Payload Engineering, Software, Balloon Program, Summer 2025

MPU is glad to coordinate Payload Engineering, Software, Balloon Program online and Graduate Certificate this Summer 2025.

After coordinating courses on Satellite Build and Engineering (SBE 521) and Venus Science Engineering (VSE311) over the years with with partners Humans2Venus, the Payload Engineering and High Altitude Balloon Program enables researchers to learn, apply skills, and to launch a payload.

Design, build, launch, operate high altitude balloon (HAB) over 6-weeks from July to August 2025. With instructors Kole Lutz, Rohith M., and Atakan Kubilay PhD, become immersed in research experience mostly online by applying R&D to code, sensor fusion integration, experiments, software, data analysis & systems.

Earn Graduate-level credits and apply engineering,math, and aerospace principles, to model flight performance, GNC, TT&C, and more.

After build and assembly of the HAB Balloon, students participate inperson for 2-3 days to support build, assembly and HAB Balloon Launch during the 2nd/3rd week in August.

Get hands on experience with launch, software, recovery of a spaceflight-ready payload with R&D science goals. Validate 3 Flight ready Boards, ZPB, IMUs, sensors, code, data analysis with mission partners.