Design Day 2022
Please save the date for our Spring 2022 Virtual Engineering Design Day event which will be held in person, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, from 1:30pm-4:00pm. The event will be held in Montezuma Hall. Design Day Booklet 2022 (PDF)
As the event approaches, we will be posting the Aerospace projects that will be showcased at the Spring 2022 Engineering Design Day event, along with a project picture and description, a YouTube video link to students’ project presentations, and additional information about the project. YouTube videos will be linked to the title of the project. Posters are linked to the thumbnail image of the project.
Please visit our College of Engineering Design Day website, which has an archive of all of our Engineering Design Day events.
Design Day Projects
Project Description
We have spent 2 semesters thinking of and developing a proper design for an efficient firefighting airplane that can be in service within the next decade.
- Team Members: Trevor Nieman, Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Panduro, Alexander Linares, Jesus Carreno, River Watts, Joshua Kleinendorst
- Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Butler; San Diego State University
- Sponsor: San Diego State University
Project Description
Mission design for a spacecraft that will collect samples from the plumes on Enceladus to test for biosignatures.
- Team Members: Thomas Ridgeway, Luke Griffin, Jared Frank, Gillian Dowdy, Keona D’Souza, Linda Williams, Daniel Castillo
- Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
Project Description
To safely transport humans to the moon and establish a base on the moon. The spacecraft shall deliver a crew of 4 to the moon’s South Pole from South Texas launch site.
Use a rocket to launch the spacecraft into space. The spacecraft shall have a constant, streamlined communication with Earth, and the latency of the telecommunications system shall be no more than 5 seconds.
- Team Members: Elliott Cumming, Jazmyn Alcantar, Alfonso Acosta, Ian Jackson, Mohit Kumar, Saverio Masotto, Mario Ramirez, Mohit Kumar, Syle Marie Anton
- Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
- Sponsor: SDSU Space Lab
Project Description
Our team has developed a mission that can extend human kind's reach to Mars. By establishing mankind on Mars, this would allow for a better understanding of Mars' history and to answer the overarching question: Has there ever been life on Mars?
- Team Members: Brady Johnson, Amaury Reed, April Thongrivong, Trenton Penick, Josh Goldstein, Camden Carter, Ivanne Nogoy
- Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
- Sponsor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
Mars Oribital Space Station>
Project Description
Our team has developed a mission that can extend human kind's reach to Mars. By establishing mankind on Mars, this would allow for a better understanding of Mars' history and to answer the overarching question: Has there ever been life on Mars?
- Team Members: Harrison Siefke, Miles Johnson, Gilbert Rodriguez, Will Bensey, Tyler Wilke, Jacob Kinczel, Brenden Lopez
- Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
- Sponsor: AE Department
- MOSS Project Video
Project Design
With the imminent retirement of the T-38C fleet, the U.S Air Force (USAF) issued a request for proposal in 2016 for and Advanced Pilot Trainer (APT) aircraft. This two-seated trainer is expected to replace the T-38C used in the USAF's Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training advanced phase fighter and bomber (F/B) track, and in the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course. The APT program will provide student pilots with the foundational flying skills and core competencies to transition into current F/B aircraft.
- Team Members: Gunnar Hendrickson, Luis Estrada, Kyle Mapanao, Chandara Heng, Vitor Guerra-Caine, Tyler Matlock, Joshua Scullin
- Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Butler; San Diego State University
Project Design
To determine the existence of extraterrestrial life in the hydrocarbon lakes on Titan, collect any biological data from existing life forms on its surface via an amphibious rover, and survey the geological surface of the moon and its lakes.
- Team Members: Alexander Donabedian, Alexander Semon, Dhruv Vij, Jesus Rodriguez, Koan Ng, Kyle Switzer, Riley Martin, Thomas Tran
- Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Bani Younes; San Diego State University
- Titan X Project Video
Project Design
In the AE460 class, we are tasked with designing an aircraft. From the available choices, our team decided on the aerial firefighter aircraft designed to operate in highly impacted forest fire areas, specifically on the west coast of the United States. Unique choices on the design of our aircraft include 3 turbofan engines; 2 located on each wing and 1 located on the empennage, and a T-tail configuration.
- Team Members: Andrew Birch, Andre Galarza, Viviana Perez, Errin Quiazon, Efrain Ramos, Brian Torgerson
- Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Butler; San Diego State University
