Dr. Rehan Mahmood is working as the Director of Small Satellite Technology & Research Lab (SSTRL). SSTRL is the only research laboratory in Pakistan which is developing CubeSats (small educational satellites). He is also working as an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering dept. of IST. He has vast experience of developing and leading CubeSat development projects. He was the Project Manager of ICUBE-1; the first and the only CubeSat launched by any Pakistani educational institute. Apart from managing the project, he was actively involved in the design, testing, AIT, launch campaign and post launch operations of ICUBE-1.He was also the technical expert from IST for the development of SSS-2A CubeSat in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China under the umbrella of Asian Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). SSS-2A was successfully launched in October 2021.He is the Project Director of ICUBE-N (National CubeSat of Pakistan) which is currently under development in SSTRL in collaboration with various universities of Pakistan. The project is still open for further collaborations.He is also mentoring several educational institutes to incorporate STEM based education in their curriculum using indigenously developed CubeSat based training kits; KidSat. He love to deliver motivational and informative lectures to students related to CubeSats and their technical and scientific impact on learning outcomes.