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Small Spacecraft Thermal Control Louvers, James Anthony Mullen
Small Spacecraft Thermal Control Louvers, James Anthony Mullen
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Small satellites missions are becoming increasingly complex and are requiring more power. These demands lead to temperature fluctuations on the satellite due to spacecraft layout, sunlight and shadow in orbit, and high-powered instrumentation. Products which provide necessary thermal stability for components on the satellite are desirable to small satellite manufacturers.
In September of 2015, Dr. Allison Evans of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center filed a patent for an innovative louver system configured for small satellite applications. The design was sized for satellites with a 1U form factor and utilized bimetallic springs to lift the louver flaps. The design was …
Rickshaw For Common Ground, Marcus Dallin Cronin
Rickshaw For Common Ground, Marcus Dallin Cronin
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
For this project my team and I were asked to design and manufacture a rickshaw, a device which will enable disabled individuals to experience outdoor hiking trails, for a non-profit organization based in Logan, Utah called Common Ground. Common Ground specializes in helping people with disabilities experience the outdoors in ways that would otherwise be impossible. The rickshaw will help Common Ground achieve its goals by providing them with a way to transport people with disabilities on moderately difficult hiking trails (i.e. Wind Caves Trail in Logan Canyon). In the past, Common Ground had use of a rickshaw that had …
Design For Reduction Of Noise Produced By Natural Gas Regulator, Britany L. Chamberlain
Design For Reduction Of Noise Produced By Natural Gas Regulator, Britany L. Chamberlain
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
This document describes the design of a multi-stage restrictive orifice device (MSRO) that serves to reduce the noise produced by a regulator valve. The scope of this document explains the determination of the proper design through the development of analytical models, the design of a test fixture to obtain empirical data, and the corroboration of the models with empirical data to obtain a working solution.
Analysis And Design Of A Thermal Capacitor For Use In The Food Industry, Karen Nielson
Analysis And Design Of A Thermal Capacitor For Use In The Food Industry, Karen Nielson
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Team Hot Stuff is working with Thermal Management Technologies (TMT) of Logan, UT to explore the concept of a thermal capacitor serving platter. With the funding from TMT, Hot Stuff will design, build, and test a prototype serving platter. This report is written by Hot Stuff for MAE 4800, Capstone Design I; it covers the design and analysis of a serving platter.
Transformable Wheelchair, Benjamin Shurtz
Transformable Wheelchair, Benjamin Shurtz
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
This report includes the development, design, and analysis of a transformable wheelchair. There was a need to design and build a wheelchair that transformed to be pushed, pulled, or self-propelled. This design meets the need of physically restricted wheelchair users who frequent simple hiking trails without needing to move to a secondary off-road capable device. Documentation for concepts, analysis, and completed design details follows.
Design And Optimization Of A Thermal Capacitor, Karen Nielson, Jordan Tracy Cox
Design And Optimization Of A Thermal Capacitor, Karen Nielson, Jordan Tracy Cox
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Team Hot Stuff designed a thermal capacitor for Senior Design I at Utah State University. This thermal capacitor is intended for use in the food service industry as a low-cost alternative to chafers. Chafers are platters which use oil burners to keep food warm. The client for this thermal capacitor is Thermal Management Technologies (TMT), a company specializing in thermal science solutions whose mission is “to provide simple, practical thermal science solutions to a wide range of platforms including: Industry, Defense, and Space”1. The founder and president of TMT, Dr. J. Clair Batty, serves as a mentor for …
Dual Adaptive Recumbent Trike, Jason V. Eastman
Dual Adaptive Recumbent Trike, Jason V. Eastman
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
The DART team's objective was to develop a tandem recumbent tricycle that would be economical, easy to build, and adaptable. This would involve designing, building and testing the tricycle.