Staff

Dr. William Garrard Dr. William Garrard
Dr. Garrard is the Director of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium and Professor and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota. He serves as the Project Director for the MnSGC BalloonSat program.
Greg Nelson Greg Nelson
Mr. Nelson is the Staff Scientist of the UMN Aerospace Department. He is in charge of the electrical design and implementation. Mr. Nelson also serves as the mission manager for the test flights.
Adam Thoreen Adam Thoreen
Adam is currently a sophomore in the UMN Aerospace Engineering department and a private pilot. He is curently acting as flight director and integrates Balloon Track with wind data to predict flight paths and landing zone information. Adam also assists Greg with the electrical implementation and maintains the website.
Karl Icenogle Karl Icenogle
Karl is currently a sophomore in the UMN Aerospace Engineering department and a private pilot. Karl works on pre-launch equipment preparation including the launch release and also will serve as Launch Director on future flights. Karl also is working with Adam on developing new landing systems as well as Command Module housing.
Web site maintained by Adam Thoreen
Last updated: January 13th, 2005