I’m new to the board but I follow along. I guess I can make the ‘long time listener, first time caller joke’. I know that you follow me on twitter and you know that I’m active in the community, I’m not sure that I recognize any other other posters in this thread and I’m not sure some/most of you have ever uploaded to LOTW. So, greetings I guess. One of my passions is flying high-altitude balloons and the whole reason I got my tech license was to legally carry APRS for tracking. From there I blundered into amsats and was hooked almost instantly. My first launch was Kickstarter funded and I kind of made a promise to my backers that I’d talk to schools and involve myself in promoting STEM though my HAB passion. I genuinely feel I’ve lived up to my end but I still sponsor the occasional senior design project here at the university school of engineering. This usually comes in the form of an ME or EE design and I’ve never dabbled in sponsoring a CS project although I’ve got ideas. Frankly, I’m not sure I have the kind of time it takes to mentor a student right now but can you elaborate when you say: "I believe participation can greatly benefit the amateur satellite service.” And “we have plenty of really interesting and meaningful options for students to work on."
-J W3ARD