Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP)
Educational Flight Opportunity (EFO)
Kickoff Meeting
David L. Pierce
Stephanie Stockman
September 26, 2013
Agenda
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Welcome
Kick-Off Meeting Purpose
USIP Program Objectives and Projects
Mission and Carrier Contacts
Funding
Training Objectives
Management Approach
Questions
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Kickoff Meeting Purpose
• Provide an overview of the USIP EFO Science & Technology
Program and Projects
• Provide a consistent understanding NASA’s expectations and
rold in each project
• Address administrative and logistics issues.
• Answer questions.
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Objectives
The USIP EFO has two objectives:
The primary goal of this solicitation is:
To provide a hands-on flight project experience to enhance
the science, technical, leadership, and project skills for the
selected U.S. university undergraduate student team.
The secondary goal of this solicitation is:
To fly a science payload having a purpose relevant to the
Science Mission Directorate’s science goals
(http://nasascience.nasa.gov/) in the June – Sept 2014
timeframe.
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USIP Projects
University
PI
Project Name
Project Description Carrier
Carnegie Mellon
University
Bill Whittaker
red@cs.cmu.edu
Flyover Mapping and
Modeling of Terrain
Features
Design, fabricate, test
and fly a multi-modal,
high-resolution mapping
instrument to
characterize pits, craters,
and other convex
features in flight
Sounding
Rocket
Louisiana State
University and
A&M College
Michael Martin
mjmartin@lsu.ed
u
Design Integration and
Flight Testing of an
Airborne Microbe
Collection System
Design, construct, and
test a payload that
samples microbial
aerosols from up to five
altitude ranges.
Airborne
Science
Aircraft
Carthage
College
Kevin Crosby
kcrosby@carthage
.edu
Microgravity Propellant
Gauging Using Modal
Analysis
Develop and test a novel
technique for measuring
the mass of liquid
contained in a model
propellant tank.
Parabolic
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USIP Projects
University
PI
Project Name
Project Description
Carrier
University of
Central
Florida
Josh Colwell
joshua.colewell@ucf.
edu
Microgravity Experiment on
Accretion in Space
Environments
Study of the sticking of
dust particles onto larger
objects to test adhesion at
the low collision velocities
Parabolic
Aircraft
Gannon
University
Nicholas Conklin
conklin003@gannon.
edu
Gannon University’s CosmicRay Calorimiter
A payload to detect cosmic
rays, high-energy particles
of astrophysical origin, in
the energy range ~1–100
GeV.
Small
Balloon
University of
Virginia
Chris Goyne
goyne@virginia.edu
JefferSat Cosmic Ray
Mission
Develop test a CubeSat
design that incorporates
micro dosimeters
Balloon
(HASP)
University of
Houston
Edgar Bering
ebering@Central.uh.e
du
An Undergraduate Student
Instrumentation Project to
Develop New Instrument
Technology to Study the
Auroral Ionosphere and
Stratospheric Ozone Layer
Using Ultralight Balloon
Payloads
Develop instrumentation
to study the auroral
ionosphere and
stratosphere using
smartphone technology
Balloon
(WX)
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USIP Projects
University
PI
Project Name
Project Description
Carrier
West Virginia
University
Dimitris Vassilladis
dimitris.vassilladis@
mail.wvu.edu
Ionospheric Dynamics and
Space Weather Ionospheric
Dynamics and Space
Weather
Develop an end to end
space mission focused on
ionospheric response to
interplanetary
disturbances during
magnetic storms.
Sounding
Rocket
Catholic
University of
America
Ekaterina Verner
Ekaterina.m.verner@
nasa.gov
A Prototype Attitude
Determination System
(PADS) for High Altitude
Research Balloons
Design, build, test, and fly
a real-time attitude
determination system for
scientific balloons using
off-the-shelf components.
Balloon
(HASP)
Utah State
University
Rees Fullmer
rrfullmer@usu.edu
A Student Mission for
Balloon Flight
Measurements of Red Line
Airglow (RLAGS)
Collect intensity emissions
data in the 630 nm band
through a wide range of
conditions in the upper
atmosphere to enhance
models of this
phenomenon.
Balloon
(HASP)
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Carrier Contacts
Carrier
Contact
Email
Phone
Sounding
Rocket
Phil Eberspeaker
Philip.J.Eberspeaker@nasa.gov
757-824-2202
Balloon
(HASP)
Deborah Fairbrother
debora.a.fairbrother@nasa.gov
757-824-1453.
Small Balloon
LK Kubendran
laguduva.r.kubendran@nasa.gov
202.358.2528
Parabolic
LK Kubendran
laguduva.r.kubendran@nasa.gov
202.358.2528
Airborne
Science
Michael Cropper
michael.c.cropper@nasa.gov
757-824-2140
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Funding
• Funding should be received by the end of
October, 2013
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Training Objectives
• Provide opportunity for undergraduate
student to develop project management and
systems engineering skills.
• Provide hands-on engineering experience to
undergraduate students to develop and fly
real flight hardware
• Provide regular mentoring opportunities
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Management Approach
• NASA POC
– Brenda Dingwall
• brenda.j.dingwall@nasa.gov
• 757-824-2969
– Serve as liaison between Universities and Flight Carriers
• Required reviews/meetings with NASA:
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Preliminary Design Review
Mission Readiness Review
Monthly Status Conferences
Conference Call Info
• 877-928-0731 Passcode 8241848
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Questions/Final Comments