Jacobs Solutions Inc. · NYSE:J
Jacobs Solutions — Jacobs Connection Webinar (January 2011)
24 slides from Jacobs Solutions's conference presentation, January 2011
Slide 1: NASA Student Launch Projects Design Cycle
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com The presentation will start at 2:00 CDST “NASA Student Launch Projects Design Cycle” Speaker: Eddie Jeffries
Slide 2: Jacobs ESTS Group Overview
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com Today’s Moderator Jacobs ESTS Group Overview Customer Marshall Space Flight Center Professional Contract Engineers, Scientists Technicians, Business Admins Disciplines Space Craft and Vehicle Systems Dr. Lisa Monaco Propulsion System Development Senior Di
Slide 3: Jacobs Connection Webinars and JEDI Council
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com Jacobs Connection Webinars Sponsored by the Jacobs ESTS Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Council Monthly web-based technical presentation/exchange Last week of each month, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Central time WebEx easy access for interactive exchange Purpose Heighten Uni
Slide 4: Chandra: NASA's X-ray Eyes to the Universe
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com “Chandra: NASA’s X-ray Eyes to the Universe” Friday, January 28 2:00 – 3:00 pm Central Speaker: Dr. Scott Miller NASA MSFC Space Radiation Environments Team The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. Spanning more than 30 years from initi
Slide 5: Eddie Jeffries speaker biography
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com “NASA Student Launch Projects Design Cycle” Eddie Jeffries Eddie Jeffries has been with the ESTS Group working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center since September 2009. He is the Technical Coordinator for the NASA Student Launch Projects. His previous work experienc
Slide 6: Agenda
Agenda • NASA University Student Launch Projects Overview • NASA Design Life Cycle • USLI Design Life Cycle • Milestone Reviews • Review Process • Project Examples • Benefits of Participation • Contact Information • Questions
Slide 7: NASA Student Launch Projects Overview
NASA Student Launch Projects Overview • Challenges students to design, manufacture, test, and fly a reusable high power rocket carrying scientific or engineering payload up to but not exceeding 1 mile AGL. • High/Middle School – Student Launch Initiative (SLI) • College/University – University Stude
Slide 8: NASA Student Launch Initiative Overview
NASA Student Launch Initiative Overview • Provide 2 educational engagement activities reaching a minimum of 75 students. • Develop a website to document progress and post documents for NASA to pull for review. • Competition for university students. • Overall Winner • Rookie • Vehicle Design • Payloa
Slide 9: Typical NASA Design Life Cycle
Typical NASA Design Life Cycle Reference: NPR 7120.5D, Figure 2-4: “The NASA Project Life Cycle”
Slide 10: Student Launch Initiative Design Life Cycle
Student Launch Initiative Design Life Cycle • Authority to Proceed (Proposal) • 56 proposal submissions for 2010-2011. • 53 institutions accepted. • Preliminary Design Review (PDR) • Critical Design Review (CDR) • Flight Readiness Review (FRR) • Post-launch Assessment Review (PLAR)
Slide 11: Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
Preliminary Design Review (PDR) (early December) Objective • Demonstrate feasibility that system requirements will be met on time and within budget. • Receive authority to proceed to final design. Typical Deliverables • Mission Profile (Concept of Operations) • Schedule (design, fabrication, test, o
Slide 12: Critical Design Review (CDR)
Critical Design Review (CDR) (early February) Objective • Deliver final design of rocket/payload system. • Demonstrate results of sub-scale vehicle test. • Receive authority to proceed to fabrication and verification phase. Typical Deliverables • PDR Deliverables (matured to reflect the final design
Slide 13: Flight Readiness Review (FRR)
Flight Readiness Review (FRR) (late March) Objective • Prove that the rocket/payload system has been fully built, tested, and verified to meet the system requirements. • Demonstrate results of full-scale vehicle test. • Receive authority to launch. Typical Deliverables • System requirements verifica
Slide 14: Launch Week
Launch Week (mid April) • Tours of Marshall Space Flight Center • Rocket Fair • Flight Hardware and Safety Check • SLI and USLI Launch • Bragg Farms – Toney, Alabama • Banquet at Davidson Center • Awards
Slide 15: Post-Launch Assessment Review (PLAR)
Post-Launch Assessment Review (PLAR) (early May) Objective • Provide post-flight analysis of flight in Huntsville. • Prove that all system requirements were successfully met over course of the project lifecycle. Typical Deliverables • Succinct vehicle overview • System requirements verification • Fi
Slide 16: Review Process
Review Process • Proposals submitted to project office and distributed to review panel for grading. • Deliverables posted to website for review panel access. • Written report and Powerpoint presentation • Milestone presentations presented to NASA Review Panel via WebEx. • 30 minutes for students to
Slide 17: Project Examples
Project Examples • University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) • 2009-2010 Overall Winner, Vehicle Design Award Winner, Project Review Award Winner. • All composite design, manufactured in-house. • Autonomous deployable parafoil payload. • 2000+ students reached during Educational Engagement Events.
Slide 18: Project Examples
Project Examples • Mississippi State University • 2009-2010 2nd Place Overall, Educational Engagement Award Winner • Study of Drag Effects on Bluff Bodies In Tandem. • 1000+ students reached during Educational Engagement Events.
Slide 19: Project Examples
Project Examples • North Carolina State University • 2009-2010 3rd Place Overall, Rookie Award Winners, Best Team Spirit Award Winners • Determination of Coefficient of Skin Friction of Vehicle using thermocouples and Reference Temperature Concept from Boundary Layer Theory. • Camera mounted on rota
Slide 20: Benefits of Participation
Benefits of Participation • Learn a real-world engineering design cycle through hands a hands on high power rocketry activity. • Constant interaction and networking with NASA engineers, scientists and educators. • Inspire younger students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and ma
Slide 21: Benefits of Participation
Benefits of Participation • Credit at Institution • 3-4 credit hour Capstone/Senior Design Course • 1-2 credit hour Special Topic/Technical Elective Course • Avenue for minority institutions to become engaged in NASA programs. • Diversity and Inclusion a priority for NASA • 6 predominantly minority
Slide 22: Contact Information
Contact Information NASA Student Launch Projects Website: http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/usli Project Lead Julie Clift [email protected] 256-961-1334 Technical Coordinator Eddie Jeffries [email protected] 256-544-0399 Project Coordinator Miranda Martin [email protected] 256-544-1
Slide 23: Feedback survey
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com We would appreciate your feedback on this presentation & other topics you’d like to see the JEDI Council consider for the future. Please log onto our Website as instructed below & follow the directions to access our online survey. Visit us at: YesWeAreRocketScientists.co
Slide 24: Chandra: NASA's X-ray Eyes to the Universe
YesWeAreRocketScientists.com “Chandra: NASA’s X-ray Eyes to the Universe” Friday, January 28 2:00 – 3:00 pm Central Speaker: Dr. Scott Miller NASA MSFC Space Radiation Environments Team The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. Spanning more than 30 years from initi
Jacobs Solutions — Jacobs Connection Webinar (January 2011) on 6ix