Sangam Thapa — Satellite OBC Lead, Edge AI & Embedded Systems Engineer
Computer Engineer, On-Board Computer (OBC) Lead for Slippers2Sat (Nepal's first middle school CubeSat) at Antarikchya Pratisthan Nepal (Nepal Space Foundation), and Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Edge AI, Computer Vision, NLP Transformers, and Embedded Systems & PCB Design.
Key Engineering Projects & Roles
- Slippers2Sat On-Board Computer (OBC) Lead: Leading avionics, flight software, and hardware design for Nepal's first middle school CubeSat project by Antarikchya Pratisthan Nepal (Nepal Space Foundation).
- CubeOS Architect: Designed a modular, PX4-inspired CubeSat flight software system on NuttX RTOS presented at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024, Milan).
- Prasta Nepali NLP: Developed transformer-based grammatical error correction for Nepali, published at IEEE ICICT 2025.
- Agricultural Computer Vision: Evaluated YOLOv12S, DETR, and Faster R-CNN for real-time edge detection, published at IEEE ICICT 2025.
Publications & Research
- CubeOS: A PX4 Autopilot-inspired flight software for Nepal's next-generation CubeSat bus — 75th IAC 2024 (Milan, Italy)
- Prasta Nepali: A Transformer based Approach for Automated Nepali Grammar (Byakaran) Error Detection and Correction — IEEE ICICT 2025 (DOI: 10.1109/ICICT64420.2025.11004703)
- Detection of Seismo-Electromagnetic Waves: Non-Boom Quad-Mag Technology on Nepal's 1U Slippers2Sat CubeSat — 32nd IAA / IAC 2025
- Comparative Study of Object Detection Models: Faster R-CNN, DETR, YOLOv8, and YOLOv12S — IEEE ICICT 2025 (DOI: 10.1109/ICICT64420.2025.11005373)
- On-Chip Digipeater for Disaster Communication: Slippers2Sat Middle School CubeSat — 76th IAC 2025
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