I’m Sean Kelly, currently a major in the US Space Force who loves learning, building things, and solving problems.
I’m currently assigned to the Pentagon, Washington D.C. leading change in the commercial space sector and strengthening our space industrial base. Previously, I was assigned to Seoul, South Korea as an Olmsted Scholar and kept a blog during tha ttime (archive here).
🇰🇷 Studied Political Science & Diplomacy (focused on international security) at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea
🧑🏼🚀 USAF Test Pilot School, Space Test, 2022
🚀 MS in Space Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, 2021
💻 BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, 2012
👨🔬 My technical graduate school research was in CubeSat design and how Model-Based Systems Engineering tools can accelerate the development process. See my thesis here and a published paper here.