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3D Printing

Posted on December 18, 2013 by sara

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 →

Posted in Videos | Tagged 3D printing, CATE, NASA, UCF, UCF research

Electrical versus Mechanical

Posted on December 17, 2013 by sara

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 →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Brad Hoover, CATE, Electrical, human interaction, Kelly Lai, Mechanical, Microgravity, Muscle Wire, NASA, prototypes, UCF Physics, UCF research, USIP

Prototype Presentations

Gallery

Posted on December 15, 2013 by sara
A person is working on an electrical device, adjusting components on top of a gray box, in a room with various equipment and tools.

This gallery contains 1 photo.

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 →

Posted in Galleries, Uncategorized | Tagged CATE, Kelly Lai, Microgravity, NASA, Prototype, UCF, UCF NASA, UCF research

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