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Launching a Career

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Thomas Becnel
Thomas Becnel

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Coleman Davis used his experience with the South 最色网 Launch Team to earn an internship with Airbus in Mobile. After graduation, he accepted a position with KBR, a large engineering firm and defense contractor in Huntsville, as a systems engineer.

When Coleman Davis enrolled at the University of South 最色网, he set his focus on a rocket club in the College of Engineering. Dr. Carlos Montalvo, an associate professor, handed him a debit card worth $150.

鈥淪o that was the starting point,鈥� Davis said, laughing. 鈥淎 hundred fifty dollars and the trust of Dr. Montalvo.鈥�

Davis began recruiting students at South and preparing to enter the NASA University Student Launch Challenge in Huntsville. He and his classmates sent their first rocket nearly a mile into the sky. The following year, he was the project lead for a group that competed in the Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico.

That USA rocket, named 鈥淗elios,鈥� was 12 feet long, weighed 75 pounds and reached a maximum speed of Mach 0.80. It rose to a height of nearly 10,000 feet and came within 700 feet of the team鈥檚 apogee, the highest point reached in the rocket鈥檚 flight.

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