Senior Design Projects
The 2-semester Senior Projects course concludes the Bachelor of Science program of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.
This sequence includes:
- ASEN 4018 Senior Projects I: Design Synthesis
- ASEN 4028 Senior Projects II: Design Practicum
The fundamental course objective of the AES Senior Projects sequence (ASEN 4018/4028) is to teach students how to engineer a complex, inter/multidisciplinary design and implementation problem in a group environment.
Senior Projects focuses on the synthesis and application of the basic science, mathematics, engineering theory and design skills taught in the sophomore and junior years. It also provides the students with the opportunity to exercise and apply the more advanced material taught in the senior year. The course teaches basic knowledge in component and systems engineering design and provides an introduction into project management, including financial responsibility.
Senior Design Projects 2023-2024
Course Coordinator: Melvin Rafi, Kathryn Wingate
Project Mentors: The Aerospace Corporation, Astroscale, Ball Aerospace, Blue Origin, General Atomics, Maxar Technologies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Smead Aerospace
21 Teams:
- Sierra Nevada Corporation: Autonomous Localization for GPS-denied Aerial Tracking and Reconnaissance (ALLIGATR)
- Smead Aerospace: Autonomous Robotic Drone Vehicle for Aerial Reconnaissance and Communication (ARDVARC)
- Maxar Technologies: Aerial Tracking and Targeting with Autonomously Controlled Knowledgeable System (ATTACKS)
- Smead Aerospace: Aerospace System got Advanced Ultraefficient Renewables (AeroSAUR)
- Maxar Technologies: Argus Drone Watch
- Ball Aerospace: BoomBox
- Smead Aerospace: Controllable Open-source Water Sensing (COWS)
- The Aerospace Corporation: CU Boom Extension Device (CUBED)
- Smead Aerospace: Colorado University Receiver System for Enforcing Drones (CURSED)
- General Atomics: Drone Operational Monitor for Aerial Identification Network (DOMAIN)
- Ball Aerospace: Grounds Operations for Precision Harvesting and Extraction of Regolith (GOPHER)
- The Aerospace Corporation: Hybrid Advanced Dual - Propellant Engine System (HADES)
- NASA JPL: Instrument for Digging in Lunar Environments (IDLE)
- Smead Aerospace: Interferometric Technologies (IN-TECH)
- Blue Origin: Lunar Regolith Excavator (LunaREX)
- Smead Aerospace: Pioneering Rocketry Instrumentation fUselage and Stability (PRIUS)
- Astroscale: Remote Extension Apparatus for Cubesat Hardware (REACH)
- Smead Aerospace: Sustainable Portable wind-Integrated ground-Device for Renewable Energy (SPIDRE)
- Smead Aerospace: Test & OPerational Stand for Onloading, Ignition, & Launch (TOPSOIL)
- General Atomics: Very Effective Low Operational Cost Interferometric Reflectometry Apparatus for Passive Terrestrial Observations and Research (VELOCIRAPTOR)
- Smead Aerospace: WindSoar