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Houston – Day One

Posted on July 20, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Addie Dove, allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, Chris Tiller, Houston, Josh Colwell, Kelly Lai, NASA, Sam Banjamin, Team CATE

April Meeting Recap

Posted on May 14, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged aerospace, allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, building, CATE, Chris Tiller, Kelly Lai, machining, meeting, NASA, payloads, Sam Ben, Sam Benjamin

Parts Production

Posted on May 13, 2014 by sara

The team has been moving forward with great force behind machining and putting together all the launching and catching mechanisms.

Posted in Galleries | Tagged allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, Chris Tiller, hunter nagler, Kelly Lai, NASA, nico brown, production, zero g flight

Critical Design Review

Posted on April 10, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, CATE Winslet, CDR, Chris Tiller, Critical Design Review, Kelly Lai, NASA, Sam Benjamin

February Meetings Recap

Posted on March 8, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, Chris Tiller, Design Review, designing, GoPro, Kelly Lai, machining, NASA, PDR, Prototype, Sam Benja, testing, USIP

January Gallery

Posted on February 10, 2014 by sara

Take a glimpse into what happened during our meetings in the month of January.  

Posted in Galleries | Tagged Addie Dove, allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, Chris Tiller, Josh Colwell, Kelly Lai, Physics, Sam Benjamin, UCF, UCF Physics, USIP

Meeting Recap: January

Posted on January 30, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Addie Dove, allyson whitaker, Brad Hoover, CATE, Chris Tiller, Josh Colwell, meetings, NASA, parabolic flights, Sam Benjamin, space things, UCF, UCF Physics

Meet the Team: Allyson Whitaker

Posted on January 29, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged allyson whitaker, CATE, CATE Winslet, Meet the Team, NASA, Physics, physics ucf, Space, UCF, whitaker

Meet the Team: Kelly Lai

Posted on January 22, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged aerospace, CATE, Collisional Accretion, engineering, Kelly Lai, Meet the Team, NASA, UCF, UCF Physics

CATE’s Container

Posted on January 14, 2014 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged accretion, allyson whitaker, CATE, CATE Winslet, collisional accretion experiment, distortion, glass, NASA, plastic, Space, tube, UCF Physics

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