Charles Hakes Fort Lewis College 1 Colorado Space Grant Consortium 2011 Annual Meeting Charles...

Charles HakesFort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College

Colorado Space Grant Consortium 2011 Annual Meeting

Charles Hakes

Charles Hakes - Fort Lewis College 2

Fort Lewis College

• Spring robotics challenge• Summer balloon launch• Observatory update

Robotics Challenge• ENGR 405 Team (12)

• Nick Laitch• Bill Fellman• Adam Baker

• Volunteer Team Skyhawk (5)• No class credit – all faded away towards “launch”

• Workshops with Randy Emmons• Summer 2011 continuation

• tiny bot• angle transmitter• upgrades to large robot

Robotics Challenge

Summer Balloon Launch • Team Skyhawk

• Nick Laitch• Bill Fellman• Adam Baker

• Primary Objectives• Infrastructure monitoring• Capture video of the flight• Measure and radiation

• “Features”• Arduino control• Expandable foam shell

Summer Balloon Launch

FLC Observatory• Web Site http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/• Upgrades

• New G-11 mount• New Dome donated• working on “distant” WiFi

• Summer student work• hourly (?)• internship (?)

• Physics “Advanced Lab”• photometry• atmospheric extinction

• Wide Angle and Time Lapse• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUdd3CgRkqs• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eME1iChHmE

FLC Observatory

Questions

Documents