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Members Wanted
The Rutgers AIAA recruits energetic, self motivated, high performing students from every discipline:
Come to the next scheduled event or contact an AIAA Officer. Begin participating in the many events, projects, and competitions we're engaged in. You'll also get a chance to interact with others whose interests and expertise may lie outside your experience. This multi-disciplinary exposure will serve you well throughout your career.
So come to an event. Talk, listen, engage, contribute...
"...and if you're not careful, you may learn something before it's done." -Bill Cosby
"Jack of all Trades ... Limited by None."
This altered version of the classic phrase embodies the principle which guides the activities of the Rutgers University AIAA Chapter. The nature of modern engineering requires a diverse set of skills for success.
Our group seeks to expose its members to the many disciplines involved in solving modern aeronautical and aerospace problems. We also actively seek to develop and widen the skill set of each individual; to help them each become a Jack of all Trades....
EVENT SCHEDULE
FULL CALENDAR
March 2009
Weds, 25th, 7pm: (Hill 114) Professor Diez lecture on the future of aerospace Propulsion
April 2009
Weds, 1st, 7pm:
(Room TBD) Professor Knight presentation (topic TBD)
Sun, 5th, 1pm:
(Eng. bldg mezzanine) Build Your Own Rocket - BUILD portion
Sun, 12th, 1pm:
(Eng. bldg mezzanine) Build Your Own Rocket - LAUNCH portion.
Sun, 19th, 10am:
(Meet at engineering bldg loading dock) Volunteer project at the NJ Air Victory Museum
RU AIAA News
March 2009
Controls wiring of the UAV continues. Vertical and horizontal
tails have servos installed and working. Connections for the
autopilot were spliced in this spring break.
The
fuselage, wings, and empennage are substantially done. Internal
electronics placement is beginning and the electronics team continues
to make progress on the autopilot and camera controls. -Paul
February 2009
Had three events this month: Paul's talk about how to see the International Space Station when it flies overhead, Build Your Own Airplane (it was COLD outside!) and John Melin's talk about the best/worst aircraft ever built. Turnout was good for all events.
There are three ways to learn about the chapter's upcoming events:
1) See the RU Engineering Governing Council club schedule page,
2) Go to this site's Event Calendar, or
3) Check out the printout in the AIAA display case in the engineering building D-wing.
-Paul
News Archive
Other News
NASA
The
space shuttle Discovery launched Sunday, March 15th and docked with the
International Space Station on the evening of the 17th. This
mission will add a final solar array to the ISS and allow the station
to support a permanent complement of six astronauts at a time.
ChE
Biochar is getting a lot of attention recently as a new, efficient means to get raw carbon out of the atmosphere and locked back into the soil. It is seen mostly as an adjunct to carbon neutral power generation as a way to "green" up the overall consumptive cycle of developed countries.
EECE
Directly from the intro page of the Rutgers Sakai home page:
"NJ High Performance Computing Event
NJEdge is having its cyberinfrastructure and high performance computing
conference today, Friday. The goal of this conference is to promote and
facilitate an understanding of advanced computing technologies to share
high performance computing successes from NJ institutions. Whether your
interest lies in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences
or the arts as an educator, researcher...
Full story "