Meet UBalt's 2021 NASA SUITS team: AstroBees
For the third consecutive year, The University of Baltimore is proud to have a team of students participating in the NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Design Challenge. NASA SUITS challenges students to design and create spacesuit information displays within augmented reality (AR) environments. This year's team—once again known as the AstroBees—submitted a successful entry for the 2021 competition, and will present their design during the SUITS virtual test week in April. The 2021 teams were announced during a live broadcast.
Follow the 2021 AstroBees on Instagram.
Najya I. Ahsan
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Role: project manager
Subteam: Systems
Michael Andersen
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: Intra-Vehicular Activity/Mission Control Center (IVA/MCC)
Kaitlyn Baker
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: UI/UX/EVA
Jasmine Brown
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Role: advisor of the IVA/MCC subteam
Naiya Chapman-Weems
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Role: social media coordinator
Nathan Crowther
Program: M.S. in Interaction Design and Information Architecture
Subteam: UI/UX/Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA)
Avery Dixon
Program: B.S. in Simulation and Game Design
Subteam: Social Media/Outreach
Chana Goldberg
Program: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies
Subteam: IVA/MCC
Manisha Gurung
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: Systems
Chantil Hunt Estevez
Program: B.S. in Simulation and Game Design
Subteam: User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX)
Joshua Jones
Program: B.S. in Simulation and Game Design
Subteam: UI/UX
Brian Kelly
Program: Upper-Division Certificate in Computer Programming
Subteam: Systems & IVA
Ghazaleh Keshavarz
Program: Doctor of Science in Information and Interaction Design
Subteam: UI/UX
Nuam K. Lun
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: Systems
Stephanie Parey
Program: M.S. in Interaction Design and Information Architecture
Subteam: UI/UX
Michael Vandi
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: UI/UX/EVA
Shawn Forrest
Program: B.S. in Applied Information Technology
Subteam: IVA/MCC
Associate Professors Giovanni Vincenti and Greg Walsh serve as the team's faculty advisors.
Industry in Outer Space: AR + Astronauts
On April 24, the AstroBees talked with the Baltimore Museum of Industry about their experiences working on the 2021 NASA SUITS design challenge.