Collisional Accretion Experiment
UCF Physics Department
Over the first few weeks of school our team has been working diligently to complete working prototypes. Although we have not finalized any decisions, we have been talking about combining Continue Reading →
Name: Allyson Whitaker DOB: June 4, 1992 Major: Aerospace Engineering Minor: Astronomy, General Business Class Standing: Junior This is Allyson and she is studying to Continue Reading →
Background: A fundamental goal of our experiment is to capture a dust cloud’s reaction to an object passing through it. Micro-gravity interactions like this are vital to how physicists model Continue Reading →
Name: Kelly Lai DOB: March 3, 1991 Major: Aerospace Engineering Minor: Astronomy Class Standing: Senior This is Kelly and she is studying to be an Aerospace Engineer. She was born Continue Reading →
BY| Allyson Whitaker One of the most important aspects of the data collection in CATE is the ability to accurately capture and track the movement of the particles. Along with Continue Reading →
All great project start somewhere and all great projects have a name. Some names are abbreviations of their true meaning and some are just for fun. After our team had Continue Reading →
Name: Christopher Tiller DOB: May 23rd, 1993 Major: Physics Class Standing: Junior Chris is a third year Physics major at the University of Central Florida. In high school he was Continue Reading →
BY| Sara Lane I have heard of 3D printing before, but I had never actually seen it happen before. I was oddly excited to see this little machine in action Continue Reading →
BY| Kelly Lai and Brad Hoover The electrical prototype will utilize muscle wire, which is a shape-memory alloy, and various torsion springs to achieve the requested results. First, the launching Continue Reading →
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In this meeting, Kelly and Brad presented the prototypes they built to Dr. Colwell and Addie. If you want to know more about the prototypes, read our meeting recap from Continue Reading →