Wichita State student Damyin Allmond’s passion for aerospace began early in life. Growing up, Damyin was surrounded by the world of aviation. His parents owned a flight school called Allmond Aviation in nearby Peoria, where he spent much of his childhood.
“This gave me the opportunity to see how aircrafts worked and have the experience to fly in many small single engine airplanes,” Damyin said.
That early exposure sparked a fascination with how airplanes worked, but it wasn’t until a school trip to NASA’s space camp in Huntsville, Alabama, when Damyin was in fifth grade that his interest truly took flight.
“I fell in love with space and knew from that moment on that I would do anything in my power to become an engineer to work on spacecraft and help the advancement of space travel and exploration,” Damyin said.