Students from the Lobo Launch-Structures team giving Prof. Fernando Aguilar an update on the midsection build. 

The rocket is being built using a semi-monocoque design, common among many different types of aircrafts. A semi-monocoque structure has an internal "skeleton" that provides structure and support to the rocket. 

Schistosomiasis, also called snail fever or bilharzia, is a chronic disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. Found only in tropical climates, the schistosoma parasite develops inside the Ram's Horn snail before infecting a human host. After malaria, schistosomiasis is the worst parasitic disease on the planet with the World Health Organization working to elimiate the it by 2025. 

Biomphalaria glabrata, a tropical Ram's Horn snail, plays a large role in the lifecycle of the parasitic disease, schistosomiasis. 

(l. to r.) E. Sam Loker, Distinguished Professor & Regents' Professor of Biology; Bishoy Hanna Kamel, Research Assistant Professor of Biology; Si-Ming Zhang, Research Associate Professor of Biology; Sarah Buddenborg, Graduate Student; Coen Adema, Associate Professor of Biology; Tyanna Lovato, Research Scientist; and Richard Cripps, Professor of Biology.

Assistant Professor Lauri Andress