Houston – Day Two
Alarms start ringing at 6:00 am and we grumble out of bed as we rub sleep from our eyes. We soon file into the lobby for breakfast. A man decided Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Brad Hoover
Houston – Day One
Feeling prepared and filled with excitement, Team CATE gathered at the Orlando International Airport to head to Houston. The feelings are still surreal that the time has finally come. While Continue Reading →
April Meeting Recap
During the month of April, the whole team has been extra focused on machining and building. Machining finally completed towards the end of April and we swiftly moved into the Continue Reading →
Parts Production
The team has been moving forward with great force behind machining and putting together all the launching and catching mechanisms.
Critical Design Review
Last week, we reviewed our progress as well as our obstacles with the USIP leaders at NASA. We have made progress since the PDR however, our findings have not been Continue Reading →
March Meeting Recap
We kicked off this month with a teleconference with NASA for our PDR. We were able to review with the members in charge of the USIP program everything we have Continue Reading →
February Meetings Recap
Throughout the month of February, the CATE team was hard at work machining the storage unit, wiring the switchboard, and finalizing the test design. We also set a date for Continue Reading →
January Gallery
Take a glimpse into what happened during our meetings in the month of January.
Meeting Recap: January
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 →
Electrical versus Mechanical
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 →