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WIALD (pronounced “wild”) is a student-run organization at the University of Texas at Austin. The percentage of women applying for the undergraduate Aerospace Engineering program at The University of Texas at Austin is historically low. In an effort to alleviate this problem, a group of women in engineering came together during the fall semester of 2009 and, with the help of faculty members and the Women in Engineering Program (WEP), formed Women in Aerospace for Leadership Development (WIALD). WIALD aims to facilitate the development of leadership skills for women in all undergraduate engineering majors. We strive to attract and retain more women in engineering by making group activities fun, exciting, and ultimately valuable in achieving long-term career goals. Each year we focus on a different hands-on project. In the past, we have launched a payload into space, sent a balloon into the upper atmosphere, flown on NASA’s “Vomit Comet,” and modified a drone to carry a glider which autonomously navigated to pre-determined waypoints.
COME JOIN OUR MEETINGS! Meetings will be announced bi-weekly on our social media!
For more information check out our website at http://sites.utexas.edu/wiald/
COME JOIN OUR MEETINGS! Meetings will be announced bi-weekly on our social media!
For more information check out our website at http://sites.utexas.edu/wiald/
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