{"id":19004,"date":"2024-04-16T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/?p=19004"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:21:17","slug":"uf-murp-student-anand-bhatia-attends-lake-nona-space-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/uf-murp-student-anand-bhatia-attends-lake-nona-space-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"UF MURP Student Anand Bhatia Attends Lake Nona Space Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-color uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-10 align uagb-block-13ae6097 uagb-columns__columns-3 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-ae8a76e0\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-7d49ed12\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-791129b9\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">UF MURP Student Anand Bhatia Attends Lake Nona Space Forum<\/h1><div class=\"uagb-separator\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-desc-text\">Anand Bhatia, a second-year MURP student at the University of Florida, recently participated in the Lake Nona Impact Forum. Representing the College of Design, Construction and Planning, Anand engaged with top space exploration leaders, including the COO of SpaceX and the NASA Administrator, discussing future lunar missions and the integration of space in urban planning.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-0bf3b660\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-4a50437\" data-block-id=\"4a50437\"><style>.stk-4a50437{margin-bottom:4px !important}.stk-4a50437 .stk-img-wrapper{width:100% !important;height:722px !important}.stk-4a50437 .stk-img-wrapper img{transform:scale(0.99) !important;object-position:49% 51% !important}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-19006\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/24_LNIF-9219-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-color uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-10 align uagb-block-3ed3e1c1 uagb-columns__columns-3 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-6a4bebd2\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-c0818ac7\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-25c66269\"><h6 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">April 16, 2024<\/h6><div class=\"uagb-separator\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, one of our second-year MURP students,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anand-bhatia1\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anand-bhatia1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anand\u00a0Bhatia<\/a>, represented our department and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of Design, Construction and Planning <\/a>by attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/lakenonaimpactforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lake Nona Impact Forum<\/a>.\u00a0Anand\u00a0was selected as one of 50 UF students to attend the event and heard from COO of SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/ms-gwynne-shotwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gwynne Shotwell<\/a> and NASA Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nasa-administrator-bill-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Nelson<\/a> about the current state of space exploration and the upcoming race back to the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being previously known in the department for his passions in space and planning made\u00a0Anand\u00a0the perfect candidate to attend this event. He shared his thoughts with other UF students from various departments about space planning and was able to ask administrator Nelson a question during a UF-only small group session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-5b3cd7e6 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">This event came totally out-of-the-blue to me, but it changed a lot of my thoughts on the topic. After attending the forum, my main takeaway is that I think space planning is coming a lot sooner than most people think. I had a great time and can\u2019t thank my department enough for helping me attend this!<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><cite class=\"uagb-blockquote__author\"><strong>Anand\u00a0Bhatia<\/strong><\/cite><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-10d2ef96\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anand Bhatia, a second-year MURP student at the University of Florida, recently participated in the Lake Nona Impact Forum. 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