Sai Vallapureddy

RMIT University

Sai is an Engineer by learning, a tech-enthusiast & a futurist by passion. He is a hustler trying to harness technology to make it accessible, thereby making the world a better place to live in. He has founded a startup that was recognized and awarded as one of the top startups that could potentially change India. He graduated with a Masters in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Monash University and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Geospatial sciences at RMIT University. He has developed a mathematical model to assess the risk of collision for current and future objects in orbit (both satellites and debris) as a part of his master’s thesis and is now working to better tackle the growing problem of Space Debris as a part of his doctoral research supported by SmartSat CRC.

Project Title: A Machine Learning Based Solution for Space Situational Awareness and Space Sustainability