Topic: Rocket Engineering for Space Exploration and Research
Speakers: Cal State Fullerton Titan Rocket Team
Date: Friday, Mar 26, 2021, Time: 2:00 - 2:45 PM PST
Event Description:
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) South LA/ Orange County Chapter 233 conducted the second technology talk event for the year 2021 on Friday, March 26th, from 2 PM to 2:45 PM (PST). The event was conducted virtually via the Zoom platform. The topic for the tech talk was ‘Rocket Engineering for Space Exploration and Research’ presented by the Titan Rocket Team at the California State University Fullerton (CSUF). The event was open to all the members of SME Chapter 233, which includes industry professionals, students, educators, researchers, and other manufacturing enthusiasts in the SoCal region. During the event, a team of CSUF undergraduate mechanical engineering students (Zackary Mouawad, Brandon Alam, Joshua Espinosa, Tu Tran, and Stephen Carlson) presented their ongoing work on designing and manufacturing a competition rocket to compete in the 2021 Spaceport America Cup in Spaceport, New Mexico. The team was 7 months into their year-long project and had to overcome many obstacles due to the ongoing pandemic. Dr. Sagil James (Chair, SME Chapter 233) was the host and coordinated the event activities. The event also included a Q&A discussion session that allowed audiences to interact with the Titan Rocket team members. A total of 20 people attended the event. For more information about this event, please email: sagiljames@fullerton.edu. Here are some of the pictures from this virtual event:
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