GUI & Sampling Strategies for Satellite Imaging Payloads

Mentors:Glynn Germany

Raymond Jimenez

Team Members:Christopher Romero

Paul GrovesManuel Perea IV

Juan Rodriguez Jr.

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Project Description

• GUI front-end

• Development of algorithms

• Trade Study

Goals

• Create a GUI front-end for satellite imaging software– GUI is to simplify the configuration and operations of the

simulation software– Import the data from the simulation software– Data management

• Develop an analysis tool for image processing– Propose and implement multiple sampling algorithms– Provide a performance trade-study analysis– Integrate the analysis tool into the GUI

Team Member Roles

• Paul Groves & Juan Rodriquez – In charge of GUI development between simulation

software and Matlab– Development of programmer’s and user’s manuals

• Christopher Romero & Manuel Perea– In charge of research and data analysis– Algorithm and trade study development

Major Software Components

GUI

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Parameter Sweep Tool

Algorithms

Quantification Routines

Current Progress

Current Progress Continued

• Data Analysis

• Potential Algorithms

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Size/Scope/Roles of Sponsor

• Our sponsors are primarily there for technical guidance. They are trying to give us the chance to think on our own as we would in an engineering firm.

• Help elaborate our victory conditions• Glynn Germany- Space weather expert• Raymond Jimenez- Senior Optical Physicist

Major Schedule Milestones

• Completed Sweep Tool December• Completed GUI February • Completed Algorithms March• Trade-Study Analysis April• Completed User’s Manual April• Final Report April• Final Presentation May

Deliverables

• Completed GUI for simulation software• Trade-Study analysis report• User’s Manual• Programmer’s Manual

Biggest Challenges & Concerns

• Matlab programming• Simulation software• Quantifying data sets• Developing algorithms• Conceptual understand of space weather

Upcoming Tasks

• Sweep Tool Development

• Quantification methods for data sets

Why is this a good senior project?

• Apply theory to a challenging aerospace engineering problem

• Gain experience in satellite imaging and space weather

• Improvement of Matlab skills• Experience outside the classroom with top

scientists and engineers

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