Space Conference Speaker

José Pedro Ferreira is a Fulbright and NASA FINESST fellow pursuing a doctoral degree in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California under the subject of space sustainability and the environmental impact of spacecraft demise in the atmosphere. He has been trained in concurrent engineering by ESA and in nanosatellite technology by ISRO. José contributed as a guest researcher at Delft University of Technology and at NASA Ames Research Center. As an aerospace engineer, he served as the lead systems engineer for the INFANTE project that developed a SAR microsatellite, and as a guest lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal where he also conducted research at its Center for Product Development and Technology Transfer. Furthermore, José worked as the co-lead of the Commercial Space Project Group within the Space Generation Advisory Council, is an effective member of the Space Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee at the International Astronautical Federation and served as a delegate in the 57th and 58th Scientific and Technical Subcommittees of the UN COPUOS. José is the recipient of the ESA Space for Sustainability award in 2023.