Welcome to the UW-Madison AIAA-SEDS Chapter

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world's aerospace forum. Here at UW-Madison, we are active in projects, competitions and outreach to further develop our members' engineering skills and educate youth about the opportunities in the industry. In 2010 we joined the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) organization, and now have a joint AIAA-SEDS chapter. The addition has increased the chapter's networking capability and offers further opportunities for students interested in a career in the expanding space industry.

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Upcoming Events

Stay tuned for news about the Fall 2013 Semester

NASA X-Hab Challenge

UW-Madison won the inaugral NASA eXploration Habitat(X-Hab) Innovation Challenge by designing and building a prototype expandable space habitat. The habitat (pictured above) was used at NASA's 2011 Desert Research and Technolgy Studies (DRATS). Learn more about NASA X-Hab.

Mars Desert Research Station

During the first week in January of 2012, six students from the EMA and ME departments performed studies at the analog Mars research station near Hanksville, Utah. Learn more about MDRS

NASA Microgravity University Programs

In April of 2012, eight students went down to Houston for a flight of a lifetime. They developed and flew with an experiment to test dust mitigation techniques in the microgravity environment. Learn more about NASA Microgravity