Episode 50: Phil Ferguson, University of Manitoba on Building a Small Satellite Innovation Hub

Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This is a special podcast in that it is our 50th, and marks one year since I started the show.I want to thank our growing audience who have contributed to having our podcasts played 20,000 times so far.To keep this show going we need your continued support. For those who are not yet supporting us through our crowdfunding site on Patreon, I would ask that you consider supporting us now. The address is https://www.patreon.com/spaceqMy guest this week is Philip Ferguson, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Manitoba, a position he started last fall. Phil was also was recently named as the NSERC / Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering at the university.As you’ll hear, Phil has had a pretty eventful career working in industry before settling in at the University of Manitoba last fall. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at MIT and has worked on the International Space Station's Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator program, commonly referred to as Dextre, Canada’s first microsatellite MOST, NEOSSat, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission and drones.Along the way he’s worked at MDA, Dynacon, Microsat Systems Canada Inc., Magellan Aerospace and PrecisionHawk.In our conversation you’ll hear how Phil is helping in trying to make the University of Manitoba a Small Satellite Innovation Hub.

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