ENGN 0176 - Design of Space Systems
Work in an interdisciplinary team to design a system or device for the near or far future of space exploration.
Experimental. Creative. Future Oriented.
What is ENGN 176?
For most engineers, what we are really prepared for is to jump into whatever the problem is that faces us, to get up to speed and to eventually create something which never existed before - a wind tunnel or a spacecraft, tires made of recycled materials or a PC chassis. That is Engn 0176 - jumping into a field you may know nothing about, space engineering, a focus on design of a device and the system it lives in, and a quick dive into all the technologies relevant to space systems design.
Finally you put all of the elements together into the simplest, most effective, system and device design. In 176 the design groups also prototype elements of their design to demonstrate physically their operation and feasibility.
Instructor
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RICK FLEETER
Rick (‘81) is currently a visiting professor for Aerospace Design at La Sapienza, Italy. Additionally, he also serves as a consultant to a long list of leading private and public space organizations globally, such as NASA, European Space Agency, US Air Force at Space Command, among many others. Over a career spanning three decades, Rick has extensively taught, consulted, published research and led companies in aerospace engineering, working with innumerable world-class institutions across the globe.
