Student Space Systems Fabrication Lab, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
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The Conceptual Design Group is a program intended to help introduce students to space systems engineering by exposing them to a broad range of topics that form the foundation required to build engineering skills and experience. Students will work in small teams to develop several high-level designs over the course of the semester. The planned outline for the Fall semester is to begin with a few relatively short design exercises to introduce students to the design process, followed by a longer and more detailed project to cover the rest of the semester.

Topics to be covered include:
  • Spacecraft subsystems and components
  • Engineering design practices
  • Presentation and teaming skills
  • The S3FL Approach and Design Philosophy



During the Winter semester, we plan to use the skills developed in the Fall in order to actually design, fabricate, test, and hopefully fly some aerospace hardware. There are currently multiple options under consideration, including a “BalloonSat” – a small payload which is carried to an altitude of approximately 20 miles by a weather balloon. The pictures below show a previous S3FL Balloonsat payload, including one taken by the payload itself (bottom right).

 



 

For more information, please contact our office (2028 Space Research Building, 2455 Hayward St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) at 734.936.0511, or email s3fl-info at umich dot edu

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