Dr. Don Edberg is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at California State Polytechnic University Pomona and Adjunct Lecturer of Astronautical Engineering at USC. He has received the Cal State University's Wang Family Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021, as well as the Cal Poly Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2019. He began teaching in 2001 after 17 years in the aerospace industry. He has been teaching spacecraft design courses since 2005, and undergraduate teams under his advisement have won a number of design competitions sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.