Leadership
President
Christin Sanders '24
Majoring in Secondary Science Education
Christin is a senior majoring in University Studies with a double minor in Chemistry and Education. Growing up, she has always been fascinated with space and the mysteries that lie within it. Through high school and college, she developed a love for teaching others. With the hope to combine both passions, she hopes to work within the Space Education Field. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, doing crafts, and spending time with her family. Christin has been with SEDS since the Spring of 2021. She has held previous officer positions such as Space Flight Technology Track Coordinator, Track Advisor, and General Meeting Director 22’-23’. She is excited to serve as this year's President!
Contact information: cms2016@tamu.edu
Vice President
Calvin Schroeder '26
Majoring in Aerospace Engineering
Cal is a sophomore majoring in Aerospace Engineering set to graduate in 2026. Growing up in Littleton, Colorado in the shadow of Lockheed Martin’s space operations, Cal has been fascinated by space for as long as he can remember. He’s been a member of SEDS since the beginning of his freshman year and hopes to foster an enjoyable, informative, and constantly improving SEDS experience for everyone as the Vice President. Outside of SEDS, Cal enjoys reading sci-fi novels, participating in intramurals, coding small projects, and being part of Karura, an international URC rover team.
Contact Information: calvin.schroeder@tamu.edu
Outreach Director
Adam Zheng '26
Majoring in Aerospace Engineering
Adam is a Class of 2026 Aerospace Engineering major from Buffalo, NY. He is very passionate about space exploration and, as such, has been a part of SEDS since the very start of freshman year. As the Outreach Director, he hopes to spread his passion throughout the student body and build a community within SEDS around this shared interest in space exploration. Beyond SEDS, Adam is involved in undergraduate research with the MAESTRO lab and several design teams and enjoys running, filmmaking, and chess in his free time.
Contact Information: adzheng@tamu.edu
Treasurer
Omar Almamun '24
Majoring in Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics
Omor will be a senior studying aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics. He joined SEDS during his freshman year, and his favorite trip with SEDS was touring Starbase. He was also a member of AAC the following semester. He’s been fascinated by space exploration and has dreamed of being an astronaut ever since his childhood. Outside of SEDS, Omor likes to ride his road bicycle with the Texas A&M Cycling Team. He is also part of some aerospace engineering student organizations, such as the High Altitude Balloon Club (HABC), and he recently joined the Karura Project, an international University Rover Challenge (URC) team.
Contact Information:omor.almamun@tamu.edu
Aggie Astronaut Corps (AAC) Director
Roy Moody '26
Majoring in Chemical Engineering
Roy Moody is a sophomore engineering student majoring in Chemical Engineering and will graduate as a member of the class of ‘26. Growing up, he was always interested in science and space exploration in particular. He is an avid reader of sci-fi novels and greatly enjoys watching various documentaries about the cosmos. Roy joined AAC his freshman year, greatly enjoyed the lectures, and became the Space Flight Technologies Track Coordinator his second semester. As AAC Director, he intends to demonstrate to his fellow members how current technologies and near-future ones can be used for the expansion of mankind into space while encouraging and informing students as to how they can be actively involved in the process. In his free time Roy enjoys watching movies of the sci-fi genre and spending time with his friends and family.
Contact Information: roymoody@tamu.edu
Communications Director
Bryce Beardshall '26
Majoring in Agricultural Economics
Bryce is a sophomore majoring in Agricultural Economics with a concentration in Finance and Rural Real Estate and a Military Studies minor. He is a member of the fightin’ Texas Aggie class of ‘26 and the Corps of Cadets. Having grown up in Houston, and his father having been a former contractor for NASA, he was interested in space from a young age and hopes to commission into the US Space Force. Bryce has been a member of SEDS since his freshman year and hopes to create a fun and lively environment for both new and returning SEDS members in his role as Communications Director. Outside of SEDS, he enjoys watching sci-fi shows, training freshmen, editing videos, and boating.
Contact Information: brycewbeardshall@tamu.edu
Advisor
Dr. Gregory E. Chamitoff
Professor of Engineering Practice, Aerospace Engineering Director, AeroSpace Technology, Research and Operations (ASTRO)
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Greg Chamitoff served as a NASA Astronaut for 15 years, including Shuttle Missions STS-124,134 and Space Station long duration missions Expedition 17 and 18. He has lived and worked in Space for almost 200 days as a Flight Engineer, Science Officer, and Mission Specialist. His last mission was on the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, during which he performed two spacewalks, including the last one of the Shuttle era which also completed the assembly of the International Space Station.
Chamitoff earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly, M.S. in Aeronautics from Caltech, and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. He also holds a Minor and a Masters in Planetary (Space) Science. Prior to selection by the NASA Astronaut Program in 1998, Chamitoff worked at Four Phase Systems, Atari Computers, Northern Telecom, IBM and Draper Laboratory. As a Draper Fellow he worked on several NASA projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Space Shuttle autopilot, and the attitude control system for Space Station Freedom. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia, before joining Mission Operations at the Johnson Space Center, where he worked on attitude control and maneuver optimization for the International Space Station (ISS). He is an author of NASA’s first technology memo on resource utilization on Mars, and is currently publishing the first textbook on Human Spaceflight Operations. As an Astronaut, he has been Lead CAPCOM in Mission Control, and supported ongoing missions in numerous other roles. In 2002, Chamitoff was a crew member on the NEEMO-3 Mission (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations), living and working on the Aquarius undersea research habitat for 9 days.
Contact Information: chamitoff@tamu.edu