{"id":27,"date":"2025-10-21T05:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-10-21T05:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:42:26","slug":"brown-space-engineers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Brown Space Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Avionics Subgroup <em>Fall 2024\u2013Present<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joined Avionics subgroup in Sep 2024, continued role as RE for burn-wire mechanism. Through rapid prototyping (current measurements) with fishing line, determined feasibility of mechanism for camera arm and antenna deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-58d222ce wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elected as Avionics Lead Engineer in January 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Objectives:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Design PCBs for Electrical Power System (EPS),  communications, power\/data distribution, on-board computer, magnetorquer control, photodiode photocurrent amplification (for attitude determination and control systems algorithm), and more. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Train new members to begin contributing to projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work with integration REs to have prototyped and tested boards by EOY 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key requirements\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frequent and proactive communication with other subgroup leads to ensure alignment on tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active recruiting to gain new members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaboration with engineering professors and BSE alumni in places where members are lacking experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project management approach: Weekly working group, leaders group, and frequent communication on Slack channels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Challenges encountered:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of consistent member attendance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledge gap for both members and leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logistical and miscommunications leading to project standstills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outcomes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drafted PCBs for compute board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breakout board for photodiode photocurrent amplification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schematic planned for magnetorquer control board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UHF and EPS boards outsourced to OreSat, open-source CubeSat development group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burn wire circuit designed and layout in progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-1024x714.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-1024x714.png 1024w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-1536x1071.png 1536w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.png 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BSE Compute Board V1 for FlatSat, the EOY goal of all critical systems functional on a flat workbench. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png 904w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5-768x464.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Constant current circuit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmats.eu\/amspapers\/pastpapers\/pdfs\/2012\/thurn.pdf\">Thurn et al. 2012<\/a>, reference for nichrome burn wire deployment method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\">Structures Subgroup <em>Fall 2022\u2013Spring 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>Structures<\/strong> subgroup, aided in CAD design of CubeSat chassis and acted as responsible engineer for deployables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Objective: Investigate potential designs for camera arm and antenna deployment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key requirements\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3U CubeSat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited power, room on CubeSat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reliability &amp; electrically safe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project management approach: Weekly working group and Slack channels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Challenges encountered: design difference from reference literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outcomes: Selected nichrome burn-wire design as outlined in Thurn et al. 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ngcavallo.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png 584w, 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