Hermes, The Firefighting Airplane

Team Name: Hermes

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 Universty

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.

Life Investigations and Testing on Enceladus

Team Name: Beta Orbital Systems

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
Mission design for a spacecraft that will collect samples from the plumes on Enceladus to test for biosignatures.

Lunar Recreational Spacecraft

Team Name: Flat Earth Co.

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
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.

Manned-Mission to Mars

Team Name: Team Rocket

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

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?

Mars Oribital Space Station

Team Name: MOSS Group

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

Project Description
The Mars Orbital Space Station (MOSS) is designed to serve as a hub for future astronauts and scientists to explore Mars, as it orbits around the grand red planet. MOSS showcases the future of what manned Mars exploration will be.

The T-39 Yellowjacket- A Conceptual Advanced Pilot Trainer

Team Name: T-39 Yellowjacket

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
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.

Titan Turtle

Team Name: TitanX

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

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.

Triple-Engine Firefighter Tanker Aircraft

Team Name: Practical Pelicans

Team Members: Andrew Birch, Andre Galarza, Viviana Perez, Errin Quiazon, Efrain Ramos, Brian Torgerson

Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Butler; San Diego State University

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..