includes space robotics, autonomous systems, and the development of collaborative virtual simulation environments for space system engineering and mission design.
Contact Information: chamitoff@tamu.edu
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