Frame Material

Our frame material should be in by next Friday (5/2). I'm not sure of all the details, but there was some problem with 80/20 trying to establish a credit account with Lamar. As far as I know, it has been taken care of and our material should be shipping soon.

NASA Forms

Just a reminder...April 8 is the deadline to submit the PIF and signature forms. We can fax the signature forms and proof of undergraduate status once everyone signs them. The PIF form is done online, though. Go to the micro gravity website (http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/security/login.cfm) and login. Click on the link for the PIF Form in the checklist and it will take you to a page to fill out your information.

Outreach, Etc.

Hey guys,

Just to give everyone an update, I'm working on putting together a flyer to send out to area schools for our design competition. Hopefully we'll get a good response from this. I'll keep you updated as I here back from them.

FYI - The flight physical is due Feb. 29. I believe this is the doctor who is certified for them. You may want to call to be sure.

Vardiman John MD
409-833-9797
3570 College St
Beaumont TX 77701-4683

Proposal Accepted!

Hey guys. We just found out that the proposal was accepted. You can check out ours and all the others that were accepted on this site:

http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/news/activeteams.cfm

According to the website, the flight week we are scheduled for is Flight Week 2: June 5-14, 2008. It's not as soon as we would have liked but at least it's not well into the summer. Hopefully, this can fit into everyone's graduation->work plans. We'll have to discuss the implications of our flight being after graduation with Dr. Zhou.

Have a great weekend.

Proposal Advice

This is something I read on the micro website right now that I thought we should all keep in mind. Clearly I don't think it is anything we will have to worry about but I figured posting this wouldn't hurt.

USING OLD PROPOSALS-be very careful
Please do not use any text from older proposals. Even if you wrote a section for last year's proposal and have been assigned to write it again this year, please resist the temptation to include last year's work in this year's proposal. If your ideas are basically the same, find another way to present them. The best advice is to start from scratch - you'll be a lot safer. Copying from a previous proposal, for purposes of this program, is called plagiarism. We don't want you to get caught in that trap. Please be careful. If you feel you must include a small amount of previous text, cite it properly.
Why are we so strict about this?
Because this is an educational program, and each team should submit original work.

Vibration (Shaker) Table Design Website

Came across this today, looks like we might use some of the ideas from this for our vibration table.

Shaker Table

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Microgravity Information

This link will take you to the microgravity website. They have info on the deadlines, prior campains, information on the proposal, etc.

http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/

Course Assignments Schedule

Week 2 – Sept. 5
Project Abstract

Week 3 – Sept. 12
Product design specification
(including customer needs and engineering specification)

Week 4 – Sept. 19
Gantt chart and team schedule

Week 5 – Sept. 26
Design proposal - not necessary?
NASA proposal due Oct. 31

Week 8 – Oct. 17
Midterm design review (Formal oral presentation )

Week 10 – Nov. 5
Mechanical Design Project – Drive Mechanism
(Formal oral presentation )

Week 15 – Nov. 26
Final report draft

Week 16 – Dec. 3
Final report and final presentation