1. Brandon Robinson Danut Tabacaru Victor Ho Autonomous Spacecraft Impact Monitoring and Repair Autonomous Spacecraft Impact Monitoring and Repair

2. Agenda Introduction Project Proposal Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Milestones Source

3. Introduction Sisteems Engineering Brandon Robinson Danut Tabacaru Victor Ho Project Health Monitoring Force Detection Break Detection Autonomous Repair Source

4. Phase 1 Description Impact Force Detection Array of Strain Gauges and Aluminum Plate Detects Force and Location Performance Minimum 5N Force 0.5kg Ball 5% Location Accuracy http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/4/40/StrainGaugeVisualization.png Strain Gauge Visualization

5. Phase 2 Description Breakage Detection Assess Damage and Location Find Damage Extent Performance 5% Damage Extent Accuracy 5% Location Accuracy http://zone.ni.com/cms/images/devzone/tut/4fig_ultra.gif Panametrics Ultrasonic Transducers

6. Phase 3 (If Time Persists) Description Autonomous Healing Active or Passive Actual Method will be Researched Performance 25% Strength Stress Strain Fatigue http://www.technologyreview.com/files/11145/self_healing_x220.jpg Self-healing Material

7. Milestones Complete Phase 1: December 21, 2009 Complete Phase 2: February 5, 2010 Complete Phase 3: March 21, 2010 Source

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