We are excited to announce that Sahana Shastry has now joined as a co-lead for the WIA-Europe Bremen Regional Network.
Sahana has been actively involved in and supported WIA-Europe for several years. We are looking forward to seeing how she will help grow the Bremen Regional Network alongside Dr Anna Chrobry.
Sahana completed her Master of Science in Space Sciences and Technologies at the University of Bremen in 2023. Since then, she has been working as a Systems Engineer at DSI Aerospace GmbH, focusing on mass storage systems for on-board electronics as part of the European Space Agency’s Copernicus expansion program for Earth observation Satellites. She is the winner of the Young Engineer Woman Award from the 2024 Deustche Messe AG.In addition, she previously led the working group of Women in Aerospace Europe dealing with ”Skill Gap in Aerospace Sector”. In her free time, Sahana Shastry serves as a technical advisory board member of ASTRA e.V., the student rocketry and space applications group in Bremen. She is also a co-author of the chapter on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the new space economy in the Oxford Handbook of New Space Economy.
