Autonomous Systems Against Space Meteorites and Space Debris

AAE 49600, Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019

Mentored team to design (1) an autonomous system to predict damage tolerance of energy systems in space and (2) a Micrometeoroids and Orbital Debris (MMOD) & space debris impact experiment with different shielding structures and light gas guns.

Covered Material:

  • Damage Tolerance Protocols
  • Hypervelocity Impacts
  • Machine Learning
  • Self-Healing Materials
  • Streak Camera Operation
  • Spectroscopy Operation
  • VSIC
  • Whipple Shield