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Get Involved: Students

We always welcome any students interested in participating.  If you think the Apollo Project is the place for you, below you can look through the available positions within our team structure.  Feel free to contact any of our team or group leads with any questions regarding a particular position and the responsibilities it entails.  As always, you are in charge of your involvement:  you can do as much or as little as you choose.
 
Available Positions


Project Management


Position: Management Support Staff
Needed: 1
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Aluda Saliashvili, Deputy Program Manager
Description: Track issued tasks and assist Project Lead and Assistant Project lead in other management capacities.
 
Position: Risk Management Monitor
Needed: 1
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Aluda Saliashvili, Deputy Program Manager
Description: Will monitor and track all project-related and assist on Risk Management Board
 
Position: Business Development Specialist
Needed: 2
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Aluda Saliashvili, Deputy Program Manager
Description: Acts as bridge between Project Management and corporate bodies in the community, facilitating business relationships between local companies and Project Lead, fill out grant applications, et cetera.
 
Position: Business Development Crew
Needed: 2
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Aluda Saliashvili, Deputy Program Manager
Description: In order the raise the funds for the project, various personnel are needed to build and maintain relationships with companies, organizations, government, and university personnel. This requires strategic marketing, learning more about the individual businesses and groups and how our work will benefit them. This is a great opportunity to see “what’s out there” and build those business contacts early. Companies are interested in our Project because of the potential employee pool with advanced experience over other graduates, the energy added to their employee pool and the general media, and the good publicity they can receive. There are other reasons of course and that’s why we need you to find those reasons and bring them back to the companies.
 
Position: General Management Staff
Needed: 2
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Aluda Saliashvili, Deputy Program Manager
Description: Each team has groups working on various aspects of the project. One manager once defined the role of management as “empowering your workers to do their jobs.” This brings our general management team to two tasks – tracking requirements, work completed, and thus progress as well as providing the resources necessary to the teams for members to do their work.
 

Computer Science

Position: Hardware I/O Group Lead
Needed: 1
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff
Description: Develop virtual hardware relay system as well as network based hardware drivers for various hardware physical interfaces. Background in hardware i/o, x86 assembly, socket based networking, and the Qt Application Framework are preferred.
 
Position: Hardware I/O
Needed: 4
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff (Acting Group Lead)
Description: Develop virtual hardware relay system as well as network based hardware drivers for various hardware physical interfaces. Background in hardware i/o, x86 assembly, socket based networking, and the Qt Application Framework are preferred.

Position: Systems Modeling & Architecture
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff
Description: Develop modules emulating various spacecraft systems (Environmental, Communication, Computer, Navigation, etc.), simulation framework, and other key modules to the application. This position requires heavy historical research in Apollo Spacecraft Systems, design of new modules, and implementation understanding. A working knowledge of the Qt Application Framework is preferred.
 
Position: Visualization, upperclassman experience
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff (Acting Group Lead)
Description: Develop applications to generate OpenGL spaceshot renderings for physical simulator windows. Also develop various graphical user interfaces for he administration of the simulator.
 
Position: Visualization, lowerclassman experience
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff (Acting Group Lead)
Description: Assist with developing applications to generate OpenGL spaceshot renderings for physical simulator windows. Also assist with developing various graphical user interfaces for the administration of the simulations.
 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Position: Team Lead
Needed: 1
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Alexander Antonison, Lead Systems Engineer
Description: Duties include administrative oversight of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Team Engineering Team, holding a vote at Team Lead's Meetings, representing the team in training, PR, and other public functions, working with team members, project management, UAH Faculty Staff, and vendors to accomplish the mission of the team. Applicant should have good leadership experience and a working understanding of computer hardware and design processes although does not need to be a designer or expert in the field of computer hardware. Team Lead hosts meetings and lab sessions for the team and coordinates resources for teams use (e.g., material, financial, rooms/labs).
 
Position: Electronics Designer
Needed: 1
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Team Lead (VACANT)
Description: Duties include leading a small group, with guidance from the Team Lead and Mentors, on R&D, Design, Implementation, Testing, and Mass Production, of various circuitry elements, including, but not limited to: D/A converters, panel lighting integrated power management, analog gauge/meter design with regulation circuitry, custom network interface components, and electronic power distribution systems. This is a great resume item for upperclassmen looking for a job in the field of electronics and system design following graduation!
 

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Position: Team Lead
Needed: 1
Involvement: Full Time
Supervisor: Alexander Antonison, Lead Systems Engineer
Description: Duties include administrative oversight of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Team, holding a vote at Team Lead's Meetings, representing the team in training, PR, and other public functions, working with team members, project management, UAH Faculty Staff, and vendors to accomplish the mission of the team. Applicant should have good leadership experience and a working understanding of CAD modeling and Fabrication methods.
 
Position: Panel Development Group-CAD
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Vacant
Description: Looking for students with a background in Computer Aided Drawing (CAD). The software used is SolidEdge and as such a background in SolidEdge is preferred but not required.
 
Position: Panel Development Group-Fabrication
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Vacant
Description: Students will fabricate MDC panels for the physical simulator from CAD drawings. Students in this group can work also in the Enclosure Dev Group. UAH MAE Machine Shop Red Card Access is a plus, as is Red Cross CPR Certification. Fabrication may occur on campus or off campus.
 
Position: Enclosure Development Group-CAD/Design
Needed: 3
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Vacant
Description: Looking for students with an interest in enclosure design and CAD modeling. Students will design an enclosure from the bottom up. An understanding of composites, welding, material and fabrication methodologies, and other elements persuient to fabrication design is important. CAD modeling will be done of the enclosure design to validate the design and fabricate custom parts.
 
Position: Enclosure Development Group-Fabrication, upperclassman experience
Needed: 5
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Vacant
Description: Students will fabricate parts of the enclosure for the physical simulator from CAD drawings. Students in this group can work also in the Panel Dev Group. UAH MAE Machine Shop Red Card Access is a plus, as is Red Cross CPR Certification. Fabrication may occur on campus or off campus.

Position: Fluid Mechanics/Pressures Specialist
Needed: 1
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Zach Groff, CS Team Lead
Description: Advise and assist in computer modeling of propulsion and other gas/liquid-based spacecraft systems. This position operates within the Computer Science Team.
 

Physics and Mathematics

Any volunteers with PH301 (Intermediate Mechanics) or higher experience  welcome, contact Team Lead Ryan Preston for details.


Special Projects

Position: FDAI Information Collector
Needed: 1
Involvement: Part Time
Supervisor: Tryston Gilbert
Description: Looking for a student interested in research to compile all known information on th the FDAI and on simulations into multiple highly presentable formats.