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Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) Educational Flight Opportunity (EFO) Kickoff Meeting. David L. Pierce Stephanie Stockman September 26, 2013. Agenda. Welcome Kick-Off Meeting Purpose USIP Program Objectives and Projects Mission and Carrier Contacts Funding - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP)Educational Flight Opportunity (EFO)
Kickoff Meeting
David L. PierceStephanie Stockman
September 26, 2013
Agenda
• Welcome • Kick-Off Meeting Purpose• USIP Program Objectives and Projects
• Mission and Carrier Contacts• Funding• Training Objectives• Management Approach
• Questions
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Kickoff Meeting Purpose
• Provide an overview of the USIP EFO Science & Technology Program and Projects
• Provide a consistent understanding NASA’s expectations and rold in each project
• Address administrative and logistics issues.
• Answer questions.
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The USIP EFO has two objectives:The primary goal of this solicitation is:
To provide a hands-on flight project experience to enhance the science, technical, leadership, and project skills for the selected U.S. university undergraduate student team.
The secondary goal of this solicitation is:To fly a science payload having a purpose relevant to the Science Mission Directorate’s science goals (http://nasascience.nasa.gov/) in the June – Sept 2014 timeframe.
Objectives
USIP Projects
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University PI Project Name Project Description CarrierCarnegie Mellon University
Bill Whittakerred@cs.cmu.edu
Flyover Mapping and Modeling of Terrain Features
Design, fabricate, test and fly a multi-modal, high-resolution mapping instrument to characterize pits, craters, and other convex features in flight
Sounding Rocket
Louisiana State University and A&M College
Michael Martinmjmartin@lsu.edu
Design Integration and Flight Testing of an Airborne Microbe Collection System
Design, construct, and test a payload that samples microbial aerosols from up to five altitude ranges.
Airborne Science Aircraft
Carthage College
Kevin Crosby kcrosby@carthage.edu
Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis
Develop and test a novel technique for measuring the mass of liquid contained in a model propellant tank.
Parabolic
USIP Projects
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University PI Project Name Project Description CarrierUniversity of Central Florida
Josh Colwell joshua.colewell@ucf.edu
Microgravity Experiment on Accretion in Space Environments
Study of the sticking of dust particles onto larger objects to test adhesion at the low collision velocities
Parabolic Aircraft
Gannon University
Nicholas Conklin conklin003@gannon.edu
Gannon University’s Cosmic-Ray Calorimiter
A payload to detect cosmic rays, high-energy particles of astrophysical origin, in the energy range ~1–100 GeV.
Small Balloon
University of Virginia
Chris Goyne goyne@virginia.edu
JefferSat Cosmic Ray Mission
Develop test a CubeSat design that incorporates micro dosimeters
Balloon (HASP)
University of Houston
Edgar Bering ebering@Central.uh.edu
An Undergraduate Student Instrumentation Project to Develop New Instrument Technology to Study the Auroral Ionosphere and Stratospheric Ozone Layer Using Ultralight Balloon Payloads
Develop instrumentation to study the auroral ionosphere and stratosphere using smartphone technology
Balloon (WX)
USIP Projects
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University PI Project Name Project Description CarrierWest Virginia University
Dimitris Vassilladis dimitris.vassilladis@mail.wvu.edu
Ionospheric Dynamics and Space Weather Ionospheric Dynamics and Space Weather
Develop an end to end space mission focused on ionospheric response to interplanetary disturbances during magnetic storms.
Sounding Rocket
Catholic University of America
Ekaterina VernerEkaterina.m.verner@nasa.gov
A Prototype Attitude Determination System (PADS) for High Altitude Research Balloons
Design, build, test, and fly a real-time attitude determination system for scientific balloons using off-the-shelf components.
Balloon (HASP)
Utah State University
Rees Fullmer rrfullmer@usu.edu
A Student Mission for Balloon Flight Measurements of Red Line Airglow (RLAGS)
Collect intensity emissions data in the 630 nm band through a wide range of conditions in the upper atmosphere to enhance models of this phenomenon.
Balloon (HASP)
Carrier Contacts
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Carrier Contact Email PhoneSounding Rocket
Phil Eberspeaker Philip.J.Eberspeaker@nasa.gov 757-824-2202
Balloon (HASP)
Deborah Fairbrother
debora.a.fairbrother@nasa.gov 757-824-1453.
Small Balloon LK Kubendran laguduva.r.kubendran@nasa.gov 202.358.2528
Parabolic LK Kubendran laguduva.r.kubendran@nasa.gov 202.358.2528
Airborne Science
Michael Cropper michael.c.cropper@nasa.gov 757-824-2140
Funding
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• Funding should be received by the end of October, 2013
Training Objectives
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• Provide opportunity for undergraduate student to develop project management and systems engineering skills.
• Provide hands-on engineering experience to undergraduate students to develop and fly real flight hardware
• Provide regular mentoring opportunities
Management Approach
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• NASA POC– Brenda Dingwall
• brenda.j.dingwall@nasa.gov• 757-824-2969
– Serve as liaison between Universities and Flight Carriers
• Required reviews/meetings with NASA:– Preliminary Design Review– Mission Readiness Review– Monthly Status Conferences– Conference Call Info
• 877-928-0731 Passcode 8241848
Questions/Final Comments
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