2021 winners and finalists

ACADEMIC OF THE YEAR

Elias Aboutanios, University of New South Wales
David Buttsworth, University of Southern Queensland
Gordon Cable, University of Tasmania
Iver Cairns, University of Sydney
Tat-Jun Chin, Australian Institute for Machine Learning
Kim Ellis Hayes, Swinburne University of Technology
David Flannery, Queensland University of Technology
Alice Gorman, Flinders University
Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University

Sascha Schediwy, University of Western Australia

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

Xueliang Bai, University of Sydney
Chris Butt, Shoal Group
Jacob Debono, Electro Optic Systems
Mathew Gardiner, Shoal Group
Bryan Greenham, Black Sky Aerospace
Volker Hessel, University of Adelaide
Lewis McCluskey, Southern Launch
Julia Mitchell, SITAEL Australia

Andrin Tomaschett, UNSW Canberra Space

Ryan Whitside, Hypersonix Launch Systems

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

Jason Armstrong, Boeing Research & Technology - Australia
David Ball, Lockheed Martin Space

Robert Coorey, Geospatial Intelligence

Lloyd Damp, Southern Launch
Nick Green, PFi Aerospace
Sean Moules, TQCSI
Blake Nikolic, Black Sky Aerospace
Keith Rosario, Cingulan Space
Craig Smith, Electro Optic Systems
David Waterhouse, Hypersonix Launch Systems

FEMALE LEADER OF THE YEAR

Megan Badger, PFi Aerospace
Elisha Buckley, Southern Launch
Rowena Christiansen, The ad astra vita project
Alice Gorman, Flinders University

Professor Anna Moore, Australian National University Institute for Space

Marissa Riggs, UQ Space
Myrthe Snoeks, UQ Space/The University of Queensland
Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet Space Technologies
Angela Teale, Slingshot Aerospace

GRADUATE OF THE YEAR

Nina Averill, Saber Astronautics
Jesse Cilliers, Black Sky Aerospace
Ross Fraser, Shoal Group
Scarlett Li-Williams, SAAS Missions
Albert Sztolc, Shoal Group

Clint Therakam, UNSW Canberra Space

Mikaela Verhoosel, Geoplex

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR - INDIVIDUAL

James Brown, Geospatial Intelligence
Ian Dewey, Immanuel College
Alice Gorman, Flinders University
Greg Keith, Geospatial Intelligence
Patrick Neumann, Neumann Space

Blake Nikolic, Black Sky Aerospace

Robert Potter, Internet 2.0
Michael Smart, Hypersonix Launch Systems
Donald Yates, COLUMBUS Group

RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR

James Allworth, Electro Optic Systems
Malcolm Davis , Australian Strategic Policy Institute
David Flannery, Queensland University of Technology
Alice Gorman, Flinders University
Jun Jo, Griffith University

Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University

Patrick Neumann, Neumann Space
Danail Obreschkow, International Space Centre, University of Western Australia
Sascha Schediwy, University of Western Australia
Duncan Wright, University of Southern Queensland

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR

Megan Badger, PFi Aerospace
Xueliang Bai, University of Sydney
James Brown, Geospatial Intelligence
Chris Butt, Shoal Group

Christopher Capon, UNSW Canberra

Rowena Christiansen, The ad astra vita project
Adrien Doucet, Neumann Space
Blake Nikolic, Black Sky Aerospace
Joseph O'Leary, Electro Optic Systems
Brenton Smith, Space Services Australia/UNSW Canberra Space

SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR

Graziella Caprarelli, University of Southern Queensland

David Flannery, Queensland University of Technology
Volker Hessel, University of Adelaide
Christopher Moore, Electro Optic Systems
Patrick Neumann, Neumann Space
Danail Obreschkow, International Space Centre, University of Western Australia

EXCELLENCE AWARD

Sascha Schediwy, University of Western Australia