1. AAVG Meeting 09/02/2015

2. Don’t Forget to Register/ReRegister
Go on design.mst.edu
Scroll down to ‘Join a Team’
Enter JoeSS credentials
Click ‘Sign Up for a Team’
Check the AAVG box

3. Upcoming SDELC Trainings
9/3- Basic Machine Shop Training
2 PM-5 PM, SDELC
9/4- General Safety Training
9/8- Welding Training
9/9- Electronics Room Training
Complete List on SDELC OrgSync page

4. SAE Aero
Will Hopkins
Cell: (314)

6. Aerodynamics / Stability & Control
Perform trade studies using xflr5 and MATLAB to optimize wing configuration
Perform trade studies using MATLAB to optimize stability & control characteristics

7. Aerodynamics / Stability & Control
Design your own airplane using MatLab and test design in RealFlight
Contact Info:
Mario Santos

8. Design and Manufacturing
What we do
CAD model
Design aircraft according to other subgroups’ info
Engineer other miscellaneous components
Construct aircraft
Up and coming
CAD workshop
Brainstorm solutions to this year’s competition requirements
Contact Info:
Justin Crum

9. Propulsion
Goals
Start Testing new electric and nitro motors.
Work with and understand the inner-workings
of a 2 stroke nitro engine
Testing common propeller sizes
Creation of a new thrust
test stand
Contact Info
Anthony Innes

10. Electronics

11. Electronics Goals: Develop automated drop code. Test autopilot system
Test electronics throughout semester to verify functionality. (Replace if broken)

12. Electronics Work with Ardupilot and pixhawk control boards
Learn and use Python programming language
Contact Info: Shashank Nedungadi
Phone: (636)

13. Structures Lead: Daniel Jeffress
Contact Information:
Objective:
Test vehicle structures
using analytical and
experimental methods.

14. High Power Engineered Rocket

15. Chief Engineer Jill Davis jcdcn6@mst.edu Junior Aerospace Engineering
Miners in Space
Silly Pictures
Attempting Level 1 Cert.

16. Project Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) Hyperion
Target altitude with 10 lb. payload
Hyperion
2 stage, 14 ft., 2 M-class motors

17. This Year Mercia Experimental staging Sponsorship from SpaceX
Brainstorming ejection
Sponsorship from SpaceX

18. PR/Documentation Everyone has a camera Looking for Expertise
the more pictures the better
Looking for Expertise
collecting, sorting, editing
any video experience
enjoys taking a lot of pictures

19. Propulsion and Recovery
Matthew Fogle
Sophomore
Aerospace Engineering
PRO Leader
Love Kerbal Space Program!
Attempting Level 2 Cert.

20. Propulsion and Recovery
Subgroup Goals: Meet twice a week to...
Develop safe solid rocket propellant
Develop testing methods for experimental rocket motors
Design and build 75mm diameter L-Rocket motor
Create motor igniters
Manufacture parachutes
Develop altitude prediction program (if we have time)

21. Electronics Ben Royer bdr5z6@mst.edu Senior Computer Engineering
I prefer bumper jumper
in Halo

22. Electronics Critical electronic systems On board science experiment
second stage motor activation
parachute deployment
On board science experiment
overseeing and integrating a high school’s design or
designing our own experiment

23. Manufacturing, Design/Aerodynamics
Jacob Harrison
Senior
Aerospace Engineering
I am in an unofficial scooter gang

24. Manufacturing, Design/Aerodynamics
Subgroup goals
Identify needs/constraints
Carbon fiber
Develop solution
SolidWorks and RockSim
Construction
Refine and integrate

25. Secretarial Shenanigans
Follow us on Facebook “Advanced Aero Vehicle Group” and “Missouri S&T HPER Design Team”
Website: “aavg.mst.edu”
Need volunteers to be my reps for each team
I’m going to start a blog for monthly updates

26. Questions?