Ball mills and beanbags lead to a prototype for lunar wheels
Planning a lunar road trip? If you are, you’ll need wheels that can absorb the impact of the moon’s rocky surface without bouncing wildly in its low gravity. And for inspiration to build such a thing, you need look no further than ball mills and beanbags. Especially if you are Mechanical Engineering Professor Peter Radziszewski.
“McGill invested in me so I am investing in McGill”
Ram Panda, MEng’71, MBA’77, is a successful businessman and committed McGill alumnus, but he was a stranger in a strange land when he arrived from India in 1968.
