FluxDemonSatFluxgate Magnetometer Core Technology Demonstrator Feasibility ReviewStudent Design Team: Farita Tasnim, Shivani Upadhayay,

Jinny van Doorn

Mentor Team: Keith Warren, Paul King, Luther Richardson

October 28, 2014

Feasibility Review Questions

Feasibility Review will include questions on technical feasibility, management plan, and education plan and sent out by November 3rd.

Questions 2-4 taken from NSF Merit Review Criteria (January 2013)

DREAMS (Doing Research at Extreme Altitudes for Motivated Students)• Experience 23 high altitude balloon

launches so far has built student knowledge:• Communication Systems • Electronics and Programming• Integrated Process Teams

• DREAMS payloads will serve to test the performance of CubeSat payload prototypes at altitudes over 100,000 km

• 24th launch is Nov. 15: version one of our flux gate magnetometer will fly and gather data

• Three or more DREAMS launches in the future dedicated to testing CubeSat components. We flew a prototype CubeSat from NASA Ames: Sept ‘14

Partners and Resources•With the guidance and tools given by our partners, we will be able to accomplish our goals for the cube satellite in•Auburn university’s clean room•Our robotics lab (access to 3d printer)

•The Mag lab in auburn university

•Our mentor’s electrical engineering lab

(Bottom) We have made custom circuit boards in the past and have convenient access to our mentor’s lab to do so.

(Above) These are the parts that were created in AutoCAD that were delivered to us, laser-cut and bent from Char-Broil, one of our partners. We used this to assemble our robot for FIRST.

Project Mentors

• Microsystems and semiconductor electrical engineer

• Pioneering work in closed-loop, sensitive accelerometers and angular rate sensors

• Developed guidance system for Clementine space mission

• Professional engineer for Litton, InSouth Microsystems, and MEMS Optical

• Software engineer andksenior innovation

consultant at Total Systems

• Anti-fraud technology and computer program developer

• President of local Ham Radio club

• FRC and MIT InvenTeam mentor

Luther Richardson Keith Warren Paul King

• Advanced physics instructor• Helped develop magnetically

clean microsatellite for MIMIC and MGSA

• Owner of Astrosystems LLC and chief mentor of Columbus Space Program

• Mentor of nationally recognized FRC, high-altitude balloon, MIT InvenTeam, and Conrad Spirit of Innovation teams

CubeSat Management Plan

Programming/Electronics

Student Lead: FaritaMentors: Mr.

King/Mr.Warren

CommunicationsStudent Lead: Farita

Mentor Lead: Mr. King

Power (Solar and Supercaps)

Student Lead: FaritaMentor Lead: Mr. Warren

Payload

Fluxgate Magnetometer

Student Lead: FaritaMentor Lead: Mr.

WarrenHydrogen SensorStudent Lead: Jinny

Mentor Lead: Mr. Warren

StructureStudent Lead: Shivani

Mentor Lead: Mr. Richardson

Public Relations

Educational OutreachStudent Lead: Jinny

Mentor Lead: Mr. Richardson

MediaStudent Lead: Jinny

Mentor Lead: Mr. Richardson

EngineeringSystems and Science

AstrophysicsStudent Lead: Shivani

Mentor Lead: Mr. Richardson

Schedule