Spacecraft and Terrestrial Applications
- Conceptual studies and development of prototype
aerospace hardware
- Qualification and integration of spacecraft,
flight demonstration and research payloads
- Specialized in payload designs, many with “first
time” use technologies or new design issues or extremely tight
tolerances.
- Experts in Loop Heat Pipe and Capillary Pumps
Loops including transient analysis
Thermal Design,
Analysis, and Testing
- Orbital and terrestrial environments
- High temperature to cryogenics regimes
- Spacecraft level to individual parts
- Documentations and design
review presentations
Mechanical
Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Testing
- Orbital and terrestrial environments
- High temperature to cryogenics regimes
- Documentations and design review presentations
- Design flight hardware and test equipment
- Manufacturing/assembly drawings
- Assembly/installation procedures
- Mechanism design and stability analysis
- Optical assembly and testing
Integration
and Testing
- Fabrication/procurement of flight hardware
- Fabrication and assembly designs and procedures
for spacecraft HW and terrestrial applications
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Test
instrumentation design and test procedures/plans
- GSE – qualification and safety
- Led integration and test efforts
Launch
- Prelaunch testing preparation
- Assisted with project management and logistics
Flight
Operations and Anomaly Resolution
Software Packages:
Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT (plus many older
versions of SINDA), TSS, TRASYS, OPERA, RADSYM, FEMAP, TCON, AutoCAD,
Mechanical Desktop