University of Arizona

From SEDSWiki

I. General Information

A. Leadership positions

1. President Emily Hardegree-Ullman

2. Vice President Josh Nelson

3. Secretary Mike Fenwick

4. Treasurer James Hoy

5. Webmaster Kevin Hardegree-Ullman

6. SEDS-USA Representative Bret Simon

7. Others (CanSat Project Leader) Aaron Smith

B. Contact info for at least two members (preferably more)

1. Member 1

a. Phone number Please email for that information

b. Email address hardegee@email.arizona.edu

2. Member 2

a. Phone number Please email for that information

b. Email address kevinkhu@email.arizona.edu

3. Chapter mailing address if available

UA-SEDS

Box 174

Space Sciences Building

The University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona 85721

B. Membership information

1. Number of members 17

2. Different majors and how many

8 Astronomy

3 Physics

2 Aerospace Engineering

1 Mechanical Engineering

1 Natural Resources

2 Mathematics

1 English

1 Physiology

3. Count of class levels

a. _5_ Freshmen

b. _2_ Sophomores

c. _3_ Juniors

d. _5_ Seniors

e. _1_ Masters

f. _1_ Ph.D

C. Meetings

1. How often biweekly

2. Typical meeting layout varies

D. Mailing Lists

1. Does your chapter have it’s own mailing list? yes

2. Is it open to members outside of your chapter? yes

3. If so, how do other’s get on to the list? sign up

II. Projects and Research

A. What types of projects or research is your chapter currently working on?

CanSat, Telescope

1. How many members are involved?

6 to 7

2. When did you start and what kind of time line do you have?

September 06 to June 07

3. What is the intent/goal of this project?

a. Is it part of a competition, just for fun, do you plan to show it at an event?

National Competition

4. Funding

a. How has your chapter gone about acquiring funds for this project?

Grant from NASA

b. What type of funding does your chapter anticipate needing?

Travel Funding

5. Any collaboration with other chapters or companies?

No

B. Any future projects that have yet to begin?

Another telescope project

III. Conferences

A. What conferences does you chapter typically attend or plan on attending?

SpaceVision

B. How do you acquire funding for conferences?

1. We got departmental funding after begging

2. Does your school help out at all with funding?

School no, department yes

IV. Outreach and Expansion

A. Is your chapter currently working with any other universities or grade schools as part of an

Outreach Program? no

B. How does your chapter work to increase membership?

1. Does it attend freshman orientation events? No

2. Do you have an engineering week? No!

3. Do you use publications, newspaper articles, radio, news, mailing lists? Mailing list

V. Chapter Needs

A. Other than direct cash/funding, what are the needs of your chapter?

1. Full operational computers, software, office supplies, couch, mini

refrigerator

VI. Additional Info

- See http://www.seds.org/uaseds/