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−	''Note: This article is an Auto-biography.''	+	{{Autobiography}}
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		+	| Name = Stefan De Young
		+	| grad = [[List of Members#2007|2007]]
		+	| school = [http://www.carleton.ca Carleton University] ; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Waterloo UWaterloo]
		+	| curocc = Research Assistant
		+	| forpos = [[Mission Commander]], [[Webmaster]]
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−	Stefan De Young is a student of Lisgar Collegiate institute and a second-year member of the [[OCESS]].	+	|eemc=c
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−	==Meeting the OCESS==	+	|engmc=c
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−	Stefan's involvement with the OCESS began in Gr. 8 when he encountered the OCESS [[Planetarium]] in the Cafeteria at Lisgar during the Gr. 8 night to encourage students to go to Lisgar. Stefan was thoroughly pleased that there was a Space and Space Science club at the school he was planning to attend, and so, he joined the OCESS in his Gr. 9 year, that being the 2003-2004 year. Unfortunately, violin lessons on Friday evenings made going to worksessions very difficult, and Stefan was forced to drop out of the organisation.	+	|log=instructor
−	==Return to the OCESS==	+	|medmc=n
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−	The following year, having stopped taking violin lessons, Stefan rejoined the club with the intent of thoroughly enjoying himself. During the year, Stefan found that the club, despite the best of intentions, was disorganised and lacked a program that effectively educated its members about Space and Science, or even got them interested in such things. To attempt to right that wrong and prevent any newcomers from feeling disappointed, Stefan applied for the position of [[Mission Commander]] at the end of the 2004-2005 year.	+	|net=instructor
−	==Becoming Mission Commander (or not)==	+	|pltmc=i
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−	At the end of the 2004-05 year, three people applied for the position of Mission Commander. These three were [[Stephen Smith]], [[Crystal Xiao]], and Stefan De Young. It was at the end-of-year [[barbeque]] that the decision was made. Dr. Magwood asked Stefan to defer to Stephen and Crystals’ seniority and throw the race. He did. But he did so with the intent of running again the following year. His dream of the perfect Sim would not die.
−	==Being an Astronaut==	+	'''Stefan De Young''' was a student at [[Lisgar Collegiate Institute]] from 2003 to 2007 and a three-year member of the [[OCESS]]. He was [[Mission Commanders|co-Mission Commander]] for the [[2006-07]] year with [[Brian Foo]], and was the [[Habitat Commander]] for [[Coronis]].
−	Stefan De Young has served on two [[missions]] as well as several training missions.	+	Stefan obtained his B.Sc. in Physics specialising in both Astrophysics and Applied Physics from the University of Waterloo in 2012. While there he was a member of the [http://spacesoc.uwaterloo.ca Waterloo Space Society] and the [http://watc.ca Waterloo Astronaut Training Corps]. Stefan also founded and was the program manager for [http://http://www.watsat.ca/ WatSat], the University of Waterloo Satellite Design Team.
−	===Venus===	+	As of 2012, Stefan is an M.A.Sc. candidate in Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University, where he works in the [http://faculty.mae.carleton.ca/Jason_Etele/index.html Transatmospheric Flight Research Group].
−	Stefan has visited Venus on two training missions, both [[mission alphas]].	+	==Participation in the OCESS while at Lisgar==
		+	[[Image:Stefan_deyoung.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Stefan De Young as he appeared in [[2006-07|2007]] in [[Mission Control]].]]Being mightily impressed by the [[Planetarium]] presentation he encountered at the 2003 [[Grade Eight Night]], Stefan contrived to join Spacesim during his Grade 9 year. Unfortunately, a prior commitment to violin lessons caused Stefan to leave Spacesim after only a month.
−	===Mars===	+	Having met hereditary simmie [[Kevan Adlard]] over the course of the most asinine BTT course offered at Lisgar, Stefan returned to Spacesim in [[2004-05]]. Feeling that Spacesim lacked leadership, at the end of the year, Stefan applied for the position of [[Mission Commander]], but deferred to the seniority of [[Crystal Xiao]] and [[Stephen Smith]].
−	During the 2004-05 year, only two people requested to be astronauts. [[Jonathan Scothorn]] and Stefan were asked to fill out the crew, as having a crew of two would not be enough to man the [[Habitat]] effectively. And so, Stefan De Young, [[Mor Levy]], [[Songyan Cai]], and Jonathan Scothorn set off in 2005 for the red planet.	+
−	===Titan, moon of Saturn===	+	The following year, Stefan engaged himself in the roles of [[Quartermaster]] and [[Webmaster]]. He displayed lacklustre performance in the former, and made an ass of himself in the latter. Feeling depressed about the lack of updates coming from the top of the top-down organisation, in a fit of pique, Stefan briefly shut down spacesim.org after a protracted rant on the forums. This course of action has been described as "the most bad-ass thing" by then-current webmaster [[Ben Paul]]. Stefan thinks it was immature and genuinely stupid.
−	In the year 2006, Stefan De Young applied to be an astronaut for that year’s mission to Titan. Not only did he apply for that position, but for the first few months of the scholastic year, it was widely assumed that Stefan would occupy the role of Habitat Commander due to the unwillingness of either Mission Commander to fulfill that duty. Stephen Smith eventually decided to take on the job, and Stefan was given the rank of Lieutenant for the duration of the mission.	+	In his Grade 12 year, Stefan was co-[[Mission Commander]] with Brian Foo. He attempted to institute several reforms into the Spacesim architecture including [[Stefan's Proposal to Change the Hierarchy | changing the overall hierarchy]] to extend more power to the Educational branch of Spacesim ([[EEPs]] and [[Planetarium]]s) and his [[New Deal for Task Forces]], which was never popular.
−	Stefan’s role on the 2006 mission was to have been robotics specialist. Unfortunately, the robot, [[Robbie]], was found to be defective and was not brought along on the mission. Stefan then became the Chief Engineer and Tech Specialist.	+	In honour of his dedication to Spacesim, Stefan was presented with the [[Milary Award]] in [[2006-07]], an award which he shared with [[Kevan Adlard]].
−	==Being a Director (or many)==	+	==Participation in the OCESS after graduation==
		+	Having returned to Ottawa for the school year of [[2009-10]] on a coop work term, Stefan presented the [[OCESS]] at the Inaugural Canadian Space Leaders' Roundtable at an event leading up to the 2009 Canadian Space Summit at Royal Military College. Following that presentation, he began preparing promotional materials designed to spread Spacesim to other cities. However, plans to spread Spacesim's influence never came to fruition.
−	Stefan was, during the 2005-06 year, a director. Or rather, he occupied several directorships.	+	Stefan would represent Spacesim at the CSLR again at the 2012 Canadian Space Summit at the University of Western Ontario. At this meeting, Spacesim's agenda was focused on alignment and integration with local and national space advocacy organizations.
−	===PR Director===	+	Stefan cooperated with [[Christa Hawthorne]], [[Matt Farkas-Dyck]], and [[Nevin Hotson]] to design and build a superior [[CAPCOM]] telephone and buzzer system that could run over the [[Virtual Private Network]]. It was not completely in place before [[Daedalus]].
−	‘’’See main body article [[PR Director]]’’’	+
−	Stefan De Young revived the position of PR Director, that position having been empty for many years, at the beginning of the 2005 scholastic year in order to better promote the club. His only qualification was his charisma and his only job experience, besides experience in drama, was the masterpiece of an assembly that he wrote, directed, emceed, and acted in. Stefan’s main contribution to PR in the 2005-06 year was his [[Week o’ Hype]] that ran near the beginning of the year. The PR Department of Spacesim shortly afterwards fell into decay and disuse, and most further PR endeavours were taken on by Mission Commander Crystal Xiao.	+	Following his reintegration into Spacesim in [[2009-10]], Stefan became an active member of the [[Wiki Task Force|Wiki]] introducing such elements as the [[:Category:Extraterrestrial|Planets Project]] and largely spearheading the attempt to revamp [[Procedures Table of Contents|the OCESS Procedures Manual]].
−	===Webmaster===	+	==Missions==
−	‘’’See main body article [[Webmaster]]’’’	+	Stefan served as an [[Astronaut]] on three [[Mission | Main Missions]], and attended one as an alumnus.
−	‘’’See also [http://www.spacesim.org Spacesim.org]’’’	+	===[[Mars 2005]]===
		+	During the [[2004-05]] year, only two people requested to be astronauts. [[Jonathan Scothorn]] and Stefan were asked to fill out the crew, as having a crew of two would not be enough to man the [[Habitat]] effectively. And so, Stefan De Young, [[Mor Levy]], [[Songyan Cai]], and [[Jonathan Scothorn]] set off in 2005 for the red planet.
−	Stefan De Young revived the position of Webmaster, that position having been empty during the 2004-05 year, at the beginning of the 05-06 year. Despite difficulties along the way, Stefan succeeded in reorganizing the website into a more efficient format and created a contract between Mission Commander and Webmaster binding them to a bi-monthly update schedule at the least.	+	===[[Prometheus 2006]]===
		+	In the year 2006, Stefan De Young applied to be an astronaut for that year’s mission to [[Titan]]. Not only did he apply for that position, but for the first few months of the scholastic year, it was widely assumed that Stefan would occupy the role of [[Habitat Commander]] due to the unwillingness of either [[Mission Commander]] to fulfill that duty. [[Stephen Smith]] eventually took command of the [[Habitat]].
−	===Office Director===	+	Stefan’s role on the 2006 mission was to have been robotics specialist. Unfortunately, the robot, [[Robbie]], was found to be defective and was not brought along on the mission. Stefan then became the Tech Specialist.
−	‘’’See main body article [[Office Director]]	+
−	The position of [[Office Director]] was created in 05-06 by Stefan De Young to both explain why he possessed a key to the [[office]] and to make sure that cleanliness was enforced.	+	===[[Coronis 2007]]===
−	===Interim TFC===	+	Stefan commanded the [[2006-07]] mission to [[Borrelly]] during which occured such notable events as [[Bunkbedgate]].
−	‘‘‘See [[Taskforces]]’’’	+
−	Stefan created the “New Deal for Taskforces” towards the end of 2006 in an attempt to make the club more efficient and conductive to work. [[Alex Foo]] was selected to occupy the role of TFC for the remainder of the 2006 year, while Stefan was appointed interim TFC in order to first introduce the club to the system and second to acquaint Alex with its inner workings.	+	===[[Daedalus 2010]]===
		+	Stefan helped out the [[simulator]]s and [[Mission Control|Night MC]] during [[Daedalus 2010]]. He is most remembered for trying to introduce more rigorous [[LOGS]] standards in Mission Control.
−	==Policy Nagger==	+	Stefan also took on the role of Chief Photographer, and recorded the final days of the mission in Mission Control as well as the landing. He took 435 photos over a span of 24 hours, much to the consternation of his subjects.
−	Stefan has developed a habit of trying to make the Mission Commanders follow his ideas and lead. This is not his job, and he knows it, but Stefan cannot rest until he feels that Spacesim is as good as it can be. He anticipates many sleepless nights until he graduates, and beyond.	+	==UTSDC==
		+	Stefan was a member of Spacesim's first [[UTSDC]] team "The Ottawa-Carleton Education Space Simulation Engineering Division,"  in [[2006-07]]. The team, led by [[Brian Foo]] took second place and best technical report in the senior category.
−	==Becoming Mission Commander Mk. II==	+	Stefan and [[Jonathan Scothorn]] were on the Senior Orchestra trip to Austria and Germany, and didn't return until two weeks before the competition. This led to a last minute burst of frenzied activity leading up to the presentations in Toronto, which famously left Stefan waking up on the floor of his washroom at home with no recollection of why he decided to sleep there. His dedication to duty to the point of physical exhaustion was made much of by the other members of his team, and he was mercilessly teased.
−	It is Stefan’s dream to become one of the Mission Commanders for the 2006-07 year, and he plans on applying when the application forms are released.	+	In addition to the Orchestra Trip's effects on the team, Stefan and Jonathan had to participate in Senior Music Night on the night before the competition. This led them to take the midnight bus to Toronto, arriving at the University of Toronto's New College Residence towards five in the morning. Following that evening, a tradition of not sleeping very much was established.
		+
		+	Stefan was in charge of the entertainment sections of the space hotel Endeavour that the team designed, and he drew inspiration from Orson Scott Card's ''Ender's Game'' leaving the central cylinder of the hotel empty except for a series of platforms that could be reconfigured into any arrangement. This room was to have been used as a venue for microgravity dancing and laser tag.
		+
		+	==Handle==
		+	Stefan's online handle "Stefanido," which is used on the Wiki, and was previously used on the Forums, is derived from a skit that he co-wrote and acted in in Gr. 6 at Rockliffe Park Public School. The plot of the skit, entitled ''Charlie's Aliens'', revolved around the recovery of [[Luna|the moon]] (in the form of a basketball), which had been "stolen" by The Evil Stefanido. The skit was intended as a dramatic introduction to Earth's satellite and space missions that had visited it and involved such entertaining elements as a quiz show and a song and dance routine.
		+
		+	[[Category:Former Commanders]]
		+	[[Category:Members|De Young, Stefan]]

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Latest revision as of 00:10, 30 November 2022

Stefan De Young Also Known As N/A Year of Graduation 2007 Institution Carleton University ; UWaterloo Current Occupation Research Assistant Former Positions Mission Commander, Webmaster

Training Summary AUXCOM CAPCOM LOGS NETWORK MEDICAL PLANET EEPS MC HAB SIM COMMAND EECOM ENG PILOT LAURA

Stefan De Young was a student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute from 2003 to 2007 and a three-year member of the OCESS. He was co-Mission Commander for the 2006-07 year with Brian Foo, and was the Habitat Commander for Coronis.

Stefan obtained his B.Sc. in Physics specialising in both Astrophysics and Applied Physics from the University of Waterloo in 2012. While there he was a member of the Waterloo Space Society and the Waterloo Astronaut Training Corps. Stefan also founded and was the program manager for WatSat, the University of Waterloo Satellite Design Team.

As of 2012, Stefan is an M.A.Sc. candidate in Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University, where he works in the Transatmospheric Flight Research Group.

Participation in the OCESS while at Lisgar

Being mightily impressed by the Planetarium presentation he encountered at the 2003 Grade Eight Night, Stefan contrived to join Spacesim during his Grade 9 year. Unfortunately, a prior commitment to violin lessons caused Stefan to leave Spacesim after only a month.

Having met hereditary simmie Kevan Adlard over the course of the most asinine BTT course offered at Lisgar, Stefan returned to Spacesim in 2004-05. Feeling that Spacesim lacked leadership, at the end of the year, Stefan applied for the position of Mission Commander, but deferred to the seniority of Crystal Xiao and Stephen Smith.

The following year, Stefan engaged himself in the roles of Quartermaster and Webmaster. He displayed lacklustre performance in the former, and made an ass of himself in the latter. Feeling depressed about the lack of updates coming from the top of the top-down organisation, in a fit of pique, Stefan briefly shut down spacesim.org after a protracted rant on the forums. This course of action has been described as "the most bad-ass thing" by then-current webmaster Ben Paul. Stefan thinks it was immature and genuinely stupid.

In his Grade 12 year, Stefan was co-Mission Commander with Brian Foo. He attempted to institute several reforms into the Spacesim architecture including changing the overall hierarchy to extend more power to the Educational branch of Spacesim (EEPs and Planetariums) and his New Deal for Task Forces, which was never popular.

In honour of his dedication to Spacesim, Stefan was presented with the Milary Award in 2006-07, an award which he shared with Kevan Adlard.

Participation in the OCESS after graduation

Having returned to Ottawa for the school year of 2009-10 on a coop work term, Stefan presented the OCESS at the Inaugural Canadian Space Leaders' Roundtable at an event leading up to the 2009 Canadian Space Summit at Royal Military College. Following that presentation, he began preparing promotional materials designed to spread Spacesim to other cities. However, plans to spread Spacesim's influence never came to fruition.

Stefan would represent Spacesim at the CSLR again at the 2012 Canadian Space Summit at the University of Western Ontario. At this meeting, Spacesim's agenda was focused on alignment and integration with local and national space advocacy organizations.

Stefan cooperated with Christa Hawthorne, Matt Farkas-Dyck, and Nevin Hotson to design and build a superior CAPCOM telephone and buzzer system that could run over the Virtual Private Network. It was not completely in place before Daedalus.

Following his reintegration into Spacesim in 2009-10, Stefan became an active member of the Wiki introducing such elements as the Planets Project and largely spearheading the attempt to revamp the OCESS Procedures Manual.

Missions

Stefan served as an Astronaut on three Main Missions, and attended one as an alumnus.

Mars 2005

During the 2004-05 year, only two people requested to be astronauts. Jonathan Scothorn and Stefan were asked to fill out the crew, as having a crew of two would not be enough to man the Habitat effectively. And so, Stefan De Young, Mor Levy, Songyan Cai, and Jonathan Scothorn set off in 2005 for the red planet.

Prometheus 2006

In the year 2006, Stefan De Young applied to be an astronaut for that year’s mission to Titan. Not only did he apply for that position, but for the first few months of the scholastic year, it was widely assumed that Stefan would occupy the role of Habitat Commander due to the unwillingness of either Mission Commander to fulfill that duty. Stephen Smith eventually took command of the Habitat.

Stefan’s role on the 2006 mission was to have been robotics specialist. Unfortunately, the robot, Robbie, was found to be defective and was not brought along on the mission. Stefan then became the Tech Specialist.

Coronis 2007

Stefan commanded the 2006-07 mission to Borrelly during which occured such notable events as Bunkbedgate.

Daedalus 2010

Stefan helped out the simulators and Night MC during Daedalus 2010. He is most remembered for trying to introduce more rigorous LOGS standards in Mission Control.

Stefan also took on the role of Chief Photographer, and recorded the final days of the mission in Mission Control as well as the landing. He took 435 photos over a span of 24 hours, much to the consternation of his subjects.

UTSDC

Stefan was a member of Spacesim's first UTSDC team "The Ottawa-Carleton Education Space Simulation Engineering Division," in 2006-07. The team, led by Brian Foo took second place and best technical report in the senior category.

Stefan and Jonathan Scothorn were on the Senior Orchestra trip to Austria and Germany, and didn't return until two weeks before the competition. This led to a last minute burst of frenzied activity leading up to the presentations in Toronto, which famously left Stefan waking up on the floor of his washroom at home with no recollection of why he decided to sleep there. His dedication to duty to the point of physical exhaustion was made much of by the other members of his team, and he was mercilessly teased.

In addition to the Orchestra Trip's effects on the team, Stefan and Jonathan had to participate in Senior Music Night on the night before the competition. This led them to take the midnight bus to Toronto, arriving at the University of Toronto's New College Residence towards five in the morning. Following that evening, a tradition of not sleeping very much was established.

Stefan was in charge of the entertainment sections of the space hotel Endeavour that the team designed, and he drew inspiration from Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game leaving the central cylinder of the hotel empty except for a series of platforms that could be reconfigured into any arrangement. This room was to have been used as a venue for microgravity dancing and laser tag.

Handle

Stefan's online handle "Stefanido," which is used on the Wiki, and was previously used on the Forums, is derived from a skit that he co-wrote and acted in in Gr. 6 at Rockliffe Park Public School. The plot of the skit, entitled Charlie's Aliens, revolved around the recovery of the moon (in the form of a basketball), which had been "stolen" by The Evil Stefanido. The skit was intended as a dramatic introduction to Earth's satellite and space missions that had visited it and involved such entertaining elements as a quiz show and a song and dance routine.