SELECTED PROJECTS

IREC 2016
2015-2016 Yale Aerospace 2015-2016 Yale Aerospace

IREC 2016

For the YUAA’s first return to IREC, (having taken a gap year in 2015), the team managed to create a Sky Metagenomics payload to test the biodiversity of the earth’s atmosphere. The team earned a coveted 2nd Place in the SDL Payload Challenge (out of more than 50 international teams!). This program encompassed YUAA’s first foray into Biology and Genetics, yielding an incredible win in return.

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CubeSat

CubeSat

The CubeSat team is designing and building a CubeSat that will carry a cosmic ray detector to measure high-energy electrons originating from the sun and outside the galaxy. The team will collect information on the density and count of these particles and make inferences to the energy of the particles. Commended at White House Astronomy Night 2015 ahead of its first meeting, the corner-stone project has inspired generations of Yale students to learn the values of long-term engineering in the march towards a 2024 NASA Handoff.

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Radio Astronomy
2014-2015 Yale Aerospace 2014-2015 Yale Aerospace

Radio Astronomy

The Radio Astronomy team created a fully steerable radio satellite dish with signal-processing hardware and software. Along the way, project members were taught the basics of astronomy, signal processing, and data processing. To spread this knowledge, we held demonstrations of the dish functionality at high schools in and around the New Haven area. This project, along with CubeSat, was mentioned at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night.

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