collisions into dust experiment
project description
The Collisions Into Dust Experiment (COLLIDE) is a payload specfically designed for microgravity environments to investigate dust production by simulating particle collisions at low velocities. COLLIDE has heritage on space shuttle missions and is slated to fly aboard the first Blue Origin research flight on New Shepard and the first research flight aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
responsibilities
- Responsible for vacuum testing of experiment
- Bench test of autonomy system
- Development of camera system
- Responsible for CAD drawings in Solidworks
- Technical documentations
- Ensure experiment for flight readiness
- Bench test of autonomy system
- Development of camera system
- Responsible for CAD drawings in Solidworks
- Technical documentations
- Ensure experiment for flight readiness
skills utilized
- Knowledge of vacuum chambers
- 3D Modeling software knowledge and skills to provide precise drawings
- Technical writing skills
- 3D Modeling software knowledge and skills to provide precise drawings
- Technical writing skills
press releases
UCF Today: UCF Pushes Space Frontier, Selected to Fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two
Central Florida News 13: UCF Experiment, invention to fly on 'SpaceShip Two'
Orlando Business Journal: UCF Projects selected to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two
Central Florida News 13: UCF Experiment, invention to fly on 'SpaceShip Two'
Orlando Business Journal: UCF Projects selected to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two