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- 2. Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA): Hybrid Rocket Motor Involvement: PropulsionTeam Lead (2015-2016) • Hybrid motor – paraffin wax fuel and nitrous oxide • Propelled advanced category rocket at 2016 Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) to 2nd place at 13,800 ft • Only student-build motor with liquid propellant launched at IREC • Most powerful motor successfully launched at 2016 IREC • Performance: • Specific Impulse: 170 s Max.Thrust: 775 lbf Impulse: 20.8 kN*s
- 3. Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA): 2015 IREC (Competition) Entry I Involvement: AirframeTeam Lead • Flew to 7,000 ft (10,00-ft goal) • First MASA all-metal rocket • 25% mass reduction from previous year • First scratch-built parachutes • Modular ballast-fin system for altitude precision
- 4. MASA: 2015 IREC (Competition) Entry II Involvement: AirframeTeam Lead (for design and start of manufacturing) • First MASA supersonic, 23,000-ft attempt • Student-built composite airframe, parachutes • Flight: destabilization at Mach 1
- 5. MASA: 2014 IREC (Competition) Entry Involvement: AerodynamicsTeam Member • 11,000 ft apogee • Student-built, composite airframe (commercial motor) • Camera bay payload • Designed von Karman nose cone, trapezoidal fins by drag/altitude-optimization (in team setting)
- 6. SmallSat WaterTank Involvement:Team Lead • Non-hazardous propellant • Low-pressure design (<= 1.0 atm) • Bladder mitigates slosh
- 7. University Group Project: Remote Controlled Hovercraft Features: • Remotely controlled with onboard camera, microcontroller • 3D-printed, backward-bladed impeller • Steering by thrust vectoring • Rotational stabilization with rate gyro
- 8. Research Project: CubeSat PlasmaThruster Simulation • Adapted astrophysical simulation for plasma thruster • Developed algorithm to “clean” magnetic field data for simulation • Goal: analyze magnetic nozzle performance Note: Metric units (m, s, m/s) used Hydrodynamic Jet: SideView