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