Monash Nova Rover

Here are some of our favourite quotes from the amazing panelists at the Women in Space Panel Night! 🫶

📺 Find the full livestream on the Monash Nova Rover YouTube channel!!

Monash Nova Rover extends our sincere gratitude to our platinum sponsor, ANCA CNC Machines, for their ongoing support over the past three years!

ANCA is a world leading manufacturer of high precision CNC grinding machinery, committed to pushing the boundaries of engineering innovation. Their support is key in enabling us to manufacture our rover parts in-house, and we truly appreciate their continued guidance.

Thank you ANCA CNC Machines for your invaluable support, and we are immensely proud to have you as part of the Nova Rover community!

Recently, Monash Nova Rover attended the Science is a Superpower weekend by Scienceworks !

With Outreach as one of our Key Pillars, this was a weekend full of learning, laughs and creativity. Attendees even got a chance to High-Five our rover Banksia!

We’re so grateful to have been. able to attend and can’t wait to be back 🚀✨

Last week, Monash Nova Rover and Monash High Powered Rocketry hosted the Space for Opportunity: Women in Space Panel Night.

With 400+ in person registrations, and 800+ online views, the night welcomed academics, school and university students, and industry leaders. It ultimately celebrated student, academic and industry voices for an evening of insightful conversations around diversity, inclusion and representation in the Australian space sector.

We extend our appreciation and gratitude to our incredible panelists. Hearing your insights across the three panels was an absolute privilege:
✨Student and Emerging Talent Panel: Karina Finlayson, Komal Gupta, and Chloe Chang
✨Industry and Research Panel: Sophie Lane, Hasini Jayatissa, and Siena Zubcic
✨Allyship Panel: Jared Landau, Dr. Katherine Grigoriou, and Prof. Yan Wong

A massive thanks to our keynote speaker, Kristen Raby,  FIEAust EngExec GAICD. Her impressive career across defence, aviation and executive leadership was a powerful reminder about the importance of building a more inclusive space industry and the role each of us can play in achieving this.

Thank you to everyone who came and supported the event, whether online or in-person. We hope you left feeling inspired and empowered to keep striving towards your STEM goals.

For those who missed out, you can watch the recording on Youtube at Space for Opportunity: Women in Space Panel Night (MNR x MHPR).

This event would not have been possible without the hard work and efforts of members from MNR and HPR. Months of planning have gone into making this night a success, so thank you everyone! 🫶

A shoutout to our speakers Charlie, Amy, Larissa, Emily and Sam, and moderators Leah, Ava and James. A massive thank you to 3MU - Radio Monash and Jared for managing AV and livestreaming, we really appreciate it!

Let’s continue breaking down barriers to build an inclusive space sector for all!

      

We would like to extend our gratitude towards one of our platinum sponsors Ford, for an incredible Ford: UNCOVERED event last Wednesday.

The team had an amazing time learning about Ford’s exciting upcoming projects, and learning about all the inspiring engineering behind the scenes.

A massive thank you to Ford for the invitation and their ongoing support towards our team. We appreciate it! 🚀

Monash Nova Rover extends a massive thank you to Orica for supporting the team since 2024! Their support has been essential in helping the team innovate and achieve new heights of engineering excellence.

As a global leader in the mining industry, Orica is known for their use of responsible, safe and sustainable practices to mobilise the earth’s critical resources. By using advanced mining technologies, automation and AI-enabled analytics, Orica helps accelerate the global transition to a low carbon future!

Thank you, Orica, for empowering the Nova Rover community!

It was so lovely to welcome all our new recruits at the Recruit Barbecue on Saturday!

It was a super competitive round, with a huge range of skills, experiences and perspectives. We’re so excited to see what they do on the team! 💗

Only ONE day to go till our Women in Space Panel Night!! ⏳

We are all incredibly excited for to hear insights from our keynote speaker, Kristen Raby, and across our three panels:
✨Student and Emerging Talent Panel
✨Industry and Research Panel
✨Allyship Panel

Event details:
📅 Wednesday, 9 September 2026
⏰ Doors open 6:00pm. Event commences 6:30pm. Event concludes 9:15pm.
📍 Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus

‼️FREE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE‼️
Registration and further event information can be found via the link in our bio!

Hope to see you all there!
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Only THREE days to go till our Women in Space Panel NIght!! ⏳

Come join us for a night of celebrating powerful voices in the space sector, and hear insights from our keynote speaker, Kristen Raby, and across our three incredible panels:
✨Student and Emerging Talent Panel
✨Industry and Research Panel
✨Allyship Panel

📅 Wednesday, 9 September 2026
⏰ Doors open 6:00pm. Event commences 6:30pm. Event concludes 9:15pm.
📍 Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus

‼️FREE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
Registration and further event information can be found via the link in our bio!

Hope to see you all there!
      Aerospace SpaceIndustry Engineering Robotics StudentRocketry WMHPR MonashUniversity MonashEngineering STEM PinkRover

Meet our Industry & Research panellists for Space for Opportunity: Women in Space!🚀

From robotics and aviation to Australia’s growing lunar exploration capability, our Industry & Research Panel brings together three women working across some of the most exciting areas of engineering, technology and space.

✨Sophie Lane: Engineer at Andromeda Robotics. After completing her FYP at Monash in trust dynamics in human-robot interaction, Sophie joined Andromeda Robotics, where her work spans software development, research and deployment of Abi, Andromeda’s social humanoid robot.

✨Hasini Jayatissa: Senior Manager of Engineering Cost and Efficiency at Jetstar. With more than a decade of experience across aviation, strategy and transformation, Hasini is passionate about leadership, innovation and creating more inclusive pathways for women in aviation.

✨Siena Zubcic: Mechanical Engineer at Lunar Outpost Oceania, where she has spent more than three years working on Roo-ver, Australia’s first lunar rover, as part of Australia’s contribution to NASA’s Artemis program. Siena is also committed to STEM accessibility through mentoring, outreach and science communication.

Together, they’ll explore technical innovation, leadership, career progression and the future of female representation across space, aerospace and adjacent engineering industries while sharing insight from their own pathways into the sector.

📅 Wednesday, 9 September 2026
⏰ Doors open 6:00pm. Event commences 6:30pm. Event concludes 9:15pm.
📍 Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus

Come hear directly from women helping shape the technologies, organizations and opportunities driving the sector forward.👩‍🚀

Registration and further event information via the link in our bio.
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