Florida Tech Participates in SpaceU Symposium
Hamid Rassoul Speaks; Students Present Posters
Florida Tech proudly participated in the SpaceU Symposium at the University of Central Florida in Orlando recently. Chief Research Officer Hamid Rassoul served as a featured speaker, offering a presentation that underscored Florida Tech’s legacy of leadership in space and defense research.
The event brought together space leaders, researchers and students from across Florida, presenting the latest innovations and research and building in-state collaborations and partnerships.
A team of 15 faculty members and students organized by Luis Quiroga, assistant professor of space sciences, attended the event and presented seven research papers showcasing the university’s ongoing scholarship in space-related research and technology.
In his talk, Rassoul highlighted a dynamic portfolio of ongoing space-related projects and showcased the world-class facilities and infrastructure that empower Florida Tech researchers to innovate at the highest levels. He emphasized how curiosity, collaboration and discovery underpin the university’s research mission and invited fellow innovators at universities across the nation to join us in advancing the frontiers of science, technology and human understanding.
Rassoul dedicated his remarks to Julius Montgomery (1929-2020), one of the pioneering “missilemen” students during Florida Tech’s founding years whose courage, generosity and belief in the university’s mission helped founding President Dr. Jerome Keuper keeps the doors of the young institution open.
