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Dr Angadh Nanjangud, Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering at Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science, has been selected as a Foresight Fellow in the space technology track. The fellowship, awarded by the Foresight Institute - a pioneering organisation founded in 1986 to advance beneficial high-impact technologies - recognises emerging leaders working on early-stage and interdisciplinary innovations.

Dr Nanjangud aims to use the fellowship to promote the idea of realising large inflatable space stations, which links to his prior work on robotically assembled large space telescopes.

The one-year fellowship program aims to advance the beneficial use of transformative technologies while preventing misuse across biotech, nanotech, neurotech, computer science, and space technologies. The program offers several key benefits:

• One-on-one introductions to relevant funders, senior scientists, and mentors in the space technology sector.
• Travel-paid invitations to an in-person technical workshop by the Institute and an external conference of the awardee's choosing.
• Membership in a technical Foresight group focused on space technologies, with opportunities to present research through virtual seminars.

The fellowship recognizes Queen Mary's growing influence in space engineering research and education, complementing our expanding portfolio of space-focused academic programs and industry partnerships. Through the Foresight network, Dr Nanjangud will help shape discussions around the beneficial development of space technologies while creating new opportunities for collaboration. Their announcement on X shows some of the other Fellows with affiliations in the UK and across the world.