Science Café to feature talk on Low Earth Orbit Satellites on Feb. 5

Ohio University’s Science Café will present Sabrina Ugazio discussing “Low Earth Orbit Satellites,” on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at 5 p.m. at the Baker Center Front Room on the fourth floor of Baker University Center and via YouTube.

Ugazio is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. Her research focuses on satellite navigation, signal propagation, remote sensing, and frequency transfer. In addition, she is a member of the Avionics Engineering Center.  

In 2023 she co-authored an article published in the “Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets,” titled “Multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems Doppler Position of Low Earth Orbit Satellites.”

Ugazio has been involved with navigation-related research since 2009 as a member of the NavSAS (Navigation Signal Analysis and Simulation) group in Torino, Italy, having earned her B.  S., M. S., and Ph. D. degrees from the Politecnico di Torino.

• Watch the Feb. 5 Science Café live or later on YouTube.

This is the 16th anniversary of the Science Café series, which is supported by the Ohio University Research Division and Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi.

For more information or for the schedule for upcoming Science Café presentations, contact Howard Dewald at dewald@ohio.edu or visit the Science Café website.