2020 Newsletter
Check out YUAA’s most recent newsletter!
Read More...Aeronautica 2018
Join YUAA for our sixth annual Aeronautica showcase! The showcase will include presentations by our five project teams as well as a key note address from our former co-presidents. Come learn about our activities and projects over the past semesters! Doors open at 6:30, and presentations begin at 7. Dinner and snacks are provided. WLH […]
Read More...First Inter-Ivy Space Coalition Conference
The Inter-Ivy Space Coalition (IISC) is a new collaboration between aerospace student groups at all eight Ivy league Schools. IISC’s goal is to facilitate conversations on improvements for each club’s engineering projects and to build a more vibrant aerospace community across the Ivy Leagues. Through this collaboration, our aerospace organizations will be able to coordinate […]
Read More...YUAA Speaker Series: Chris Cassidy
Today YUAA hosted Navy SEAL and former Chief NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy. Mr Cassidy spoke about his experience as an astronaut serving on two missions to the International Space Station.
Read More...YUAA Speaker Series: Richard Sorkin
Today, in the Silliman Annex, YUAA hosted a casual Q&A session with Mr. Richard Sorkin. This was a great opportunity to ask him questions and listen to his lessons from his experiences at Yale, Silicon Valley, politics, and life. Mr. Sorkin talked about what founders such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, and Elon […]
Read More...YUAA Speaker Series: David Maass
Today, Mr. David Maass gave a talk on the Aerospace industry as a part of the YUAA Speaker Series. Mr. Maass provided us with an overview of the Aerospace industry and some of his experiences. He also talked about what is special about the industry and how it differs from others, primarily to provide insight […]
Read More...YUAA Speaker Series: Alden Richards
In our second speaker series event of the 2016-2017 academic year, we invited Alden Richards, Yale class of 1977, to talk to our members and those of the Yale community about his experiences in the space industry. In a whirlwind 2-hour talk, he took the audience on a journey from the early origins […]
Read More...YUAA Speaker Series: Kari Love
YUAA’s first speaker event took place today, October 6th, from 5pm – 6pm in the CEID Lecture Hall. We hosted Kari Love, who gave a talk on soft robotics for space exploration. The emerging field of soft robotics represents a significant opportunity for novel solutions in the demanding environments of space. Ms. Love’s talk featured […]
Read More...IREC 2016
This past week, the Yale Payload Rocket Team traveled to Green River, Utah to compete in the annual Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition. For the competition, the team built a rocket called Ziggy Stardust, which was actually launched once before, successfully, at Red Glare in Maryland. Ziggy was designed to carry a special biological payload: the […]
Read More...