Isaac Rodrigues
Isaac Rodrigues received his B.S in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He was initially introduced to the small satellite community in 2008 as a Hawaii Space Grant Consortium Fellow when he worked as the telecommunications subsystem lead for the Kumu a’o CubeSat team. From 2009 to 2012, he worked for SAIC/SET Corporation in Arlington, Virginia performing systems integration, test, and qualification for the CounterBomber® Program. In 2013, Isaac returned to the University of Hawaii as an Avionics Engineer and his experience in embedded systems design and COTS implementations contributed to the successful delivery of the 55kg micro-satellite, HiakaSat in 2015. Isaac has continued designing and developing flight systems for small satellites with the HSFL’s current Neutron-1 mission. He is also working with Engineers from the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR) developing Software-Defined Radios and Small Satellite Capabilities.