Optimized Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Design Team 19039
PROJECT GOAL To develop and validate, through analytical modeling and a physical scale model, an urban air mobility concept that maximizes efficiency, minimizes emissions and provides vertical takeoff and landing for congested population centers. As world population increases and cities become more dense, urban travel is projected to become increasingly congested, to the point where time- and energy-efficient travel on surface streets is impossible. One solution to this expected dilemma is short distance air travel. This team conducted a trade study based on performance, safety and emissions requirements to determine an aircraft configuration with the best chance of success. Team members also developed and analyzed a conceptual aerodynamic design to validate stability requirements and created a control model to ensure critical flight characteristics, including vertical takeoff and landing.
TEAM MEMBERS Gabrielle Marie Garza Engineering Management Alex Maggio Electrical & Computer Engineering Joseph McCarty Systems Engineering Scott Ladd Omo Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Evan Russell Wheelwright Mechanical Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR Doug May SPONSOR MENTOR Kevin Schwab
Rotor Temperature Measurement System Team 19040
PROJECT GOAL To accurately monitor the temperature of an auxiliary power unit wirelessly. Honeywell Aerospace needs to know the temperature of an auxiliary power unit to verify thermal models with test results. Effectively measuring and tracking the temperature of the rotor on a wound field salient pole generator presents challenges. A rotary union is not an option due to space constraints. The self-sustainable rotor temperature measurement system determines the temperature of a field coil on a spinning rotor and wirelessly transfers the data to an outside source. The team developed a mockup of the system to gather the needed data from inside an auxiliary power unit.
TEAM MEMBERS Gage Driscoll Systems Engineering Jamarian Shane Johnson Electrical & Computer Engineering Rachel Moses Mechanical Engineering Orlando Alonzo Ordonez Engineering Management Francisco Sodari Mechanical Engineering Will Robert Strider Electrical & Computer Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR Mark Brazier SPONSOR MENTOR Kevin Schwab
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