Mark Worth
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Advisor: Dr. Hank Pernicka
Abstract
With the collegiate Nanosat 4 microsatellite design/build competition behind them, the Missouri Satellite (M-Sat) team needed to refocus its direction and motivation for the project. Upon a system-level overview it was decided by the leadership that the next step in the development process would be the assembly of a Flat Sat (FS). The primary aspects to be tested by the FS this testing cycle (goal deadline of 1 April) are the power and data flows. Work is going well towards finishing the FS, but due to IT complications, lack of personnel, and lack of experience it will take longer than initially hoped. The FS will unfortunately only include about a third of the spacecraft’s systems due to various delays. However, with the recruitment of more EE and CompE personnel the entire system is scheduled to be ready to test by the end of Fall '08.
Mark Worth, from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, is a senior ('08) in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, MO. Mark’s academic achievements include graduating in four years with a 3.8 GPA, receiving Chancellors Excellence Scholorships I & II, and serving as Chief Engineer for the M-SAT team. Upon graduation he is going to work for Hawker Beechcraft Corporation in Wichita Kansas. Mark hopes to learn a lot there and to make it his career. In the distant future he would like to become an anti-terrorism consultant with an emphasis on transportation systems.
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