The biggest report of my life is hours away from being done. Myself and my 7 teammates are quite relieved this project is finally winding down.

In short, most of us feel this class could have been fun, but our leadership was questionable and often demanded more than what was reasonable. In the end, we're all tired and completely worn down ( Read more... )

AE 403 - Spacecraft Attitude Control:
Theory and applications of spacecraft attitude dynamics and control; Euler angles, direction cosines, quaternions, and Gibbs-Rodrigues parameters; attitude sensors and control actuators; spin, three-axis active, reaction wheel, control moment gyro, and gravity gradient control systems; environmental effects.

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AE 402 - Orbital Mechanics: B+
AE 433 - Aerospace Propulsion: A
AE 440 - Aerospace Systems Design I: A
AE 460 - Aerodynamics & Propulsion Lab: A
AE 470 - Aerospace Numerical Methods: A

Current Term GPA: 3.85
Cumulative GPA: 2.92 (+0.09 ( Read more... )

First off, thanks for all the birthday wishes! They were much appreciated. :D ( Read more... )

First semester of senior design is done. I think my team did a pretty good job. Next semester is a different game, however. We've kept a lot of our ideas secret up until now, but next semester we'll actually have to start revealing more details ( Read more... )

I'm about done packing and taking care of other errands ( Read more... )

We recently got done with research papers/presentations in my senior design course. Our topic could be anything or anyone related to space sciences ( Read more... )

- Attending NASA's Future Forum in Chicago, IL all day tomorrow. Once it's over, other students and myself are presenting our research done over the summer and people are given the chance to ask us questions. Hopefully I can get some networking/connections out of it.

- Had a pre-screening interview with United Space Alliance this morning. The job ( Read more... )

I came home today to find a bold, yet eloquent e-mail by our university's Chancellor in regards to Greek life on our campus:

Aside: I emphasize our. I'm not out to badmouth all Greek organizations, but they seem to do a lot more harm than good on my campus.

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Dear Students ( Read more... )

Classes start on Monday, so it's about time for my usual class rundown:

AE 402 - Orbital Mechanics:
Analysis of orbits in an inverse-square gravitational field; elementary rocket dynamics, impulsive orbit transfer and rendezvous, and Lambert's Theorem with applications; patched-conic trajectories, planetary gravity-assist maneuvers, and linearized ( Read more... )