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Winter 2024-2025 Progress Update
Winter 2024-2025 Progress Update
Over the winter, the team made final design changes to our Mobile Test Stand in preparation for our CDR in mid-January. Additionally, the team's analytical safety initiative began. The team initiated hazard Analysis and DFMEAs, focusing on member safety and system hazard prevention. This is one of the first steps to establishing single-fault tolerance in the Mobile Test Stand's design.
Spring 2025 Progress Update
Spring 2025 Progress Update
On January 17th, the team presented our Critical Design Review for the Mobile Test Stand, receiving valuable critiques of the system from fellow SHC members, UAH faculty, and NASA testing engineers. After a few more design changes, construction began on the Mobile Test Stand. Most of the initial fabrication was completed, and all that was left for the summer was assembly and integration.
Additionally, over the course of the semester, the Controls subteam continued development of the MTS controller and Base Station for their own CDR in March. With custom PCBs and an in-house communication protocol, the team is expecting a total resolution of 6 million data points per second.
The team also had the chance to visit and present at the AIAA Region II Student Conference. In total, the team presented four slide shows: two on the fluid system, one on the control system, and one on general progress from project management.
Summer 2025 Update
Summer 2025 Update
This summer, the team made large strides towards completing our Mobile Test Stand, including the assembly of both cabinets and the Engine Test Stand. A few more components to go, and then it should be ready for full-scale integration.
The team also overhauled our onboarding resources for new members. An extended lecture series was created for new members interested in liquid rocketry. Topics include: Introduction to Liquid Rocketry, Embedded Systems, Introduction to Fluid Systems Manufacturing, and Introduction to Analytical Safety. The team hopes that this will help anyone with an interest in the project join and lower the bar of entry.
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