ORION’S BRAWN

FINAL PRESENTATION

Mamdooh Al Kalbani, Krish Desai, Jonathan Henkin, Josh

Kirby, Stuart Penkowsky, Upper Yuvanondah
4/26/16
MISSION OVERVIEW

• Mission Objective
• Penicillin
• Bacteriophage
• Hypothesis
• Why?
DESIGN: CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
RECAP OF FLIGHT
• Burst at: 65 minutes
• Flight time: 113 minutes
• All systems functioned as expected
DESIGN: EARLY DIAGRAM
DESIGN: FINAL DIAGRAM
DESIGN: FLOWN
DESIGN: FUNCTIONAL BLOCK
DIAGRAM
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS:
TEMPERATURE
EXPECTED DATA: TEMPERATURE
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: PRESSURE
EXPECTED DATA: PRESSURE
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS:
ACCELEROMETER
EXPECTED DATA: ACCELERATION
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: HUMIDITY
EXPECTED DATA: HUMIDITY
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: GEIGER
COUNTER
First 104 minutes of flight

Exponential Burst around

increase 66 minutes

Recording ends at
104 minutes
Small CPM at 104 minutes
tell us we were close to
ground
EXPECTED DATA: GEIGER COUNTER
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: PICTURES
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: PENICILLIN
1.3 % loss in potency
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS:
BACTERIOPHAGE

Discovery: E. Coli is sensitive

FAILURE ANALYSIS: HUMIDITY SENSOR

• Failure a result of faulty sensor

• Discovered through comparison of other
team’s data
• Tested with new sensor
FAILURE ANALYSIS: BACTERIOPHAGE
TESTING
• Recommended to use tetracycline as a
catalyst
• This caused apoptosis, eliminating
conclusive data
• Confirmed by comparison of desired results
CONCLUSIONS

• Hypothesis: The penicillin would not lose

potency, and radiation shielding would not be
necessary. (WRONG)
• Data told us: Penicillin can lose potency after
only 1 hour of time in near-space, where
radiation does not approach levels seen in
space
• Discovery: Penicillin needs radiation shielding
while being transported for long periods
through space
READY TO FLY: ORION’S BRAWN

• Return internal components to pre-flight

location
• Seal box
READY TO FLY: SPACE GRANT
• Storage and activation:
• Stored in closed, room temperature environment to
not destroy electrical components
• Check solder connections
• Insert batteries
• Turn all 3 switches on as per motion described on
box
• Other:
• No camera in box
• New humidity sensor necessary
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

• Chris Koehler
• Amber Bishop
• Dan Godrick
• CU Biochemistry Deparment
• CU Physics Department
• Northwestern Biochemistry Department
• EOSS
APPENDIX: MESSAGE TO FALL 2016
• This class is amazing and you will have so much fun doing it. It’s not
similar to other projects courses, in than you get a much better
understanding of the aerospace industry, something that is truly valuable.
I hope you enjoy your experience!
APPENDIX: LESSONS LEARNED
• What would you have done differently if you could do this over?
Understood more about past classes mistakes, to make sure we did not
repeat any
• What could you have done to get different results?
We could have looked at other team’s final reports to get a better
understanding of what to do
APPENDIX: WEIGHT AND BUDGET
SUMMARY
APPENDIX: PARTS LIST
APPENDIX: RFP COMPLIANCE