1. Presentation to Prospective Students
GRADUATE PROJECTS
Presentation to Prospective Students
March 7, 2014
Joe Tanner
Course Coordinator

2. Graduate Projects I and II
Two semester course sequence to introduce MS and PhD students
to project management and systems engineering while working
a team-based complex aerospace engineering project
Course details
ASEN 5018/6028, two semesters required for AES
Available to all engineering majors
3 credit hour per semester
One 50 min lecture period with two 1 hr 50 min labs/wk
Project Teams
Goal is 8 – 15 students per team
Teams may contain both 5000 and 6000 level students
Projects fall into three general areas:
Human Spacecraft, Small Spacecraft, and Aircraft/Rocket Design

3. Course Objectives
Students will be practiced in or at least exposed to the following areas: 
Project Management and Systems Engineering
Team project work in student groups
Detailed requirements definition
Design, build, test and verification of an aerospace system
Formal presentations and design reviews
Entrepreneurial possibilities for starting a company
Intellectual property and technology transfer issues

4. Other Courses Details ASEN 5018 is prerequisite for ASEN 6028
Course sequence satisfies MS graduation requirement
ASEN 6028 counts toward PhD course requirements
Four pre/co-requisite courses, as applicable to project
Space Habitat design (ASEN 5158)
Spacecraft Design (ASEN 5148)
Aircraft Design (ASEN 4138)
Rocket Propulsion (ASEN 5053)
Enrollment in Graduate Projects course is by permission of project lab section professor
For those interested in learning more, MS degree with Project Management Certificate available through CU Engineering Management Program

5. Graduate Projects – Spring 2014 Semester
Eight project teams this semester with 74 students
51 AES, 17 EE, 2 ME, 4 CS – 7 are PhD students
26 in 1st semester, 42 in 2nd semester of course sequence, 6 independent study students
Industry involvement
Varies with each team
Alumni involvement
Several alumni help with lectures
Funding
Corporate and government sponsorships
CU Engineering Excellence Fund

6. Eight Graduate Project Teams – Spring 14
MinXSS/QB50 – Two CubeSat projects
MinXSS - Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer to measure soft x-rays emitted from the Sun – major NSF funding
QB50 – Ion mass spectrometer to measure O, O2, N2 and NO in lower atmosphere – launched by ESA
GoJett - Supersonic UAV Design
Miniature jet engine powered high performance UAV
HySoR - Hybrid powered sounding rocket
Build and launch sounding rocket prototype to 10 km
LifeLAB – Design, build and test atmospheric and vacuum chambers for ECLSS development testing – lab located in AES basement level

7. Eight Graduate Project Teams – Spring 14
Dream Chaser - Commercial Crew vehicle
Detail design of cockpit area, seats, and human factors testing for vertical crew ingress and emergency egress
X-Hab - Design, build, and test a robotic plant growing system for a gravity based space environment
NASA sponsored Space Grant award
CUSP – Design, build and test a microprocessor payload for satellite to be launched by Surrey Satellites – ITAR restricted
AREND – Create UAV system to assist South Africa Kruger National Park rangers in fight against rhino poaching – multi- national effort and competition

11. Questions? Come see me in ECAE 100
I can not advise PhD students nor do I have funding…sorry