Fall 2025 BLIMP Badged Short Course Completion

Written By Max Kazemzadeh

The Fall 2025 MIX Biologically-Inspired, Lighter-Than-Air, Instructional, Mechatronics Program (BLIMP) Badged Short Course wrapped up with an exciting final round of student presentations and flight demonstrations. This semester’s cohort included 24 students across 6 teams, each developing inventive lighter-than-air robotic systems inspired by biological principles and real-world problem-solving.

Final projects were evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges:

  • Dr. Ningshi Yao (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

  • Dr. Vivian Motti (Human-Computer Interaction)

  • Dr. Max Kazemzadeh (MIX Makerspace & Events Manager)

  • Two advanced students who previously completed the MIX Blimp Short Course

The judges praised this year’s teams for their creativity, teamwork, and impressive engineering, noting the strong progress in both design and mechatronics integration across the cohort.
Winning teams will be announced soon.

Max Kazemzadeh
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