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Current NIA Graduate Student: Jamie Wilson |
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Graduate Student: Jamie Wilson, Ph.D. Candidate, NCSU
Research Project: Entry Systems for Human and Robotic Exploration
University Advisor: Prof. Robert Tolson and Prof. A. Mazzoleni, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NCSU
NASA Mentor: Walt Engelund, Exploration Concepts Branch
The entry, descent and landing of space exploration vehicles in planetary atmospheres provides many important challenges, which must be overcome before a successful mission can be implemented. The flight systems of these vehicles must be well understood and quantified before a successful design can be reliably implemented. Interactions between the thermal protections system, the guidance and control system, atmospheric uncertainties, interplanetary navigation, etc. must be considered to assure entry analysis fidelity. This research involves the study of general engineering aspects of EDL missions and their impact on the systems level design.
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