ECE 3154 - Space Systems - Design and Validation (2C)

Introduction to systems and techniques used in electrical engineering design for space-based applications. Students design, fabricate, and test an electronic system following accepted NASA and industry standards, including functional bench-top tests, thermal testing, vibration testing, and long-duration operational testing. Periodic formal reports will document design approaches and test results.

This course provides a lab experience to augment ECE 3104 – Introduction to Space Systems and Technologies. It provides classroom exposure and closely related laboratory exercises designed to enable students to apply the design techniques used in ECE 3104. Classroom and laboratory exercises establish familiarity with instrumentation and testing approaches utilized in industry for validating spaceflight system designs. The course applies the principles of circuit analysis and electromagnetic fields that are learned in ECE3105 – Electromagnetic Fields and its sophomore level prerequisites.