Tech talk: High Tech Amateur Rockets at PSAS

  • Date Tuesday, April 14, 2015  Time 11:00 AM
  • Speaker Nathan Bergey
  • Location Galois, 421 SW 6th Ave. Suite 300, Portland, OR, USA (3rd floor of the Commonwealth building)
  • Galois is pleased to host the following tech talk. These talks are open to the interested public--please join us! (There is no need to pre-register for the talk.)

abstract:
Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) is a student aerospace engineering project at Portland State University. We’re building ultra-low-cost, open source rockets that feature some of the most sophisticated amateur rocket avionics systems anywhere. Learn some of the history of the group, why steering a rocket is very, very hard, and what we’re doing to solve that problem.

bio:
Open-Source Rocket Scientist. Currently the program manager of the Lab for Interconnected Devices at Portland State University — an electronics rapid prototyping playground for engineering students. Nathan has spent the last 7 years helping build a homegrown space program at PSU through volunteering at the Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS).