FUELING THE FUTURE
“The team has really become a close group of friends, and competing and working on engineering challenges has only brought us closer. Engineering is such a unifying field, and getting to work on cutting-edge technology with some of the brightest students Embry-Riddle has to offer is the best experience.” Aerospace Engineering student and Senior Safety and Risk Officer Max Klein (’27) highlighted his experiences with PARSEC and NASA’s HLC as an invaluable part of his educational experience — and future career. “My experience with PARSEC has been pivotal for my ability to develop myself as an engineer, and I hope to carry the lessons I have learned with me throughout my professional and academic pursuits,” he said. Through competitions, projects and research, Embry-Riddle students directly contribute to the future of space exploration — innovating HLS technology for the next generation of astronauts — and perhaps the first generation of long-term lunar explorers.
Many spacecraft carry extra fuel, Bowers said, to account for the frequent inaccuracy. “By providing accurate fuel information at all stages of flight, we can save fuel and mass usage for all spacecraft,” he said, adding that the team is pursuing a patent for the technology.
How the proposed system operates:
SENSOR NETWORK
Sensors line the interior of the propellant tank walls.
ELECTRIC FIELD IMAGING
Arrays of electrodes emit electric signals, which provide cross-sectional images of the tank.
MACHINE LEARNING INTEGRATION
A machine learning algorithm approximates the tank’s contents on a continuous basis.
“The technologies we deal with throughout the project are also uncommon, so getting to learn about exciting, new and cutting-edge technologies that will fuel our future from scratch is an experience I will not soon forget,” Bowers said.
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