Columbia Space Initiative Overview
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Columbia Space Initiative
Summary
The Columbia Space Initiative is a group of students and professors at Columbia University who are dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in near-space, space, and beyond.
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Columbia Space Initiative industries
Defense & Space
Headquarters Location
Columbia Space Initiative Employees Size
200-500 employees
Specialties
Space Outreach, High Altitude Balloons, Rockets, CubeSats, Micro-g NExT, RASC-AL, Astrobiology
Founded
2015
Columbia Space Initiative Employees Turnover 2 quarter 2025
Number of employees switched from or switched to
15Total number all of employee turnover
< 7joined positions
< 8joined positions
Current employees switched from
1
Columbia University
Responsible Engineer
1
1
Goldman Sachs
Liquid Propulsion
1
1
Liquid Rocketry at Illinois
Fluids Team Member
1
2
Columbia Engineering
Space Policy Mission Lead
1
Responsible Engineer (RE) for Rockets Airframe
1
2
Columbia Space Initiative
Columbia Rocketry: Electronics/Avionics Co-Lead
1
Rockets Mission Co-Lead
1
Ex-employees switched to
B2
Columbia Space Initiative
Columbia Rocketry: Avionics Engineer
1
Rockets Propulsion Fluids Subteam Co-Lead
1
B
2
Columbia University
High Altitude Balloons
1
Operations Director
1
B
1
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Co President
1
B
1
Rokt
AQUAS Engineer
1
B
1
Ball Corporation
Propellants Engineer
1
B
1
NYU Langone Health
Member - Astrobiology Mission
1
Number of employees by department
8Total number all of employee turnover
< 1Responsible Engineer
< 1Director Press
< 1Liquid Propulsion
< 1Fluids Team Member
< 1Space Policy Mission Lead
< 1Columbia Rocketry: Electronics/Avionics Co-Lead
< 1Rockets Mission Co-Lead
< 1Responsible Engineer (RE) for Rockets Airframe
Ex-employees positions
In Company
Responsible Engineer
1
Director Press
1
Liquid Propulsion
1
Fluids Team Member
1
Space Policy Mission Lead
1
Columbia Rocketry: Electronics/Avionics Co-Lead
1
Rockets Mission Co-Lead
1
Responsible Engineer (RE) for Rockets Airframe
1
In New Company
1
Operations Director
1
Co-President
1
Co President
1
Director of Community Outreach
1
Director Press
1
Propellants Engineer
1
Liquid Propulsion
1
CubeSat Structures Lead
1
CubeSat Engineering Lead
1
Combustion Chamber Lead
Responsible Engineer
1
Director Press
1
Liquid Propulsion
1
Fluids Team Member
1
Space Policy Mission Lead
1
Columbia Rocketry: Electronics/Avionics Co-Lead
1
Rockets Mission Co-Lead
1
Responsible Engineer (RE) for Rockets Airframe
1
Operations Director
1
Co-President
1
Co President
1
Director of Community Outreach
1
Director Press
1
Propellants Engineer
1
Liquid Propulsion
1
CubeSat Structures Lead
1
CubeSat Engineering Lead
1
Combustion Chamber Lead
1
Contact top employees from
Columbia Space Initiative
Quentin Baumann
Space Manufacturing Co-Lead
Robert Crawford
Member, Rocket Mission Team
Michael Lawrence Garcia
Rocketry Team Co-Lead
Gilbert Tohme
Member of Structures/Thermals Team in CubeSat Mission Team
Michal Hajlasz
Team Member
Kade Jimenez
Vehicle Design Lead
Christopher Acosta
Combustion Chamber Lead
Claire Cizdziel
High Altitude Balloons Mission Lead
Michael Cai
Mission Lead - NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge
Michael Sheehan
Columbia Rocketry: Propulsion Systems Engineer
Marissa Santoro
Electronics Team Member
Vayu Singhal
Rockets Mission Co-Lead
William Trost
Software Team Lead
Will Specht
Co President
Joeramon Tijerina
RASC-AL Mission Lead
S Marcus Lam
AQUAS Mission Lead
Joss Clegg
Columbia Rocketry: Electronics/Avionics Co-Lead
Oscar Ochoa
Rockets Fluids Engineer
Dyahatou Saanon
Secretary
Teresa Alves Sabin
RASC-AL Mission 2024
Raisa Effress
Columbia Rocketry - Propulsion Systems Lead
Michael Ma
Software Engineer
Eduardo Prado Flores
Space Manufacturing Co-Lead
Maisie McLaughlin
Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer
Matthew Long
Software/Electronics Team Member
Aria Cullen
NASA Blue Skies Mission Lead
Hikmat Oladejo
Rockets Team Member
Luis Rubio Martinez
Mechanical Engineering Team
Tejas Tirthapura
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