Week 4

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering is a field focused on designing and developing aircraft and spacecraft. It uses physics, mathematics, and materials science to innovate propulsion systems, avionics, and structural designs, contributing to advancements in aviation, defense, and space exploration.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is the discipline focused on designing, analyzing, and manufacturing mechanical systems, they work in various industries, including automotive, aerospace, energy, and manufacturing.  It involves applying principles of physics, mathematics, and material science to develop machinery, engines, tools, and other devices. 

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering applies chemistry, physics, and math to design processes for producing and using chemicals and materials. Chemical engineers work in industries like pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and food processing to develop efficient and sustainable production methods. 

Industrial Engineering

Industrial engineering focuses on optimizing complex systems, processes, and organizations. It involves improving efficiency, productivity, and quality in manufacturing, logistics, and service industries by applying principles of engineering, mathematics, and management science. 

Rocket

These are the videos of our launches. The first one was our initial test, the second was after some changes to the first, and the third one was a second iteration of the rocket.


In our initial launch, we used the foam nose cone and no databot. Thus it as able to go up higher than the other launches. After making some changes, our second launch resulted in the rocket motor going through the body of the rocket. The reason for this is that we used a modified rocket motor with more propellant, and that it was not mounted as well. In our second rocket, everything worked as intended, but there was not enough thrust from the motor, or our rocket was too heavy. So it did not go up far and the parachute deployed on the ground.

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RockSim

In Rocksim, we built a multistage rocket.

IQmol

In IQmol, we modeled several greenhouse gasses and used q-chem to calculate their frequencies.

From left to right: Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Freon- a type of CFC (CBrF3)

Drone

Here is a video of the drone working.

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Research papers

Group A Team 7: Design Process of the Rocket
Group A Team 7: Treating Rain Water for Use as Grey Water