The Corporate Affiliates Program (CAP) held a board meeting on the evening of February 13th, where executives from partner companies as well as UCSD faculty members can receive updates on the Jacobs School of Engineering and progress of student organizations. Not only does this serve as an opportunity for student organizations to showcase their projects, but additionally students are able to network directly with members from industry.
On February 8th, UCSD SWE held the Envision 2020 Conference to introduce high school girls to STEM related career paths. Triton UAS participated in the Project Fair of the conference, where high school girls got the opportunity to get familiar with the engineering, science, and technology student organizations of UCSD.
On February 16th, 2020, Triton UAS conducted a maiden flight for the Swallow. There were ideal flight conditions with a clear day, little wind, and no rain.
On December 18th, 2019, two of our Triton UAS airframe team leads, Jessica Chan and Andrew Fletcher, got the opportunity to stay after the UCSD final exam season to attend High Tech High Chula Vista’s (HTHCV) Presentations of Learning to serve as expert panelists. They were able to attend thanks to the invitation of Marcus Artates, a 9th-grade Physics teacher at the HTHCV charter school who was previously introduced to Jessica and Triton UAS last year at a tabling event during the San Diego Maker Faire. At the Presentations of Learning, Jessica and Andrew were able to listen in during the students’ presentations and provided expert input to help improve each group’s prototype autonomous planes.