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Integration happened on the first day of finals week. Luckily, the core team was free for most of the day. We visited Astra’s HQ in Alameda, CA and met with cubesat teams from other universities and even the Johnson Space Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jlQmW7mnYM The team standing in front of the first stage of Astra’s rocket onContinueContinue reading “Integration & Launch”

Final Antenna Deployment system with OpenLST pictured. Bulkhead on the left is used for external upload/download via USBC. Better view of antenna housed within and burn wire release mechanism. Manufacturability improved. Prototype v1: will the antenna release? Final prototype.. Not very manufacturable Testing the Burn Wire on the prototype. Notice the Antenna flying out AnContinueContinue reading “Antenna Hardware”

Actual Qubesat with one solar side PCB removed for internal visibility Replica Demo Qubesat made with clear acrylic faces for internal visibility. Solar Side PCBs with solar panels soldered on. From Top to Bottom: Payload: a laser, a diamond, an Arduino, and a couple 3-D printed pieces that comprise our quantum gyroscopeMagnetorquers: the primary controlContinueContinue reading “Avionics and Payload”

4 side structures with trusses. Designed with very tight tolerance range in order to ensure fit with deployer. Designed to withstand structural stress of launch vibrations and acceleration. Bottom Plate Top Plate First Chassis Prototype: Four Rods (circled in red) run the entire length of the Qubesat and match the mounting holes for all circuitContinueContinue reading “Structures”

*from left to right: Software, Project Lead, Mechanical, Comms Payload team Nanoracks Our project consisted of a standard set of sub-teams consisting of: Software: focusing on flight code, data collection, and signal processing. Payload: focusing on the theoretical side of our project involving the laser-diamond gyroscope system. Mechanical: focusing on the chassis, component housing, andContinueContinue reading “The Team”

Marketing Marketing is the first official UGBA course I have taken in-person. In the past, I had taken UGBA prerequisite courses with massive student body sizes as well as other UGBA courses online, but never in person. Chou Hall and all its luxuries are a perfect illustration of the massive endowment Haas has. I haveContinueContinue reading “UGBA 106”

Dynamic Systems and Feedback Control ME 132 seems rather out of place initially in context with the general ME curriculum. The course felt more like an applied math course than anything else. A distinguishing trait of a mechanical engineering course is the overwhelming sense that the laws of physics are not on our side; thatContinueContinue reading “ME 132”

Electronics for the Internet of Things ME 100 Project There unfortunately isn’t much I can say about this course on top of linking you to the project which I completed in the last month of this course. Full transparency, I did not attend lectures past the first week and attended only about 1 in 4ContinueContinue reading “ME 100”

Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials ME 108 is considered one of the most critical courses for practical engineering and is the most useful for landing that entry-level mechanical engineering position. As mechanical engineers, we ultimately work with physical systems. Sooner or later, the time will come to choose which materials are considered ideal for theContinueContinue reading “ME 108”

Fluid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics has come down as one of my favorite courses here at Berkeley. My liking for this course is equally credible to the nature of the subject as well as the format, skill, and enthusiasm with which it was taught. My professor for the course was Reza Alam, a professor who IContinueContinue reading “ME 106”