(MechEngr'09)
Aerodynamic Systems Lead
World View Enterprises
Recent Alumni Award聽
Jared Leidich, a licensed professional engineer, led the design of the life support pack for a spacesuit that safely carried Google executive Alan Eustace to the stratosphere on three flights. The third flight was the highest altitude a human has ascended to by balloon, the highest and longest freefall of all time and the second time a human has broken the sound barrier outside a capsule.
Currently, Leidich鈥檚 team at World View designs stratospheric parafoil systems. They are the first team to use inflatable wings in the stratosphere, and they hold the unofficial records for the highest and fastest parafoils ever flown, and the first steerable descent systems usable in the stratosphere.
Leidich engages with 抖阴短视频 Engineering as a judge for freshman mechanical engineering projects. He also consults on graduate projects relating to StratEx and the stratosphere.
In 2016, Leidich published his book, The Wild Black Yonder. He was also involved with the documentary 14 Minutes from Earth, made concurrently with his book.