The Mizzou chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) took home first place among 12 schools in the University Student Rocket Challenge at SEDS’ annual conference, SpaceVision2016. This year’s event was held at Purdue University the first weekend in November.
The University of Missouri College of Engineering chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) received two awards at the SEDS SpaceVision 2015 conference, in Boston, Nov. 12-15, 2015.
This past academic year, the stars have lined up for three Mizzou SEDS members to rub shoulders with those at the forefront of travel to “the final frontier” through a series of space-related activities beginning with a trip to Washington, D.C. in the May 2014.
On April 18, 2015, a group of MU engineers gathered to launch a balloon from Carnahan Quad. They attached a camera to take video footage of the balloon’s ascent, flight and descent.
Very few people get to list “guided a spacecraft to Mercury” on their resumes. On the hierarchy of potential life experiences, it sits in the “rarest of the rare” category.
Jonathan Jennings, a senior in mechanical engineering, founded a Mizzou chapter for Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).
The University of Missouri American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Design Competition team traveled at the end of March to show off its skills against 21 other teams.
The Mizzou chapter of the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronatics hosted the first March Sky rocket camp, which took place March 21 to 23 on the campus of the University of Missouri.
A group of Columbia high school students will have the opportunity to learn all the necessary skills to build and launch a rocket, thanks to Mizzou engineering students.
Like many of the students he will advise, Ming Xin, a new associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, found his passion for engineering through his family.
