Published on: June 10, 2020

AAE 450/490 TracSat Design Course

AAE 450/490 TracSat Design Course

Professor Shashurin's announcement about an upcoming TracSat Design Course.

 

Dear AAE students,

We are excited to announce another year of a year-long TracSat design course. The course will be offered as AAE 490 in Fall 2020, and as AAE 450/490 senior design course in Spring 2021. This course will be a three credit course in both the upcoming fall and spring semesters. Currently, we are looking for motivated students to join TracSat design team.

TracSat is a CubeSat design project sponsored by General Atomics and lead by Professor Shashurin. This is an opportunity for students to design, build, and test a CubeSat platform while working on problems faced in industry. AAE 450/490 TracSat design project is focused on the design and fabrication of CubeSat and subsystems required for accomplishing various maneuvers on a 2-D low friction surface. The development and testing involve multiple CubeSat-related technologies including laser communications, computer vision, LIDAR, cold gas propulsion, reaction wheels, air bearings, etc. The students will present their work to representatives from General Atomics.

Please submit resumes by email to Professor Shashurin (ashashur@purdue.edu) and Glynn Smith (smit2535@purdue.edu), and direct any questions to Glynn Smith.

Thank you,

Alex Shashurin

 

AAE 450/490 TracSat DBT Project What is TracSat? TracSat, an abbreviation of Tracking Satellite, is a CubeSat design project sponsored by General Atomics dealing with guidance, navigation, and control of nanosatellites. Who Should Apply? We are looking for undergraduate students that want to obtain experience working with nanosatellite technology. An interest in guidance, navigation, and control is preferred. Utilized technologies include TTL laser modules, photodiodes, FPGA/CPU boards, PID controllers, PCBs, solenoid valves, servos, etc. This is a year-long course. Student Opportunities This is a CubeSat design, build, and test opportunity for students. This project will provide hands-on experience with circuit design and printed circuit boards, sensor testing and integration, microcontrollers, automatic control design and implementation, software creation, laser communication, and hardware fabrication. Submit your resume/questions about the project to Glynn Smith at smit2535@purdue.edu Teaching team: Prof. Alex Shashurin (Instructor); Glynn Smith (TA)