ENGR 290 - High Altitude Ballooning

Credits: 1

Participation in an end-to-end engineering project as part of a team to prepare, launch, track, and recover a high-altitude helium-filled weather balloon which will carry a number of devices and experiments. Each student will be expected to contribute to at least one device or experiment, and to participate in other aspects of the pre-flight and post-flight experience. Oral presentations will be required pre-flight and post-flight.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (1-1)
Term(s) Offered: Spring

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