HR: 08:30h
AN: ED11F-03 INVITED [Abstracts]
TI: The Student Dust Counter
AU: * Horanyi, M
EM: horanyi@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Bagenal, F
EM: fran.bagenal@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Finley, T
EM: Tiffany.Finley@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Christensen, F
EM: Fleming.Christensen@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Holland, G
EM: Gene.Holland@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Bryant, C
EM: Chelsea.Bryant@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Bunch, N
EM: Nick.Bunch@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Neeland, M
EM: Michael.Neeland@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Chanthawanich, T
EM: Tinapan.Chanthawanich@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Fernandez, A
EM: Anselm.Fernandez@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Hoxie, V
EM: Vaughn.Hoxie@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Jenkins, A
EM: Andrew.Jenkins@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Vaudrin, C
EM: Cody.Vaudrin@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Krauss, E
EM: Ervin.Krauss@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Krauss, O
EM: Otto.Krauss@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Crayton, J
EM: Jane.Crayton@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: James, D
EM: David.James@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Krauss, C
EM: Cori.Krauss@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Mitchell, C
EM: Colin.Mitchell@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Colgan, M
EM: Matt.Colgan@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Grogan, B
EM: Beth.Grogan@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AU: Christofferson, J
EM: Josh.Christofferson@colorado.edu
AF: LASP, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
United States
AB:
This talk will describe the scientific goals, the technical, and the human challenges of the Student Dust Counter (SDC)
experiment for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.
CU's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) organized a team of students to design, fabricate, test, calibrate,
and fly SDC, one of seven science instruments onboard New Horizons. The student team was responsible for all phases of this
development under the supervision of LASP professionals. Both undergraduate and graduate students worked on this project,
representing a variety of disciplines, including Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics,
Journalism, and Business.
The SDC project is part of the EPO effort of the New Horizons mission.
Though it is a student project, the requirements for passing all standard NASA milestones for reviews were identical to other
experiments. The students performed at a professional level and SDC was delivered on time
and within budget. It is now integrated to the spacecraft awaiting the scheduled launch in January of 2006. To date, SDC
provided a group of about 20 students an opportunity to learn first hand how to build instruments, and graduate with years of
experience in space exploration.
UR: http://lasp.colorado.edu/sdc/
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 2129 Interplanetary dust
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005