The Western Aerospace Launch Initiative (WALI)
The WALI team, which includes Â鶹´«Ã½s from aerospace, mechanical, and other engineering majors at WMU, is performing all aspects of the satellite design, fabrication, and testing process. Students are working as subsystem teams to develop the CubeSat structure, power system, attitude determination and control system, communication system, command and data handling system, and thermal control system. The WALI team is led by MAE faculty members Dr. Jennifer Hudson and Dr. Kristina Lemmer.
WMU was selected in 2016 as one of 10 universities nationwide in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program. Through this program, WALI members have had several Â鶹´«Ã½ to present their work to aerospace industry leaders, including at the Small Satellite Conference and an upcoming flight selection review in Albuquerque, N.M., in January 2018. For more information about the CubeSat project, please visit /engineer/wali.