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For five (Martian) days in the Utah desert, a team of Florida Tech students lived as if they were already on Mars. Operating under full Mars analog protocols at the Mars Desert Research Station, the six-member crew conducted research, completed spacewalk-style extravehicular activities (EVAs) and managed delayed communications designed to simulate the realities of future […]
Ph.D. students Thapanut Munkong and Omololu Balogun, advised by professor Debbie Carstens, won at the Airport Cooperative Research Program University Design Competition.
The Florida Tech Flight Team competed in the National SAFECON Championships in the spring at Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Illinois, and the results show a team and a program ascending after an extended hiatus. Comprised of officers Brian Williams (captain), Gillian Moisao (first officer), Avery Karasinski (treasurer), James Pike (safety officer) and Devin […]
The College of Aeronautics (COA) made its presence felt at conferences across the country this spring, with faculty, students and alumni presenting research spanning unmanned aviation, human factors and airport sustainability.
Fifteen students from Florida Tech’s chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently competed at the SAE Aero Design East Competition, where their RC Plane Team flew a remote-controlled aircraft they designed and built against teams from around the world. This was the team’s first appearance at the international event held in […]
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