1. GUI & Sampling Strategies for Satellite Imaging Payloads Mentors: Glynn Germany Raymond Jimenez Team Members: Christopher Romero Paul Groves Manuel Perea IV Juan Rodriguez Jr.

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3. Project Description GUI front-end Development of algorithms Trade Study

4. Goals Create a GUI front-end for satellite imaging software – GUI is to simplify the configuration and operations of the simulation software – Import the data from the simulation software – Data management Develop an analysis tool for image processing – Propose and implement multiple sampling algorithms – Provide a performance trade-study analysis – Integrate the analysis tool into the GUI

5. Team Member Roles Paul Groves & Juan Rodriquez – In charge of GUI development between simulation software and Matlab – Development of programmer’s and user’s manuals Christopher Romero & Manuel Perea – In charge of research and data analysis – Algorithm and trade study development

6. Major Software Components GUI Software Control ClassSimulation Data Class Parameter Sweep Tool Algorithms Quantification Routines

7. Current Progress

8. Current Progress Continued Data Analysis Potential Algorithms

9. Size/Scope/Roles of Sponsor Our sponsors are primarily there for technical guidance. They are trying to give us the chance to think on our own as we would in an engineering firm. Help elaborate our victory conditions Glynn Germany- Space weather expert Raymond Jimenez- Senior Optical Physicist

10. Major Schedule Milestones Completed Sweep ToolDecember Completed GUIFebruary Completed AlgorithmsMarch Trade-Study AnalysisApril Completed User’s ManualApril Final ReportApril Final PresentationMay

11. Deliverables Completed GUI for simulation software Trade-Study analysis report User’s Manual Programmer’s Manual

12. Biggest Challenges & Concerns Matlab programming Simulation software Quantifying data sets Developing algorithms Conceptual understand of space weather

13. Upcoming Tasks Sweep Tool Development Quantification methods for data sets

14. Why is this a good senior project? Apply theory to a challenging aerospace engineering problem Gain experience in satellite imaging and space weather Improvement of Matlab skills Experience outside the classroom with top scientists and engineers

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