Century College Digital Fabrications Lab White Bear Lake, Minnesota Fab9 Yokohama August 21, 2013

NASA Rocket Competition Project

-NASA STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE -40 COLLEGES -ROCKET TO ACHIEVE 5280 FEET (EXACTLY) -ROCKET PAYLOAD (ROVER) -A ONE YEAR PROJECT Funded by Century College Foundation ($10,000)

THE COMPUTER AIDED ROCKET DESIGN

FABRICATION

THE TEAM SARA LAWSONTEAM LEAD KEITH KOPPENAIRFRAME CHRISTOPHER PEPINELECTRONICS JACOB VOGESELECTRONICS/SAFETY SAM COURTIERAPPLIED MATHEMATICS JEFF RANDALLCAD – ROVER DESIGN TODD HANSONROVER GOKHAN SARIRECOVERY JOHN RUPERTTEAM ADVISOR GARY STROICKTEAM MENTOR

Drag Brake Design The CFX-12's drag brake, is a retractable nose cone that will allow us to control our maximum altitude.

Rover Design The rover is an autonomous vehicle capable of maneuvering on its own using GPS Navigation –Wheel diameter: 5 in. –Length: 10 in. –Weight: 5lbs

RECOVERY SYSTEM RECOVERY SYSTEMS USES DROGUE CHUTE AND MAIN CHUTE TO MINIMIZE DRIFT AND IMPACT VELOCIY

ELECTRONICS DRAG BRAKE ELECTRONICS TWO MICROCONTROLLERS TELEMETERY SENSORS 7 ACCELS GPS ALTIMETER PROX SENSOR ACTUATORS DC MOTOR FOR BRAKE DEPLOYMENT ROVER ELECTRONICS ONE MICROCONTROLLER TELEMETERY SENSORS GPS MAGNETOMETER ACCELEROMETER ACTUATORS 2 DC MOTORS ARRD

TEST PROGRAM 2 STRING TESTSSTABILITY 5 HALF SCALE FLIGHT TESTS #1ELECTRONICS, BRAKE, 1RST #2TELEMETRY #3HIGH DATA RATE TELEMETRY #4MASS PROPERTIES - BALLAST #5STABILITY, FULL SCALE ELECTRONICS 1 WIND TUNNEL TESTSTABILITY, BRAKE Cd 2 EXPULSION TESTSMAIN, DROGUE/ROVER 1 FULL SCALE LAUNCHSTABILITY, BRAKE Cd, FS ELECTRONICS 2 ND FULL SCALE LAUNCHTARGET ALTITUDE CONTROL, RECOVERY NASA MSFC LAUNCHWIN! TEST OBJECTIVES

TEST RESULTS STATISTICS FLIGHT TEST DATA: WIND TUNNEL TEST DATA: ODE & NON LINEAR REGRESSION DRAG COEFFICIENT – NON LINEAR REGRESSION BRAKE CONTROL ALGORITHM - NEWTON’S LAWS

EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF PROJECT PROJECT BASED (HANDS ON) LEARNING FOR ENGINEERING STATICS DYNAMICS DEFORMATION OF MATERIALS CIRCUITS ROBOTICS APPLIED MATHEMATICS: STATISTICS ODE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT A THESIS LEVEL PROJECT OF ONE YEAR DURATION FOR IN DEPTH EXPOSURE TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

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Minnesota Fab Lab- in Process Duluth Public Schools-Duluth Minnesota Saint Paul Public Schools Stillwater High School Lake Superior College, Duluth Minnesota White Bear Lake High School District 914 Eagan Minnesota Elk River School District, Elk River Minnesota Others…..

Planning -Hire 2 Fab Lab Technicians -Design and Construct New Fab Lab -Expand STEM Focus -Become Minnesota’s STEM Resource Center -Develop New Engineering Degree Digital Engineering -Develop Partnership with Workforce Minnesota -Continue assisting New Fab Labs in Minnesota