St. John’s Catholic School proudly announces that 8th-grade student Joseph Stratman has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 University of Southern Maine (USM) CubeSat Design Competition. Competing as a one-person team, Joseph’s mission, OnPiste, will investigate the effects of radiation on electron ionization and the geomagnetic field’s influence on irradiance.
Joseph is one of only 12 finalists chosen from 33 middle and high school teams across Maine. As part of the competition, he will now advance to the next phase—constructing, testing, and launching his CubeSat on a high-altitude balloon in May 2025.
Read the entire press release on our website: https://portlanddiocese.org/news/st-johns-catholic-school-8th-grader-joseph-stratman-named-finalist-2025-university-southern
