GENEVA SATELLITE ITERATION ONE PROGRAM (GSAT-1)
Established a Geneva Middle School Outreach Program, now in its third year, for students to have hands on experience with STEM and NASA aerospace research, through an application process, in partnership with Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium’s RockSat-C Program
Oversaw the assembling, testing, and integration of four Geiger Counter Radiation Sensor Kits that were attached to HWS’s RockSat-C teams research payload that was launched into space out of NASA Wallops Flight Facility.
Led workshops, over nine weeks-two times a week, and a full campus tour for 26 students, generating electronics, programming, 3D-printing, machining, payload design, shop work, and drone skills, resume experience, and a model for future years, which is now currently in its third year, showing that they built part of a rocket payload that was launched into space.
The students first learned how to solder. Than the students practiced soldering two practice kits, one siren and one voice changer. After, when they become comfortable with soldering, they soldered our Radiation Sensors, which were attached on our final payload.. Throughout the nine week program, the students also went on a full college tour of HWS, learned about 3D Printing, and were able to test their Radiation Sensor by flying it on a Drone.
GSat-1 stands for Geneva-Satellite Iteration 1. The reason we chose this as the programs name is because our team wanted to represent the programs location, while mimicking the Satellite portion of the RockSat-C name. Than we included the number one because our team wanted to emphasize that there will be other opportunities in the following years. If HWS competes in the program next year, the year after, and the year after that, than their will be a Geneva-Satellite Iteration 2 program, than Geneva-Satellite Iteration 3, and so on.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
RockSat-C Aerospace Research Competition
GSat-1 Outreach Program
December 2016 – August 2017