Space Technology Lab

• Early aircraft designs
• Classification of aircraft based on various factors of
  their operations, design, propulsion, usage & wing type

Exercise: 'Design Analysis of Different Aircraft.'

• Runways, Taxiways, Airport Signs, and Lighting
  systems
• Landing Aids at airports
• Lighting | Airport Beacons | Visual Approach Slope
  Indicator (VASI) | Precision Approach Path Indicator
  (PAPI) | VFR and IFR | Instrument Landing System
  (ILS)
• Airspace at a glance
• Classes of airspace

Exercise: 'Design crude attitude measurement equipment for an aircraft.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA100 Introduction to Aeronautics and Astronautics – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Introduction to the fundamental concepts of
  Physics
  • Air Pressure | Mass, Volume and Weight | Force |
    Density | Temperature | Fluid Friction | Drag
    Altitude | Sea level conditions

Exercise: 'Analysis of an aircraft’s flight with respect to different flight parameters'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA141 Atmospheric Flight – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Aerodynamics of flight
  • Forces acting on an aircraft | How do wings generate lift?
  • Newtonian Physics I Bernoulli’s principle I Coanda Effect
• Airfoil Design
  • Introduction | Airfoil Terminology |  Different types of an airfoil | Angle of attack and its impact on lift | Center of pressure & its impact on flight control | Wingtip vortex | Lift Coefficient

Exercise: 'Designing an Airfoil with Maximum Lift and Minimum Drag.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA173 Flight Mechanics and Controls – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Introduction to terminologies in Aeronautics
  • Airplane axis and degree of freedom I Pitch, Yaw & Roll
• Control surfaces on an aircraft
  • Vertical & Horizontal Stabilizer I Aileron I Flaps & Slats I Airbrake/Spoilers I Rudder
• Forces acting on an aircraft, Moment of Force
• Lift formula, Lift coefficient, and angle of attack
• Drag forces and their classification | Stall & Coffin Corner
• Principles of flight | Aspect Ratio | Angle of Attack
• How does an aircraft fly, climb, and turn?
• Load factor of an aircraft I How do helicopters fly?

Exercise: 'Designing & Building a Remote-controlled Aircraft.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA131 Space Flight – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• What is the Space and Karman line?
• Satellites | A Day in the Life of a NASA Satellite Team
• A tour of the International Space Station (ISS)
• Can an airplane fly into space?
• Introduction to Orbital Dynamics —
• Part 1 (Going to the moon) I Part 2 (Hohmann Transfer) I
• Part 3 (Interplanetary Travel) I Part 4 (The Oberth Effect)
• Spacecraft Attitude determination

Exercise: 'Designing a ‘Hybrid’ Plane that has Propulsion to Fly in the Atmosphere as well as in Space.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA103 Air and Space Propulsion — Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Rockets 101 | The rocket science — All about Rockets
  • Rocket systems: Structural | Propulsion I Payload | Guidance I Brief history of rockets | Rocket staging
• Introduction to jet engine
• Rocket propulsion and types of rocket propulsion
  • Liquid | Solid | Hybrid | Multistage | Air breathing
• Future of propulsion
  • Electric Plasma Jet Engine | Nuclear Propulsion | Ion Engine | Plasma Thrust Experiment 1 & 2 | Solar sails | Laser-Assisted Propulsion

Exercise: 'Designing a futuristic propulsion system.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA172 Guidance & Navigation – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Introduction to Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems (GN&C)
• Case study: Missile Guidance System

Exercise: 'Designing a Guidance and Navigation System for a Robot'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA279A Space Mechanics – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Gravity and how it enables orbits | Orbit types
• Satellite orbit types & how satellites stay in the orbit
• Kepler’s Laws I Launch, Propulsion, and Re-entry
• Orbital Rendezvous and Launch Window

Exercise: 'Designing a satellite system for 24×7 connectivity'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA136A Spacecraft Design – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• Introduction to Spacecraft Subsystems

Exercise: 'Designing, Building, and Launching a Satellite to Monitor Forest Fire'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA136A Spacecraft Design – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• What is a CubeSat? | Space 2.0 and CubeSat
• Challenges in CubeSat Engineering — Propulsion
• An example of innovative CubeSat Propulsion
• Hardware and Software Design Challenges in a Spacecraft — a study with an example of SpaceX Falcon 9 & Dragon

Exercise: 'Designing a ‘Nano Satellite’ to Accomplish a Novel Application from Space.'

'This curriculum is inspired from AA146A Aircraft Design – Stanford University BS Program in Aeronautics & Astronautics'

• A tour of aircraft structure, systems, and avionics
• Aircraft Fuselage | Structure Types | Frames
• Aircraft design process | Requirement | Function | Wings & other surface geometry | Dimensions | Engines
  • Engineering Drawing and weight calculation
  • Control Surface Finalization I Aircraft wing design

Exercise: 'Designing the Most Efficient Airplane in the World.'

• Introduction to Avionics and Fly-By-Wire System:
  • Principle drivers of avionics systems requirements
  • Avionics systems on a multipurpose aircraft
• Cockpit Display Systems | Primary Flight Display (PFD) | Multi-Function Display (MFD) | Engine Instrument and Crew Alert System (EICAS) | Case study: Boeing 737 and Gulfstream 6550 Flight deck
• Future of Cockpit Display System

Exercise: 'Designing a Cockpit Display System to Prevent Human Error which could lead to Plane Crash.'

• Flight Management System (FMS)
• Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
• Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)
  • Mode 1: Excessive descent rate
  • Mode 2: Excessive closure to terrain
  • Mode 3: Altitude loss after takeoff
  • Mode 4: Unsafe terrain clearance
  • Mode 5: Excessive glideslope deviation
  • Mode 6: Advisory callout/bank angle
  • Mode 7: Windshear Alerting

Exercise: 'Designing Avionics for Flying Bike for Urban Transportation'