Jacob Meisel, a coterminal student pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, passed away in Palo Alto last Monday. He was 23.

The news was shared with students, faculty and staff on Wednesday in an email from Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole. Out of respect for the family’s wishes, The Daily is withholding the cause of death.

“We know this is difficult news to bear, especially at a time of great loss worldwide,” Brubaker-Cole wrote. “Every life lost strikes a blow to the heart of our community, and the loss of such a young and promising person is especially sorrowful.”

Meisel came to Stanford in the fall of 2016. He was a dedicated member of the Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI) and a researcher in the School of Engineering. He was also a member of Tau Beta Pi, the oldest engineering honor society in the country. 

While an undergraduate, Meisel and his SSI peers won second place in rocketry payload at a national intercollegiate contest. The group’s results were later published in npj Microgravity, a Nature journal.

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