Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, The Sixth Week
As the final week in Boulder, Colorado, Caroline and I made sure to get our businesses in order. We finished our projects and created separate presentations. I created the drawing of my interface plate in SOLIDWORKS, so the shop can machine it while I’m absent. Caroline and I presented to three people. Two graduate students […]
Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, Le Cinquième Semaine
When life gives you deadlines, don’t panic! This week I was finishing up the design of Maxwell’s interface plate. I had a conference call with Elliott (who’s an export on SOLIDWORKS and Arduino) and Aaron (the Maxwell project manager). They both approved of my design and suggested some modifications, in order to insure it can […]
Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, La Cuarta Semana
This week was a week of realizations. I realized that people tend to make things more complicated then what they are. By this I mean that my design for the Maxwell TVAC plate was way more complicated then it should’ve been. Upon this realization I edited the rails and made sure it would fit into […]
Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, Week 3
I hereby dub this week one of our most productive weeks! Caroline and I finished the work assigned to us by Andrew. When he came back from Guatemala, we discussed what exactly I should do for Maxwell. He figured out that the CuE3 TVAC mounting plate can be used for Maxwell. However, a unique plate […]
Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, La Deuxième Semaine
This week Caroline and I have been working independently, since Andrew is in Guatemala working on satellites. Caroline has been learning how to program and code her Arduino. I, on the other hand, have been watching tutorials on SOLIDWORKS to familiarize myself with the computer program. There are three important aspects to designing an object: […]
Clara Carrasco: Aerospace Engineering, La Primera Semana
Clara Carrasco is my name. And learning about Boulder is my game! Caroline Graham and I are interning for Andrew Dahir. He has given us personal tours of CU Boulder’s main campus, and of LASP. We chose our projects recently after unpacking and setting up our lab. Currently there are two CubeSats: Maxwell and CuE3. […]