ESP Biography



PEYTON MEADER, MIT Junior in Chemical-Biological Engineering!



Major: Chemical Engineering (10B)

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2026

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hey everyone! I am a Passamaquoddy tribal member from Bethel, Maine, and active member of the Indigenous community at MIT, including:
- The Native American and Indigenous Association
- The American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and
- The First Nations Launch rocket team (formerly the Avionics Lead and Student Safety Officer, now the Outreach Lead)!
If you have any questions about what it's like to be Native at MIT, please ask!
Other important areas of my life include:
- Phi Sigma Rho (women's engineering sorority)
- ChemE Cube Team (engineering challenge team in process design!)
- UROP (past research projects include CRISPR/metabolic engineering, biosensor design and characterization)
- Crafty little hobbies (crochet, I sew/upcycle a bit, I'm getting into embroidery, plus I sketch/design merch for my clubs)
I'd be happy to speak more on any of these topics if you are interested! Please feel free to reach out :)



Past Classes

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E16129: Paper Rockets: A Lesson in Stability with First Nations Launch in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
Join MIT First Nations Launch, grand prize award-winning hobby rocketry team, to learn about rocket stability! We will be going over the basics, and then building paper rockets to put those concepts into practice – with a special prize for the furthest flyer! We will also have smaller kit rockets and our larger competition rockets for demos/explanations, for anyone who is curious. Course 16s will also be happy to talk about the MIT AeroAstro Engineering experience!


E16138: Paper Rockets: A Lesson in Stability with First Nations Launch in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
Join the grand prize award-winning team, MIT First Nations Launch, to learn about rocket stability. We will be going over the basics, and then constructing our own paper rockets – the furthest flyer will win a prize! If we have time, we will also teach you how to model your rocket with simulation software to determine its stability margin. We will also be bringing along some kit rockets, as well as our larger competition rockets, for demos/explanations if anyone would like to learn more.


E16191: Paper Rockets: A Lesson in Stability with First Nations Launch in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
Join the grand prize award-winning team, MIT First Nations Launch, to learn about rocket stability. We will be going over the basics, and then constructing our own paper rockets – the furthest flyer will win a prize! If we have time, we will also teach you how to model your rocket with simulation software to determine its stability margin. We will also be bringing along some kit rockets, as well as our larger competition rockets, for demos/explanations if anyone would like to learn more.