If you qualify for accommodations because of a
disability please submit to BOTH instructors a letter from Disability Services
in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services
determines accommodations based on documented disabilities (303-492-8671,
Willard 322, www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices).
For religious holidays
– please notify instructors prior to any potential conflicts to properly
accommodate your schedule.
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Honor
Code: http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/Faculty.html
Lectures for Fall
2003:
08/26 Tu Lecture 1 Class
Overview: Space
Life Sciences Hardware
Slide
Show (pdf) - Notes
08/28 Th Lecture 2 Spaceflight Environment: Microgravity – Definition Microgravity Environment (doc) ‘Exercise’:
09/02 Tu Lecture 3 Spaceflight Environment1: Launch, Landing, On-Orbit
09/04 Th Lecture 4 Spaceflight Environment2: Vacuum, Radiation, Atmosphere Composition, Pressure, Temperature, Humidity PDF
09/09 Tu Lecture 5 Spaceflight Environment3: Interface Verification and Testing (Facilities, Operations, Access, Services) PDF extras
09/11 Th Lecture 6 Design Guidelines, Safety Philosophies, Hazard Control, Safety Verification
09/16 Tu Lecture 7 Sample Containment: Hazard levels, sealed / vented / pressurized containers
09/18 Th Lecture 8 Space Incubator: Heating, Insulation, Temperature Control Fall 2003 Homework 1 (doc pdf)
09/23 Tu Lecture 9 Cooling: Fan Selection, Heat Exchangers
09/25 Th Lecture 10 Refrigeration: Thermoelectric Cooler Design (Melcor Aztec TEC design software)
09/30 Tu Lecture 11 Heat Transport: heat pipes, water cooling, thermal gradients Class Critique (results)
10/02 Th FALL
BREAK No Class - ENJOY
10/07 Tu Lecture 12 Pressurized Systems: definitions, safety controls Homework 1 DUE
10/09 Th
Lecture 13 Space
Incubator: Putting it all together (lecture 6-12) Fall 2003 HOMEWORK
2 (doc
/ pdf)
Incubator
Thermal Design Presentation (ppt
in pdf) / Incubator Paper
(doc
in pdf)
Plant
Chamber Thermal Design Presentation (ppt
in pdf) / Plant Chamber Thermal Design Paper (doc
in pdf)
Cold
Stowage on ISS Hardware Examples (pdf)
10/14 Tu Lecture 14 Plant
Chamber: requirements, sub-system design
Plant
Chamber Overview Presentation (ppt in pdf)
/ Paper (doc
in pdf)
10/16 Th
Lecture 15 Temperature
and Humidity Control
Plant
Chamber Temperature / Humidity Control Presentation (ppt
in pdf) / Paper (doc
in pdf)
Plant
Chamber Thermal Design Presentation (ppt
in pdf) / Plant Chamber Thermal Design Paper (doc
in pdf)
10/21 Tu
Lecture 16 Atmosphere
Control and Nutrient Delivery System Design Homework 2 DUE
Plant
Chamber Atmosphere Control Presentation (ppt in
pdf) / Paper (doc in
pdf)
Nutrient
Delivery Systems (ppt in
pdf) / Paper (doc in
pdf)
10/23 Th Lecture 17 Light Sources:
plants / humans / video / spectroradiometer Take-Home Midterm Handout (doc / pdf)
10/28 Tu Lecture 18 Video Systems: resolution, color / B&W / digitizing / frame grabber
10/30 Th Lecture 19 Power Supply: regulators, DC-DC and DC-AC converters
11/04-06 Tu Lecture 20 Computer-based Data Acquisition and Control: A/D, D/A, DIO (also in PDF)
11/11-13 Tu Lecture
22 Instrumentation /
Sensor Integration: pressure, temperature, acceleration, gas, light (also in PDF)
Homework 3: Data Acquisition (doc / pdf)
11/18 Tu Lecture 24 Bioreactor Designs (PDF presentation)
11/20 Th Lecture 25 Data, Commanding, Mission Operations Mission Ops and Experimentation on Space Station
11/25 Tu Lecture 26 Homework 4: Electric/Video (doc / pdf)
11/27 Th No Class: Thanksgiving Happy
Thanksgiving !!
12/02 Tu Lecture 27 Assembly, Testing, Integration
12/04 Th Lecture 28 Project Presentations (10 minutes each group, Homework 5: (doc / pdf)
12/09 Tu Lecture 29 “dito” or individual, viewgraphs, (1999 presentation links as examples)
12/11 Th Lecture 30 “dito” and project report due) Take-Home Final Handout (pdf / doc)
12/15 Monday Official
Final Exam Time:
last chance: project report and take-home final due date
Fall 1999 Grades Fall 2003
GRADES
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11/18 Tu Lecture 24 Inflatable Structures for Experiment Accommodation J. Clawson Homework 4: Electric
11/20 Th Lecture 25 Personal Life Support - Space Suit - Dr. David Klaus