{"id":3794,"date":"2025-04-04T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/araz.c4i.gmu.edu\/?page_id=3794"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:38:42","slug":"a-biologically-inspired-lighter-than-air-instructional-mechatronics-program-blimp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/araz.c4i.gmu.edu\/?page_id=3794","title":{"rendered":"A Biologically inspired, Lighter-than-air, Instructional, Mechatronics Program (BLIMP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3794\" class=\"elementor elementor-3794\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b31ab16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b31ab16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da5e3fe\" data-id=\"da5e3fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddd2a56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddd2a56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3642086\" data-id=\"3642086\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d0247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0d0247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An educational system designed to teach students about system attributes, functional flow, and system integration through hands-on learning. 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