STUDENT SPACE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
FEBRUARY 27-28, 2026
Student Space Tech Conference is Live!
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
FEBRUARY 27-28, 2026
Bringing together the top student space engineering teams from across the country.
Deadline to Register: February 15th, 2026
Student Project Competition & Project Exhibition
All participating collegiate space engineering teams have the opportunity to showcase the projects they have worked on over the 2025-2026 academic year
Featured Speakers
Marshall Smith
CEO
Starlab
Ryan Kriser
Partner
Type One Ventures
Bill "Hippie" Woolf
Founder
Space Force Association
Maj. Gen. John Olson
Defense Innovation Unit
Austin Sennott
Founder
Half Cat Rocketry
Dr. Wesley Harris
Draper Professor
MIT AeroAstro
Daniil Chen
Principal
Type One Ventures
Jorge Levario
Launch Ops.
Blue Origin
Shiv Patel
Policy Advisor
Axiom Space
Mike Bowker
VP of Corp. Dev.
Gravitics
Dr. John Schmisseur
Executive Director
UT Space Institute
Paul Woolard
General Partner
Veteran VC
Schedule
Any conference inquiries can be directed to ssta@utk.edu