Our Sponsor
Dr. Michael J. Sytsma 
Dr. Michael J. Sytsma was born on March 15th 1982 in Homestead, Florida. He received his Bachelors degree (2004) in Aerospace Engineering with a Business minor from the University of Florida. Michael continued on to receive his Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering from UF in 2006 studying Micro Air Vehicles. He began work at the Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office in 2006 as a loads engineer, and moved to the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2009 as a research scientist. He enrolled in the doctoral program at UF in 2009 at Shalimar Florida where he studied under the advisement of Dr. Lawrence Ukeiley, graduating in May 2013. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and is an avid sailor. He has lived on his various sailboats since August 2007 and circumnavigation is on his bucket list.
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