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2017-Aerocontact.Pdf FALL 2017 | THE A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AEROCONTACT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT MARYLAND To the Stars! Clark School Alumna Makes History Chairman’s The Value of Partnerships College Park’s hidden gems, the College Park Aviation Museum. The Department of Aerospace Engineering Our continued support expands the museum’s ability to reach Corner is proud of the partnerships we have aerospace engineering students as well as students and forged with the local community, federal residents throughout the area. agencies, and related organizations. This Partnerships are important on other fronts as well. The stellar issue of AeroContact celebrates many of accomplishments of our faculty and students have attracted the those partnerships. From faculty who are attention of numerous national research agencies, and our students testing the marketplace with breakthrough are recognized with awards and scholarships from the public and products to students who are gaining private sector alike. Professor Derek Paley’s $2 million SEA-STAR invaluable work experience through intern- grant brings together investigators from Carnegie Mellon ships at NASA and other organizations, University and Harvard University to create soft underwater robot we are constantly exploring ways to move appendages. Student teams have garnered top spots in national the field and our students ahead. competitions sponsored by NASA, the Department of Energy, In this issue, we honor one of our and Deloitte Consulting, to name a few. outstanding graduates, who is propelling her career and the Good partners make for a much stronger department. They department forward. Next year, Jeannette Epps (Ph.D. ’00, M.S. provide funding for our research and offer extraordinary oppor- ’94) will become the first African American on the International tunities to students that extend far beyond the classroom. We are Space Station. (See related story on the next page.) Epps regularly constantly searching for ways to enhance the learning experience visits UMD to share her experiences as an astronaut and serve as for our students. If you would like to work in partnership with our a role model for our students. students and faculty, feel free to contact me directly. Like Epps, the department recognizes the importance of giving back. Read more about our partnership with one of Norman M. Wereley MINTA MARTIN PROFESSOR AND CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING TABLE OF CONTENTS AEROCONTACT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT MARYLAND 1 Features 9 Student Spotlight To The Stars! Cameron Butler: Hypersonic PUBLISHER Jack of All Trades Department of Aerospace Engineering NASA Internships Can A. James Clark School of Engineering Launch Careers Rosemary Davidson: A Student Norman M. Wereley, CHAIR Leader in Engineering and From Campus to EDITORIAL & DESIGN STAFF Beyond Commercialization Nancy Grund, INTERIM EDITOR 10 Student Achievements Laura Figlewski, ART DIRECTOR 6 Research Spotlight Groundbreaking Approach Aerospace Engineering CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Melissa Andryechek, Chris Carroll, Demonstrated in Glenn L. Teams Dominate Student Competitions Aileen Hentz, Tom Hurst, Ellen McDaniels, Martin Wind Tunnel Jennifer Figgins Rooks Scholarships and Fellowships 7 Department News COVER PHOTO Paley Leads $2 Million 14 Alumni Update Jennifer Figgins Rooks SEA-STAR Project Van Wie Elected to the National Academy of Engineering New Outdoor Flight Laboratory Advances Autonomy, Robotics Frontin and Stebbins Awarded NASA Fellowships Wereley Receives UMD Making a Difference Award 16 Faculty News Paley Promoted to Professor Jones Promoted to Associate Professor AeroContact is published annually for alumni and friends of the Department of Aerospace Kaplan Receives Patent Engineering at the A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland. COVER IMAGE: UMD will be well represented 17 Philanthropy when alumna Jeanette Epps, far right, joins ARCS Scholarships Support Please send letters to the editor and alumni notes the International Space Station in 2018. Aerospace Students to [email protected] To the Stars! Clark School Alumna Makes History For the first time ever, an African American will call the International Space Station (ISS) home. Jeanette Epps (Ph.D. ’00, M.S. ’94) will join Expedition 56 to the ISS in 2018 and will remain aboard as part of Expedition 57. This milestone posting will make her the first African American, the 13th woman, and the first University of Maryland graduate to live and work as a long- duration crew member on the station. NASA selected Epps in 2009 as one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class. As a flight engineer aboard the ISS, which circles the earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of about 250 miles, Epps will be responsible for 1 supporting both research activities during the mission and onboard maintenance for the nearly 20-year-old station. In addition, crew members serve as experiments themselves, with data regularly collected on them to provide insights into the effects of space on the human body. The New York native has regularly returned to visit the UMD campus, speaking at undergraduate aerospace engineering classes about her experiences as an astronaut and discussing what it takes to succeed as an engineer. One of the most unexpected side effects of her position as an astronaut has been the level of responsibility she feels to the public. According to Epps, astronauts are role models who have an obligation to give back. As one of only two black female astronauts, Epps told UMD’s Terp magazine she wants to expand the universe of possibilities for African- American girls interested in science and technology. “I was raised in a way that there was really nothing I thought I couldn’t do. The fact that I never saw anyone who looked like me doing this didn’t really matter to me, but I think it does matter to a lot of young girls,” she said. “So, I do want to send them the message that if I’m doing this, there’s no reason you can’t do this too.” >> LEARN MORE, VISIT GO.UMD.EDU/JEANETTE PHOTO: TROY FIELDS TROY PHOTO: A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING | GLENN L. MARTIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NASA Internships Can Launch Student Careers Summers can be a bit quiet for Assistant Center in Alabama after winning an Professor Christine Hartzell. That’s NSTRF in 2015. His research focuses when almost all her graduate students on asteroid deflection, particularly on head for internships at NASA locations a device called a Neutral Beam for around the country. “It takes a village Asteroid Control (NBAC), which is to get a Ph.D.,” said Hartzell. “Students used to reduce the rotational speed and need to talk to subject matter experts deflect asteroids. He recently presented other than their advisors to gain the his NBAC design and his asteroid knowledge and expertise required to deflection analysis at the International complete their degrees,” she added. Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference held in Tokyo. FROM THE MOON TO MARTIAN DUST This summer DeCicco tested his For the last two summers, Dylan Carter, technology at NASA Marshall. He suc- a third-year Ph.D. student, has interned cessfully achieved thrust with NBAC at the Electrostatics and Surface Physics and measured it with a finer resolution Lab (ESPL) in the SwampWorks facility (micro-newtons) than had previously NASA rendering of the Orion Space Capsule. 2 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. been achieved at NASA Marshall. He “The lab conducts research into the conducted his thrust tests at both low- electrostatic environment of the moon and high-electrical power modes and “Working on the Orion Capsule, and Mars, especially with regards to achieved steady flows in both cases. He which will someday take astronauts to the developing methods for handling regolith has submitted his work for presentation moon, asteroids, and Mars, is a fulfillment or removing dust from atmosphere or at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics of my career goals and makes me feel like sensitive surfaces,” Carter explained. Engineers Aerospace Conference in I’m making a contribution to our human “During my internship, I completed the Montana in March 2018. Additionally, nature of exploration,” explained Leps. design of an experiment I am conducting DeCicco has continued work on the The optical navigation system for Orion is to measure the distribution of electric Charger-1 facility, testing the initial designed to guide the capsule to a safe re- charge in a typical sample of lunar rego- electrical discharge stages that will be entry if ground telemetry is lost, deter- lith,” said Carter. “I also assisted with used to fire a high-energy (one terawatt), mining trajectory by identifying the size the operation and troubleshooting of an pulsed power experiment for compression of imaged planets to find range and the experiment related to electrostatic precipi- of nuclear fuels. Charger-1 seeks to vali- location of the centroid to plot direction. tation of atmospheric Martian dust.” date the use of a hybrid fission-fusion During his first summer internship, The internship is part of the NASA reaction for propulsion to Mars and Leps primarily worked on characterizing Space Technology Research Fellowship outer planets. the performance of the flight cameras for (NSTRF). Each summer, NSTRF fellows edge detection and testing algorithms conduct research at NASA centers, drawing SUPPORTING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT designed to accurately find edges in upon the expertise and resources of Thomas Leps, a third-year Ph.D. student, images at sub-pixel precision. In his professionals in the same field. set his sights on the Johnson Space Center second year, he discovered a glitch in the in Texas because of his long-time interest navigation camera and saved considerable KEEPING ASTEROIDS UNDER CONTROL in human spaceflight. At the center, he resources for NASA. He also built a test Anthony DeCicco, a third-year Ph.D. worked on the testing and implementation stand that simulates the field of view of student, spent the last two summers of the optical navigation camera for the the camera in the EM-1 test flight using working at NASA Marshall Space Flight Orion Space Capsule.
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