Meet our team.

Jonathan Beck
Executive Director
Principal Investigator
Aaron Sykes
Assistant Director
STEPHANIE RISPA
Equity & Inclusion
Communications Director
Zach Bladow
Information Technology Specialist
Megan Hall
Office & Administrative Specialist
Chris Hadfield
Co-Principal Investigator
MN TCOE Director
Jill Zande
Co-Principal Investigator
MATE II President & Executive Director
Zackary Nicklin
Co-Principal Investigator
Northland UAS Instructor
Vincent DiNoto, Jr.
Co-Principal Investigator
GeoTech Director & Principal Investigator
Ben Cruz
Senior Personnel
CAAT Co-Prinicpal Investigator
Sandra Mikolaski
Evaluator
Independent Consultant
Aaron Sykes
Consultant
STEM Outreach Coordinator
Dr. Luis Estevez
Senior Personnel
Director of SCSU SoPA
Andrew Dahlen
VEX Robotics Coordinator
Manufacturing Instructor
Seth Simonson
Associate Professor/Program Coordinator for UAS
North Dakota State College of Science
David Anderson
Biology Faculty
VR Certified Educator
Manjari Wijenaike
Evaluator
Independent Consultant
Stephen C. Ley
Associate Professor
School of Aviation Sciences
Dr. Greg Mellema
Aviation Instructor and A&P/IA.
NCAT
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