MSU team
Students
The Eclipse Ballooning Project is a student-driven effort. Over the past three years, Montana State University students, under guidance from MSU faculty, have designed, constructed and implemented the high-altitude balloon system that will capture video and photos of the Aug. 21 eclipse.
Current (summer 2017) students who are on the MSU Eclipse Ballooning Project Team:
Name
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Major / affiliated department
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Casey Coffman
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Computer Engineering
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Darcy Collins
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Physics - MSU Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program
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Trevor Gahl
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Computer Engineering
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Uciel Garcia
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Computer Engineering
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Steven Hamby
|
Computer Engineering
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Keaton Harmon
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Mechanical Engineering
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Garret Hilton
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Computer Engineering
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Katie Lee
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Physics
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Carter McIver
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Mechanical Engineering
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Micaela Moreni
|
Mechanical Engineering
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David Rodriguez
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Physics - Bridges Program
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Tristan Running Crane
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Computer Engineering
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David Schwehr
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Computer Science
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Sara Stafford
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Electrical Engineering
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Skylar Tamke
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Computer Engineering
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Many other students were involved with the project before graduating and leaving MSU.
Faculty advisors
Many faculty and staff at Montana State University have provided ideas, organizational infrastructure and expertise to help make the project a reality. The main faculty currently include:
Angela Des Jardins - Director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium at MSU; assistant research professor in the Department of Physics in MSU’s College of Letters and Science.
Randy Larimer - Deputy director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium; adjunct instructor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Berk Knighton - Associate research professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.