Engineering design through the Colorado Space Grant DemoSat Project

The Spring 2003 EPICS Challenge, sponsored by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, exemplified the "hands-on" experiences that enabled students to practice engineering design. The mission of the project was to measure atmospheric conditions on a high altitude balloon flight that created some tough and challenging design issues for the teams. The construction phase focused on building the satellites, including soldering and foam core construction clinics. The project ended with successful conclusions illustrating the operability of overall structural design, functional electronics, and a classical pressure sensor as well as satisfied team members