1 / 22

Space Grant Supported Student Space Hardware Programs in Alabama

Space Grant Supported Student Space Hardware Programs in Alabama. Overview. Alabama Space Grant Consortium: 7 universities Five universities involved in SSH Programs: Alabama A&M University - AAMU Auburn University - AU University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) - UA

delora
Download Presentation

Space Grant Supported Student Space Hardware Programs in Alabama

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Space Grant Supported Student Space Hardware Programs in Alabama

  2. Overview Alabama Space Grant Consortium: 7 universities Five universities involved in SSH Programs: • Alabama A&M University - AAMU • Auburn University - AU • University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) - UA • University of Alabama in Birmingham - UAB • University of Alabama in Huntsville* - UAH Programs: • BalloonSat (5) • Small Satellites (2) • Rocketry (4) • “Inspiration”: Student Mission to Marswith JPL (2 students)

  3. Workforce Development Programs supported by ASGC

  4. Auburn University Student Space Program • Emphasis on management and systems engineering • Program management team • Program Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Public Relations Officer, Human Resources Officer, Webmaster • Technical teams: ballooning and satellite teams • Manager and Systems Engineer

  5. Job descriptions Recruitment Longitudinal tracking Attendance Organize socials Certificates Public Relations Information Tech. Manage finances Fund raising Website Outreach Program Archives Internships, scholarships and coop opportunities Management Responsibilities

  6. Technical Teams • Manager • Planning, scheduling, implementing plan, taking corrective action, purchasing • Systems Engineer • Plans and guides the engineering effort • Bridges disciplines • Provides balance among conflicting objectives

  7. Learning Process • Four learning modules • First two-weeks of semester: no “tinkering”, learning process • Process: • Set objectives, establish requirements, define work steps (WBS), critical path, Gantt chart for schedule • Update schedule weekly • Participation of all students in process - ownership

  8. Systems Engineering • Each semester’s activity is a project • Beginning and end with deliverables • Process • Requirements • Mission; system; subsystem; components • Functional definition • Physical definition • Design validation • Risk analysis • Documentation

  9. Results • Impressive progress made in Balloon and CubeSat programs • Process guides work • Confidence builder • Students take ownership • Higher morale • Success

  10. BalloonSat Programs Launch of AHAB-8 from Eufaula airport in Alabama on Nov. 4 Launch of BAMASAT 3 from Moundville Archeological Park

  11. Students Mostly freshmen and sophomore engineers Take PHYS 3500 for credit Technical Two tracking systems Cut-down system with both GPS and ground triggers Several ground stations Great Ham radio support HS Outreach Payload box with data logger Experiments: magnetometer, gyros and accelerometers AU-AHAB

  12. Students design, build, & fly free-floating balloonsats to gain experience with space systems engineering. Outreach component BAMASAT led to a graduate level research program BAMASAT

  13. UAHStudent BalloonSat Projects

  14. UAH - Senior Projects in ECE15 Launch & Recoveries in 2002-2005 Period 1,000 ft2 of well equipped lab space Science payload box Science experiments: Temperature, pressure, humidity, radiation, magnetic field, acceleration, trace gases, light intensity, speed of sound - Accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, Geiger counter, cut-down system, cameras, thermistors, etc.

  15. UAH - Senior Projects in ECE Data gathered • GPS Data • Temperature Data • Gyroscope Data • Accelerometer Data • Solar Panel Output • Power Consumption • Imagery

  16. UAH Balloon Club • Goals • –Provide a Platform for Science and Engineering Experiments • –Stimulate Interest in Independent Research • –Develop Hands On Laboratory Experience • Established in 2005 • –15 Student Participants • –Dedicated Workspace • –Open to All UAH Students • First Flight in Spring 2006 • Involved in HASP in 2006 • Support • –MAE and ECE Faculty • –NSSTC • –ASGC Sponsorship • Future missions: guided parafoils, better imaging, new sensors, enhanced radio modes

  17. Satellite Programs

  18. AU - CubeSat • Walk level • Juniors and Seniors • Class: PHYS 3500 • Use COTS • Science mission: attitude determination using a novel UV detector • Now: Building phase • Spring 07: integration and testing phase • M ≤ 1-kg; size =10 cm sides

  19. AU - NanoSat • Run level • Select juniors, seniors @ grad students • Collaboration Physics, ECE, ME • Submitted proposal to AFOSR • Test reconfigurable FPGA in space: a first • M≤30-kg; Max. linear size: 50-cm

  20. Rocketry

  21. Phoenix/Crimson Flame Rockets Students design, build, & fly high power rockets. The Phoenix 1 rocket was used to gain Level 1 NAR (National Association of Rocketry) certification. The Crimson Flame rocket is UA’s entry into the University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) competition. There are also plans to explore different types of propulsion systems for high power rockets as part of the Phoenix rocket program. First launch of the Phoenix 1 Second launch of the Phoenix 1

  22. Other Rocket Programs • AAMU • Have launched to 10,000 ft • AU • Building first rocket as part of senior project • UAH • Number of successful launches to 10,000 ft AAMU Rocket launched May 22, 2006

More Related