In cooperation with UKSA, SGAC is pleased to announce  Sejal Jain and Laura Stroud as the winners of the 2024 SGAC-UKSA Scholarship to attend the 22nd Space Generation Congress (SGC): 10-12 October 2024 and 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC): 14-18 October 2024 in Milan, Italy.

Sejal Jain is a master’s student in Aerospace Engineering at Tohoku University, Japan, as a Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholar. She holds a foundation in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PES University, India, and has accumulated valuable professional experience in systems engineering at TSALLA Aerospace and Schneider Electric, where she worked on UAV systems, energy management solutions, and industrial automation. Her passion for space and robotics has fueled her involvement in research related to control and power subsystems for modular robots. She is also contributing significantly to sustainable technology projects, particularly in wireless power transmission systems for both aerospace and Earth applications.
Her academic and professional journey reached new heights through her participation in the International Space University’s Space Studies Program, where she was one of the recipients of the Dr. Kalpana Chawla Scholarship. Additionally, she has actively participated in various conferences, presenting her research and fueling her aspirations to advance robotic and sustainable energy technologies for space exploration missions.

Laura Stroud is an undergraduate student at UCL, reading MSci Astrophysics and Mathematics and Statistics. She is entering her third year of university studies and aspiring to a career in planetary research. Sustainability is a particular interest of hers, having led a student news blog covering scientific research in this area. Forever passionate about space, science and technology, she has volunteered at the UCL ‘Your Universe’ festival, and for the Institute of Physics to widen access to these areas.