‘Reaching new heights’: STAR launches rockets, future careers

The first custom flight computer developed by Berkeley Space, Technologies and Rocketry, or STAR, will be tested this week.  Conor Van Bibber, a deputy in the avionics specialty, is excited to see his hard work come to fruition. Since joining STAR in 2021, Van Bibber has been able to learn about a variety of specialties…

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A Eureka-1 Moment

“Let’s light this candle!” yelled Benjamin Tait (B.S.’23 EECS), the since-graduated chief engineer for Space Enterprise at Berkeley (SEB). On the count of five, Eureka-1 shot up into the sky to the loud cheers of the undergraduate throng.

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ME Student Group, Berkeley Combat Robotics, Competes on BattleBots

BattleBots is a Discovery Channel TV show that has been running since the 90s on various networks and airs in over 150 countries; it’s the highest level of combat robotics, in which 250lb robots rip each other apart for a chance to win the coveted Golden Bolt. Just over two years ago, a few incoming…

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