MOVA International is taking over Cervecería Del Pueblo on October 6, 2021, from 6-9 pm to celebrate World Space Week!
There will be a special guest panel discussion with Cosmologist Sophia Gad-Nasr, Author and Scientist Andrew Rader, and Propulsion Engineer and Educator Diana Alsindy—moderated by former NASA JPL Flight Software Test Engineer Matthew Harris. We’ll be chatting about space exploration, women in space, the future of space travel, and more.
MOVA will also be raffling off some out-of-this-world prizes that you won’t want to miss!
Admission is free and a portion of all beverage sales from the night will be donated to World Space Week Association—an organization working to strengthen the link between space and society through public education, participation, and dialogue on the future of space activity.
We can’t wait to see you there!
EVENT INFO:
Date: October 6, 2021
Time: 6-9 pm
Address: Cervecería Del Pueblo, 141 W Bellevue Dr #100, Pasadena, CA 91105
Admission: Free (Please RSVP)
Max. Capacity: 75 people
Sophia Gad-Nasr is a PhD Candidate in Cosmology at the University of California in Irvine working on dark matter, a mysterious substance that permeates the entire Universe, yet has evaded direct detection due to it being invisible and untouchable. She is also an avid science communicator and loves to share her awe of the mysteries of the cosmos with the world.
Learn more about Sophia on astropartigirl.com.
Andrew Rader is a scientist, game designer, and author. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from MIT, specializing in long-duration spaceflight. In 2013, he won the Discovery Channel’s competitive television series Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All. He’s the author of Beyond the Known, a history of exploration from the beginning of humanity to our spacefaring future, and of three books in the Epic Space Adventure series (Epic Space Adventure, Mars Rover Rescue, Europa Excursion) and the children’s book Rocket Science.
Andrew is also a game designer, occasional YouTuber, and co-hosts the weekly podcast Spellbound, which covers topics from science to economics to history and psychology. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, he’s now based in Los Angeles. He’s an avid trivia player, space enthusiast, science nerd, and history buff.
Learn more about Andrew on andrew-rader.com.
Diana Alsindy is a Propulsion Engineer and the founder of @TheArabianStargazer. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2017) from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Originally from Baghdad, Diana is an Iraqi immigrant who has been passionate about engineering since she was 10 years old, watching her grandfather weld metal plates in a small machine shop in the backyard of their home in Baghdad. She was named a Gordon Engineering Leadership Fellow and a Brooke Owens Fellow in 2017. Diana worked with multiple aerospace companies like NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman, Virgin Orbit and Space Micro. Her responsibilities ranged from design, test and analyze propulsion systems on liquid propellant rockets.
In October 2018, Diana founded @TheArabianStargazer; a bilingual educational platform that promotes STEM to the Arab youth all around the world. The platform includes videos, pictures and riddles about subjects such as “Why should I be an Engineer?” and “How does Space Exploration helps us here on Earth?” She aspires to inspire the youth especially in the Middle Eastern community to be more engaged in space exploration and STEM. Diana hosts virtual classes with schools that do not have access to engineering resources, where she uses fun and easy engineering concepts and props to explain Science and Space. Diana’s ultimate goal is to develop a student camp across the Middle East that will be equipped with resources, materials and opportunities for students to learn tangible skill-sets about Engineering and Science.
Learn more about Diana at thearabianstargazer.com.
Matthew Harris is a software engineer working in the delivery space. He is a former flight software test engineer for Europa Clipper, an orbiter visiting Europa launching in 2024. He is also a former Apple EPM and a Naval software engineer where his work focused on simulation. In his free time, you can find him hiking or making floral arrangements.
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