OSSTP News

Whitney Lohmeyer has begun a one-year term as chief technologist for the newly established Space Bureau!

Recent graduates present years of OSSTP work including SWARM-EX and space sustainability projects

Eight OSSTP students attended the SATELLITE 2023 Conference in Washington, D.C. with Prof. Whitney Lohmeyer

Three seniors who applied to graduate school have received acceptance from the top programs in the country!

OSSTP Lab members reflect on the Fall 2022 semester

An increasing number of Olin Collegiate Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) students are learning hands-on and improving their skills, while also providing important public services. Just this fall, students volunteered at three local events - the most ever for the Club in one semester - and they plan to do more volunteering this spring, most notably for the Boston Marathon in April.

Three OCARC students volunteer their ham radio skills the the BAA Half Marathon.

Six OCARC members volunteer with ham radio communications for the world's largest 3-day rowing competition.

Two OCARC students volunteer for charity cycling event.

Five Olin Satellite + Spectrum Technology & Policy (OSSTP) Group undergraduate researchers attended the 2022 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) with Prof. Whitney Lohmeyer from September 16-17th, 2022.

Ten OSSTP Group undergraduate students and one post doc attended a 4-day trip to the Bay Area with Prof. Whitney Lohmeyer for a tour of the Aerospace Industry.

Students from OCARC and OSSTP help with essential radio communications during the 2022 Boston Marathon.

The SWARM-EX satellite mission that Olin College students and faculty lead Dr. Whitney Lohmeyer, Assistant Professor of Engineering, have been working on for two years alongside five other institutions, has been selected by NASA’s 2022 CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI).

Sixteen OSSTP Group undergraduate students attend the SATELLITE 2022 Conference with Prof. Whitney Lohmeyer and share their experience. This trip was made possible thanks to the generous funding of the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Grant and to Olin College of Engineering.

Three OSSTP seniors celebrate acceptance thus far into every grad program to which they applied.

Student ham radio enthusiasts use their engineering knowledge to communicate globally and lend a hand locally.

In Spring 2021, three Olin undergraduates from the Olin Satellite + Spectrum Technology & Policy (OSSTP) research group received the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Undergraduate Research Awards.

Undergraduates Present Research Papers at IEEE Aerospace Conference

Olin Team in the Running for Grant to Establish New $25M Wireless Spectrum Research Center

Four teams awarded planning grants through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) new Spectrum Innovation Initiative (SII) are merging to create a comprehensive, interdisciplinary plan for a 5-year, $25M National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research (SII-Center).