AEM Events
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From research showcases to lecture series, student exhibitions, discussion panels, and more, we have countless ways for you to get involved in our community.

Pre-Commencement Celebration

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7 a.m. through Thursday, May 15, 2025, 3 p.m.

Balas Atrium, Akerman Hall

Join us to celebrate our graduating seniors! 

Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 5 p.m. through Sunday, May 18, 2025, 4 p.m.

Day 1: Akerman Hall

Day 2: Tripoli Minnesota Rocket Launch Site
 

NASA's MN Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC) is running this year's Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition. This 2-day event will run from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, in Akerman Hall at the U of MN (110 SE Union St, Minneapolis) with team presentations to judges.

 The event will continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, with the rocket fly-off at the Tripoli MN high-power rocketry club launch site just outside of North Branch (map: https://tripolimn.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=904050&module_id=725689). 

Spectators are welcome. More details about this year's "high-thrust" challenge are posted at https://www.mnspacegrant.org/the-2024-2025-space-grant-midwest-high-power-rocketry-competition/.

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