A lighter structure. A new experiment.
Meet the symposium presenters and explore a payload designed around a new biological experiment.
Explore this year’s flight record
- People
- 10 symposium presenters
- Data
- Published engineering abstract
- Focus
- UV/DNA payload research
This record follows the published engineering abstract. Its scope is the research design, component choices and named symposium presenters.
Spring 2021 · payload development
Design and research statements—not measured flight outcomes.
UV and DNA
The research design examined ultraviolet exposure of DNA alongside atmospheric and telemetry observations.
Mass for science
Carbon-fiber housing and lighter 3D-printed internals made room for the DNA experiment.
Regulated power
Circuit boards and buck-boost regulation supplied the payload’s components.
Tracking and stability
Updated mounts and an automated-tracking web API supported the livestreaming goal.
Named presenters
Listed symposium presenters—not a complete semester or flight roster.
- Meghann Boland
- Jacqueline Do
- Tory Galat
- Samuel Jimenez
- Benito Rincon Ramirez
- Karla Chao
- Drew Corona
- Sandra Montero
- Maxx Mudd
- Richard Ricketts
Listed mentor: Ernest Villicana.
Source: presenter list · PDF p.19 ↗