News
- Project proposals are in!
- The project proposals for the SEDS Zero-G flight are in! The project breakdown is as follows:
SEDS-UW: Rayliegh Taylor flow in a zero gravity environment
SEDS-Caltech: Time perception in Microgravity
SEDS-UA: Collision of aggregate bodies with frost binding agent
SEDS-MIT: Reduced Gravity Aerogel formation
SEDS-UCF: Soldering in Zero-G
SEDS-Illinois: Cerianthus Membranaceus and Geotropism, An Astrobiology Experiment.Needless to say this is an excellent array of project proposals that exemplifies the diverse interests of the SEDS membership. Final selection of fliers should be posted in approximately a weeks time.
- Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 @ 11:00am by Josh Nelson
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- SEDS Policy Proposal Now Accepting Your Opinions!
- The New Year is upon us and it is time to create our National SEDS Space Policy Proposal. This document will tell governments, agencies and companies in the USA and abroad what, exactly, SEDS wants and stands for regarding the future of the space industry. This is the first proposal of its kind and we want it to be referenced as needed when new space policy is created.
Now is the time for your individual input to be included in the proposal. Please answer the following questions and email them to me, Elizabeth Bozek, at Elizabeth.Bozek@gmail.com by February 1, 2006 so your valuable opinion will be included in this important document.
Please really consider the questions and answer them from the bottom of your heart. Honest, detailed and enthusiastic responses will be the most helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at the above email address. I am your Director, and I want everyone’s opinion to be heard. Click on the Read more link for the questions. - Read more...
- Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 @ 6:57pm by Elizabeth Bozek
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- Nationwide Space Events- Collaborating SEDS Attendance
- There are several space-related events across the country that are of interest to SEDS members. To those who attend, these events provide a great learning, networking, and job-hunting opportunity which can be shared with the entire chapter back home. Having solid representation at these events will also help those who cannot attend by increasing the notoriety and visibility of SEDS in the professional space community. Please click below for a full list of events.
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- Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 @ 3:51pm by Todd Romberger
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- NSS Scholarship for ISU-Deadline: Dec 31st
- The 2006 ISU summer session will be held at the ISU Central Campus in Strasbourg, France. This life-changing experience has been a formative event in the lives of many of today's top space leaders. ***This is a reminder that applications for the NSS scholarship to the International Space University are due December 31. *** The scholarship is worth US$12,000, and can be applied to either the summer session or the masters degree, though applicants to the summer session will receive some preference.
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- Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 @ 3:05pm by Megha Sharma
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- ERFSEDS at 12,075 ft.
- On Saturday, December 3, a rocket built by ERFSEDS members went to 12,075 feet. The launch was part of a test for their sounding rocket program, which is designed to place a payload into space at 100km.
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- Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2005 @ 11:00am by Kirk Kittell
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- AAS ISU Scholarship
- AAS ISU Scholarship Deadline is December 31
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- Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 @ 6:12pm by Ryan McLinko
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- NOVA December 2005 Posted
- The lastest issue of NOVA has been posted under seds.org/nova.php, which can be accessed by typing that into the address bar or by clicking on the NOVA link to your left.
- Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 @ 5:39am by Ryan McLinko
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- Space Vision 2006 Venue Selected
- Thank you all for voting. I would also like to thank Arizona and UCF for putting together the great proposals, it was a meticulous and pains-taking job, and they did perfectly.
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- Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 @ 5:24am by Megha Sharma
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- Elections for Space Vision 2006 Venue
- The proposals for hosting Space Vision 2006 have been posted on http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/Main_Page. Votes for election of the venue are due by Wednesday, Nov 23 2005. Send in your votes to chapter-affairs@seds.org. Read more about the voting procedure.
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- Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 @ 8:36pm by Megha Sharma
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- Congratulations to the 2006 Executive Board
- SpaceVision2005 kicked off with the elections for the SEDS Executive Board for the upcoming year. Thanks to all of the candidates for helping SEDS-USA continue to grow, and good luck to the board in what will surely be a pivotal time for SEDS.
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- Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 @ 1:26pm by Alex Rechenmacher
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- SEDS-USA National Board Elections - Platforms Available!!
- SEDS members -- you can run for a position on the SEDS-USA executive board. Applications are still open to those who have already applied for another position and will still be accepted unconditionally for the position of webmaster. Elections will be held during the SEDS Conference at the University of Illinois. Platforms available online here.
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- Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 @ 3:34pm by Kirk Kittell
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- SEDS-USA National Conference: November 10-13
- The SEDS-USA National Conference will be held from November 10-13 at the University of Illinois. Registration is available online at www.space2005.org.
- Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 @ 4:44pm by Kirk Kittell
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