For the past week, we have been working on the UROP proposal to request funding for our project. We have completed the task timeline for the academic year as well as the itemized budget for our project. We have also determined the flight conditions for the Solar Plane for which our first design will be based upon. _Altitude: 5000 ft …
Let Them Play!
TOYS. I like to think in certain aspects I have not allowed myself to grow up, playing with toys being one of those aspects. Toys are one of those things that makes people happy. It can bring out creativity, encourage sharing and positive interactions with others, teach in a more hands-on way. When I heard about this project at the …
Circular UAV Project : Basic Requirements
For the past week, our Circular UAV project team 1. updated the weight estimate for the current design. 2. came up with some basic requirements for our Circular UAV including, Rate of Climb : 600 ft/min Range : 3 miles Endurance : 15-20 minutes Stall speed : 16.13 ft/sec (hand launch) 3. calculated the wing loading, wing area, and aspect …
Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Smart Phone App, and More
The Thermal Energy group is dedicated to design an efficient yet compact solar thermal energy storage (STES) system, and eventually create a prototype. Our research objective is to minimize the trade-off between renewable energy variations in order to expand the application of thermal energy storage beyond industrial utilization. Ultimately, our storage design will allow for all components to be scaled …
A Quick Start to Solar Plane
The Solar Plane project was conceived over the summer by the project leads. Our main goal is to design an aircraft powered purely by the sun to maintain continuous flight. Our main design challenge will be to maintain steady level flight through the night. Beginning week 0 and week 1 we were on the search for advisors and defining the …
An EXO-llent start for EXOSUIT project
The Exosuit project is off to an uplifting start as parts for the initial prototype are on their way for delivery. Here’s a brief timeline of what has been accomplished behind the scenes so far: The Exosuit project concept became finalized during the summer at a brainstorming session among project leads. Weeks 0, 1, and 2 were busy as UROP …
Circular UAV Project : Beginning
The Circular UAV project aims to design, build, and fly an unmanned aerial vehicle with circular wing configuration. In the beginning of the designing process, we need to roughly calculate the weight of the vehicle, collect information about parts, and decide which to use. So far, we got together and 1) decided to use one of the airfoil types between …
It’s Alive!
After some late nights, we finally got Savage up and running again just in time for a track day. Last weekend, Anteater racing went out to lot 16H where we set up a skid pad and an acceleration strip to run some last minute tests before the design for the next generation of Savage starts. All is well until the …
MAE 189 Fuel Cell Battery I Getting Started
The concept of our project is using Fuel Cell-electrolyzer and water tank to produce battery. For recent plan, there are several task we need to do: 1) Collecting the information about electrolyzer, buy first and test its performance/efficiency; 2) Looking into places where can machine stainless steel; 3) Investigating a temperature controller, where place the electrolyzer in to test its …
Fuel Cell Battery I
Our project is fuel cell battery. The blog will report the process of our project, some fascinating details and the achievement of the project.