Aerospace Engineering Brown Bag Lecture Series, ft Andrew Loomis and Jerry Hsu

The March 5 Aerospace Engineering Brown Bag Lecture Series featured Andrew Loomis and Jerry Hsu
Andrew Loomis presented, "Rapid Development of the GT-1 CubeSat Avionics System"
GT-1 is a mission designed to train students in creating and operating a 1U CubeSat bus, in a fast development timeline. The avionics system is integral to mission success, providing the flight computer, attitude determination sensors, radio communications, solar panels, power supply, system monitoring sensors, and more. This presentation will give an overview of the GT-1 mission, avionics design decisions that worked well, and ones that didn’t, along with other important takeaways that may be useful on other small satellite missions.
Jerry Hsu presented, "Requirements Engineering Focused SysML Modeling of an Unmanned Lunar Mission"
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) allows for effective representation of complex systems and has become increasingly utilized in the engineering design process. Using SysML (System Modeling Language) in the MagicDraw Tool, MBSE techniques were applied to a mission to characterize the lunar exosphere. This presentation will cover the application specifically from a requirements engineering approach, and emphasis was placed on the modeling of key and driving requirements, as well as the traceability of specific mission constraints originating from the request for proposal. The integration of external environments such as MATLAB and SolidWorks into MagicDraw for verification purposes is also briefly discussed.
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About the Series:
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is a tradition that gives select AE undergrads and grad students a unique opportunity to share their research before an audience that includes both their peers and their academic mentors and advisors.
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