MDRS Crew 60
March 18-31, 2007
Georgia Tech Crew Page

Name	Speciality
Emily Colvin	Commander
Erik Kabo	Executive Officer, Communications Engineer
Alissa Feucht	Mission Support Lead
Curtis Iwata	Journalist & Geologist
Dean Liao	HSO, Biologist, & Logistics Officer
Jonathan Murphy	Crew Engineer
Elizabeth Tang	Astronomer, Navigation Specialist, & PAO
Anne Campeau	Mission Support Specialist
Alex Carver	Mission Support Specialist

Emily Colvin	Emily Colvin is a Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (NRE) student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In May 2007, she will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in NRE, a minor in Aerospace Engineering, propulsion track, and a certificate in French. She will graduate in 2008 with a Master's of Science in NRE, with her thesis work in the development and construction of a radiation detector prototype for a Martian environment. She plans to continue in school for a PhD, doing research in her primary interest of nuclear thermal propulsion. A 2006 Summer Fellow at the Center for Space Nuclear Research, she has already gained experience in this field. Emily is a founding member of the Mars Society at Georgia Tech (MSGT) and has served as its secretary and executive officer (president). Through MSGT, she has been a member of two crews to the Mars Desert Research Station (Crew 37 as Mission Support Lead and Crew 47 as Executive Officer and IT Specialist) and will be commanding Crew 60 in spring 2007. Through the Engineering Team, Emily has been involved in the controls and systems monitoring of the Station as well as miscellaneous maintenance and repair. She is also involved in the American Nuclear Society student chapter at Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra (Bb and A clarinets), and the North Avenue Presbyterian Church orchestra.
Erik Kabo	Erik Kabo hails from Louisville, KY, but has been in Atlanta long enough to consider it home. He has spent the last seven years at Georgia Tech, during which time he has not only finished a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, but made the most of leadership, cultural, and career opportunities on campus. To gain leadership experience, Erik served as president of the GT AIAA for two years and then founded the Mars Society at Georgia Tech. He also completed four semesters of co-operative work at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, running wind tunnel experiments for advanced aerodynamic concepts. Cultural studies balanced Erik's education, including a semester studying music, art, and history in Europe, taking classes to earn a certificate in music technology, and playing the trumpet in the GT Symphony Orchestra. Erik is currently pursuing his Masters in Aerospace Engineering and an Engineering Entrepreneur Certificate and expects to graduate in May 2007.
Alissa Feucht	Alissa Feucht is a fourth year undergraduate at Georgia Tech pursuing her BS in Aerospace Engineering because of her interest in space travel. She is currently an engineering co-op student for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Savannah, GA where she has worked in Crew & Equipment, Materials Review Board, and the Acoustics departments. At Tech she has been involved in the Gymnastics Club, AIAA, Mars Society at Georgia Tech, Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, and the Georgia Tech Sailing Club Race Team. When she has any free time, Alissa likes to volunteer at the Atlanta Humane Society and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Alissa also enjoys traveling, photography, and a multitude of outdoor activities.
Curtis Iwata	Curtis Iwata is an aspiring space entrepreneur. To realize this dream, he is striving towards his Masters degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was born and raised in Japan as a military brat due to his dad's job with the US Corps of Engineers. In 2001, he left Japan for University of California, Irvine to pursue higher education and ended up with two degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 2005. Taking some time off before attending graduate school, Curtis enjoyed life in California while working for several months for Astrotech Space Operations in Long Beach, CA. Throughout these years, Curtis accumulated many hobbies including traveling, cooking, music, dancing and sports and developed big dreams like building a hotel in space.
Dean Liao	Dean Liao is currently an undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology minoring in Earth and Atmospheric Science. He is involved with many student organizations including Mars Society at Georgia Tech, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Astronomy Club. He also does community service work with Circle K, Trees Atlanta, Habitat for Humanity, and Engineering Students Without Borders. As an employee, volunteer committee chair, and instructor for Outdoor Recreation at Georgia Tech, he is outside almost every weekend. Mountain biking, rock climbing, backpacking, and caving are only some of the outdoor sports he enjoys the most. He would like to be certified in skydiving, scuba diving, and to get his Private Pilot's and Extra Class Amateur Radio license before he leaves college. Dean hopes to live out west some day working on aircrafts and spacecrafts for exploration while doing search and rescues and/or EMT work on the side.
Jonathan Murphy	Jonathan Murphy is a graduate student in the Aerospace Systems Design Lab at Georgia Tech, and will graduate with a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2007. Before coming to Tech, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. Jonathan grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where he built spaceships out of LEGOs, built bicycles out of other bicycles, and read lots of science fiction. His interests include spacecraft, other worlds, and alternative sources of energy.
Elizabeth Tang	Elizabeth Tang was born and raised in China. She came to the United States to study in 2001. She was enrolled in University of Washington (Seattle) during her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Georgia Tech. Elizabeth was actively involved in campus activities as the President of the Sigma Gamma Tau – AE Honor Society and as the Outreach Officer of MSGT. For her undergraduate research, she studied Space-based Economy Model under Dr. Narayanan Komerath's guidance and co-authored “Policy Model for Space Economy Infrastructure” which was published in the 56th International Astronautical Congress in 2005. She just graduated with B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in May 2006 and is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Aerospace System Design Laboratory in Georgia Tech. With her multi-cultural background, Elizabeth hopes to advocate international collaboration in space exploration in the future. In her leisure time, she also enjoys reading, drawing, travel and theatrical make-up.
Anne Campeau	Anne Campeau is a veteran of MDRS Crew 47. This year she will be working on Mission Support for MDRS Crew 60. Anne is an undergraduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology pursuing her BS in Polymer and Fiber Engineering with a management concentration. At Georgia Tech, she is involved in the Mars Society, the Society of Plastic Engineers, the Ramblin' Reck Club, and the Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity. Anne's childhood dream of becoming an astronaut is still her ultimate career goal. By attending Georgia Tech, she hopes to end up working in the aerospace industry with polymers and composites and, of course, flying around in space.
Alex Carver	Alex Carver, is originally from Hollywood, Florida but has lived in Atlanta since 1994. He is currently a Ph.D. graduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the microelectronics device and materials area plus attempting a certificate in Spanish. He earned both his BSEE with DSP and analog circuit study in 2001 and his MSEE with RF, communications, and networking study plus a minor in Computer Science in 2005 from Georgia Tech. He has worked in the Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC) since 1995 as a lab technician, instructing graduate students on the operation of a multi-million dollar semiconductor fabrication facility. In addition, he has helped with moving the mission of the MiRC forward with advancements in the lab and customization of equipment. When he's not working at the lab he can be found playing on amateur radios either with his own or those of the Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club of which he is the president for the 2006-2007 academic year. He can also be found taking landscape and astronomical photographs, rolling around on rollerblades in a game of roller hockey or in the kitchen coming up with some culinary delight. Once in a while you can find him just staring out into space and wondering where humans will go next.