2007 COSGC Undergraduate Space Research Symposium April 21st, 2007

Welcome

The Colorado Space Grant Symposium is an opportunity for students to present their current research and ideas in the Space Industry. Congratulations to all the authors and presenters.  The scores were very close.  Many of the papers and presentations were separated by only fractions of a point.  All the papers and presentations are available for download.
 

Papers and Presentations

Paper	Presentation	Author(s)	Title
S07_01	S07_01_Presentation	David Fifield	Inertial measurement and realistic post-flight visualization
S07_02	S07_02_Presentation	Pradeep Radhakrishna and Daniel Kuester	High Speed Satellite Communications in Cubesat
S07_03	S07_03_Presentation	Dan Strawn	Industrial Use of Laser Welding
S07_04	S07_04_Presentation	Jeff Wyant	Dynamic Environmental Testing of Test Pallet
S07_05	S07_05_Presentation	Matt Larson	Real-Time Control and Power Supply Systems for a Self-Contained Plasma Contactor System
S07_06	S07_06_Presentation	Meghan Capra	Geometry and Structural Stability
S07_07	S07_07_Presentation	Steen Vecchi	An Experimental Method to Measure Hemispherical Emissivity and Solar Absorbtivity of Space Flight Materials
S07_08	S07_08_Presentation	Brandon Gilles	Mars Student Climate Lander “Inspiration” - Command and Data Handling Subsystem, Proof of Concept
S07_09	S07_09_Presentation	Brian W. Kester	The Ethics of Space Weaponization
S07_10	S07_10_Presentation	Nick Bradley, Philip Holtzman, Lee Jasper and Emily Walters	Reproducible Sounding Rocket Payload Design and Implementation
S07_11	S07_11_Presentation	Lauren Viscito and Michael C. Cerise	Rate and Attitude Determination Using Solar Array Currents
S07_12	S07_12_Presentation	Mike Dismuke, Senay Tewlede, Alex Harrington and Ian Ebersole	Design of an Autonomous Rover: Team Tupperware Tank
S07_13	S07_13_Presentation	Colin Apke	Special Relativity Speedometer
S07_14	S07_14_Presentation	Steven D. Stein	Benefits of the Star Grain Configuration for a Sounding Rocket

 

Session Winners and Grand Prize Winner

Session A: Inertial measurement and realistic post-flight visualization

David Fifield (author)  and Matt Hanley (presenter)

 

 

Session B:  Real-Time Control and Power Supply Systems for a Self-Contained Plasma Contactor System

Matt Larson

 

 

Session C: The Ethics of Space Weaponization

Brian Kester

 

Session D Benefits of the Star Grain Configuration for a Sounding Rocket

Steven D. Stein

 

Grand Prize: The Ethics of Space Weaponization

Sponsored by The Colorado Space Business Round Table

Brian Kester

 

Demonstration Session Top Two

First

F.A.S.T Pallet from Colorado State University

Second

RocketSat from University of Colorado at Boulder

 

Sessions

 

The full proceedings of the annual COSGC Undergraduate Space Research Symposium will be made available after the Symposium.

The 2008 COSGC Research Symposium will be held on in April 2008.