Student Project Teams
This is where I gained the 'Outside of School' experiences at Cornell. Descriptions about my tasks and projects are included in the Portfolio Category. If you want detail information that are not explained in the Portfolio category, please email [email protected].
Participating on a student project team help students develop a set of skills that will benefit long after they leave the campus. While working in a student project team requires commitment, what students will gain is immeasurable. Students will have opportunity to:
- Reinforce classroom instruction by applying theory to existing engineering problems.
- Deepen student's analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Help others by using engineering expertise for public good.
- Hone student's ability to lead, give public presentations, and work as a member of a team.
- Develop social connections and network with faculty and industry representatives.
- Work with, and learn from, a remarkable group of peers.
- Gain a sense of accomplishment and self confidence.
- Learn to overcome failure and find pathways to success.
- And, perhaps most importantly, have fun while working on projects that a student is passionate about and that bring engineering to life for the student.
- excerpted from Cornell Engineering Student Project Teams website
Cornell Racing is Cornell University's Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team that designs, manufactures, tests, and races a formula-style racecar. Founded in 1986, Cornell Racing is composed of 65 undergraduate and graduate students divided into 14 technical and non-technical subteams. These students all have one thing in common: a commitment to excellence. Cornell Racing is one of the most formidable teams in the world with an unparalleled nine World Championship titles at the FSAE Michigan Competition.
Our team works throughout the year to manufacture Cornell Racing's premier racecar. Some of the nation's best and most dedicated students commit thousands of hours to produce our entry to the FSAE competition. The process of designing and building our car teaches students how to integrate theoretical concepts with practical applications in a way that no course can replicate. The structure gives the team the feeling of working for a company rather than a student organization. Formula Michigan 2015: 6th in acceleration, 7th in marketing Formula Michigan 2014: 8th in design, 11th in skidpad Formula SAE is a student engineering competition that started three decades ago. It has evolved from one race a year in the United States to a multinational competition with events held throughout the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, and other countries around the globe. The largest event is held at the Michigan International Speedway each May with over 120 international teams. The competition involves two types of events: dynamic and static. The dynamic events consists of four races (acceleration, skidpad, autocross, and endurance) and evaluate the actual performance of the car. The static events measure the team's design, marketing, financial, and management abilities. By evaluating all of these metrics, Formula SAE requires the brightest collegiate engineers to collaborate and construct an innovative, cutting-edge car that pushes the limits of racing technology further each year. As members of the Cornell and Ithaca communities, our team frequently participates in, and even leads, outreach programs. Our most recent events include local science fairs, STEM nights, SWE tours, Cornell Employee Day, and Cornell Homecoming. - excerpted from Cornell Racing Website |
ARG15 (2015 Racecar)
Cornell Racing implemented a 3/4 carbon fiber monocoque with a steel space frame engine bay which will greatly increase the car's serviceability. At the heart of our powertrain system was a turbocharged 2007 Honda CBR600RR engine with custom cooling, lubrication, fuel, and flow systems. With our modified 3-speed sequential transmission, which utilized a pneumatic shifter, our drivers achieved gear shifts in a mere 0.2 seconds. The steel subframe will allow for a much more easily accessible engine package, drastically decreasing the amount of time required for engine repairs, rebuilds, and swaps. Our aerodynamic package sported composite front wings, rear wings, and side pods to improve the car's dynamic stability at high speeds. - excerpted from Cornell Racing Website |
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ARG14 (2014 Racecar)
ARG 14 took the design successes from ARG13 and built upon them with a philosophy geared towards decreasing weight and maximizing performance. ARG14 continued with a full carbon fiber monocoque design from ARG13, but by using similar chassis geometry we were able to optimize the carbon fiber lay-up schedule creating a lighter and stiffer chassis. An aerodynamics package was specially developed for the chassis for increased downforce and cornering capability. Our elite engine package was improved with more efficient cooling packages as well as a quick disconnect fuel system for better serviceability and compact packaging within the monocoque. - excerpted from Cornell Racing Website
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CUSat is the winner of the University Nanosat-4 Program. In 2007 the U.S. Air Force and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chose CUSat as the winner of its Nano-satellite Program's Nanosat-4 competition. Since 2005, more than 200 engineering students have worked on the project.
CUSat designed, built, and launched an autonomous in-orbit inspection satellite system. Originally, the space segment was to consist of two functionally identical satellites that would launch together and separate on orbit in a target-inspector configuration. Once in orbit, CUSat was to use microthrust Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs) and sub-centimeter level accurate Carrier-phase Differential GPS (CDGPS) to navigate the satellites to within ten meters of each other. The inspector satellite was to use cameras to gather imagery of the target satellite while performing relative navigation. Target satellite imagery was to be transferred to the ground segment where they were to be used to reconstruct a three dimensional model for the end user. To communicate with the satellite in orbit, the team configured ground stations in Ithaca, the Marshall Islands, Colrado Springs, and Redondo Beach, CA. In Summer 2013, the CUSat-Top satellite was damaged during pre-launch vibration tests. Therefore, only the CUSat-Bottom satellite was the only working satellite launched, reducing the scope of the mission. CUSat-Top was reduced to deadweight permanently attached to the upper stage carrying the CUSat-Bottom satellite in the top position. |
With only one working satellite launched, the scope of the mission was changed to test the accuracy of the centimeter accuracy CDGPS to less than 10 cm by comparing the CDGPS navigation solution to the known distance between GPS antennas. The Satellite, being equipped with a camera, would also capture imagery of the Earth, the Moon, and the comet ISON, and send these images to a ground station on Earth. The nano-satellite is also equipped with Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs).
CUSat successfully launched on September 29th, 2013 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA on a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket. The satellite launched as a secondary payload to Canadian Space Agency's Cassiope digital broadcast satellite. Mission operations have concluded. The CUSat team conducted operations for 18 days with regular communication with the satellite before losing contact with it. CUSat Launch information is included in SpaceX Launch Press Kit page 5 and 7. - excerpted from Cornell CUSat website
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