Teaching & Leadership — Anmol Sikka

Classroom

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate level course to introduce orbit mechanics, taught by Brent Barbee

Spring 2025 UMD

Delivered guest lectures on specialized topics including Gravity Assists, Gravity Gradient Torques, and comprehensive material reviews.
Graded assignments and maintained marksheets for 100+ undergraduate students.
Mentorship: Hosted weekly office hours providing individualized support on topics such as Kepler elements, orbital maneuvers, and programming, helping students develop both technical proficiency and confidence.

Undergraduate level course to introduce spaceflight navigation, taught by Dr. John Martin

Fall 2024 UMD

Collaborated in designing assignment and exam questions to assess student learning outcomes.
Graded assignments and maintained marksheets for 80+ undergraduate students.
Mentorship: Hosted weekly office hours providing guidance on complex topics including orbital mechanics, state estimation, probability theory, and Kalman filtering techniques.

Graduate level course to introduce spaceflight mechanics and dynamics, taught by Dr. Ashok Joshi

Spring 2020 IIT Bombay

Graded assignments and maintained marksheets for 150+ graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Mentorship: Provided office hour support addressing complex topics including rocket equations, two-body problem dynamics, and orbital maneuver planning.

Graduate level course to introduce principles of aerodynamics, taught by Dr. Aniruddha Sinha

Fall 2019 IIT Bombay

Graded assignments and maintained marksheets for 35+ graduate students.
Supported course project by assisting students in developing a Navier-Stokes flow solver in MATLAB, providing guidance on numerical methods and code development.

Annual workshop for students from all over India to learn amateur radio ground station skills for satellite tracking

2018–2020 IIT Bombay

Leadership: Organized and led the annual workshop as Project Manager, coordinating logistics for students from across India.
Delivered lectures on Systems Engineering Principles and team-building practices to equip students with both technical and professional skills.
Created a collaborative learning environment where students developed hands-on skills in amateur radio ground station design for satellite tracking.

Beyond the Classroom

A comprehensive, open-access educational resource for satellite fundamentals

Open-Access Resource

Contributed as an author and maintainer to create accessible content for students and engineers worldwide.
Covers core topics in satellite design, launch, operations, and mission planning.
Demonstrates commitment to science communication and democratizing access to aerospace knowledge.

Leadership role managing a 50+ member team designing and operating small satellites

2018–2022 IIT Bombay

Team Leadership & Mentorship: Led integration & testing phases, oversaw deputy systems engineers, and mentored team members through technical and professional challenges.
Technical Oversight: Served as principal liaison between engineering and project management, ensuring technical excellence while maintaining project timelines and budgets.
Mission Formulation: Designed and proposed new mission concepts to sustain the program's continued operation and impact.
Knowledge Transfer: Established systems engineering best practices, quality assurance procedures, and documentation standards to ensure institutional continuity.