megaPhone
megaPhone: A New Project Begins!
I’m starting a new project to build a mobile phone! Here’s my first post about it with all the details so far.
News
Coming up in 2019…
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2019 is a great year for you all. Personally, I’ll be finishing my time on my BEng at the University of Bath and am hoping to join Cranfield University in October for a one-year MSc course in Astronautics and Space Engineering. But that aside, Read more…
Life
Escape to Canada: My Brexit Plan
The UK’s departure of the European Union means many things to many different people. To some it can be described as a victory, to others a betrayal. Some see the vote as democratic, while others feel the population were woefully under- and misinformed in the run up to the referendum. Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 10: Presentations, Results and Farewells
Day 10 in Alpbach, the final day of the Summer School, was all about the final presentations. The order of them was randomly chosen by the judges, with my Orange team being picked to go first. We were a bit nervous, with so much work over the past nine days Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 9: Team Rehearsals and Presentation Submission
Day 9 of the Alpbach Summer School was extremely busy, with the whole team in the final push to finish our report and presentation before the hard deadline at midnight. The day started with us all meeting at the school house at 9:30am after a late night last night addressing Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 8: More Work and FDR
Today has been a very busy day in Alpbach, with lots of work to prepare for the afternoon’s Final Design Review (FDR). During yesterday’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR), we received many useful pieces of feedback from the reviewers on how we could strengthen our science case and the technical side Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 7: Final Lectures and PDR
Today in Alpbach, we had the final lectures of the Summer School. While it was great to be able to crack on with lots more work before our afternoon Preliminary Design Review (PDR), it was also somewhat sad to think that we wouldn’t have any more leading experts from across Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 6: PDR Preparations
On this, the Sunday of the Alpbach Summer School, we have been back into the swing of things to prepare for our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on Monday. Arriving at the School House at 9:30, we found the surrounding hills still covered in cloud. The team spent the day continuing Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 5: Hiking and the Work Continues
After yesterday’s hectic preparation for the first review of our mission, this morning was a great opportunity to relax, with almost the entire Summer School cohort going on a hike around the local mountains, guided by our photographer, Michel. Leaving our rendezvous point at the Hotel Böglerhof at 9am, we Read more…
Alpbach Summer School
Alpbach Day 4: Engineering and First Review
The Friday of the Alpbach Summer School began with a lecture on mission analysis tools by Marcus Hallman, the Chief Mission Analyst at the DLR. This gave a good insight into different trajectories to get to small bodies around the solar system. It was followed by a sampling technology lecture Read more…