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Posted: August 1, 2019

On Saturday, July 20, 2019, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Mobile Chapter partnered with the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the NASA Apollo 11 Moon Landing. AIAA members joined together at the Exploreum to teach aerospace enthusiasts young and old about rocket science and aircraft principles, with the use of wooden balsa gliders, straw rocket launches and a large water bottle rocket demonstration.

AIAA involvement included student and graduate student members from the University of South Alabama Launch Society and Design Build Fly team, as well as professional members from local aerospace industry at Airbus, and elementary and college-level educators. The Exploreum also featured a presentation from NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador Jamie Ellis on “To Apollo and Beyond: Back to the Moon, Onward to Mars.” Around 12 AIAA members and 8 non-members participated, and they spoke to around 50 museum visitors about AIAA and Aerospace. Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our AIAA Mobile Chapter event kick-off of the year :-)

Posted: July 20, 2017

At South, Research Reaches New Heights For Dr. Carlos Montalvo and his team of students, their futures are definitely up in the air. And that’s how they like it. Montalvo, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Alabama, is also director of South’s Facility for Aerial Systems and Technology. FAST, in other words. It’s an appropriate acronym, because the aerospace industry is moving very fast.

Lisa Schibelius, a master's student in mechanical engineering, is the lead researcher on the FAST lab's quadrotor project, which gathers atmospheric data along the Gulf Coast.

“ I think Airbus put aerospace engineering on everyone’s radar,” Montalvo said, referring to Airbus’ Defense and Space, Engineering, and Final Assembly Line facilities in Mobile. “‘I want to work there,’ kids say. ‘How do I get there?’ They see our research and they say, ‘Wow, that is what I want to do.’ "

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