Research Initiation Award: Magnetic Field Mapping of Pico/Nano/Micro-Satellites to Facilitate Refinement of their Guidance/Navigation Systems and Magnetic Cleanliness

研究启动奖：微微/纳米/微型卫星的磁场测绘，以促进其制导/导航系统和磁清洁度的改进

• 批准号: 1949952
• 负责人: Sharana Basawes Asundi
• 金额: $ 20.16万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949952&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Initiation; Award; Magnetic; Field

Research Initiation Awards provide support for junior and mid-career faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities who are building new research programs or redirecting and rebuilding existing research programs. It is expected that the award helps to further the faculty member's research capability and effectiveness, improves research and teaching at his home institution, and involves undergraduate students in research experiences. The award to Tuskegee University has potential broader impact in a number of areas. The project seeks to investigate methods of mapping the electromagnetic field distribution of pico/nano/micro satellites (PNMSats) and aid in the refinement of their orbit determination and control capabilities. Undergraduate aerospace engineering students will gain research experiences by working on the project. The overall research goal is to develop a better understanding of the magnetic activity of PNMSats and investigate methods of modeling the magnetic map of such satellites. A Magnet Coil Test Facility, designed around a 3-axes Helmholtz coil (HHC) cage and precision fluxgate magnetometers, will be used for carrying out the research. The PNMSat specimens will be subject to relevant on-orbit control modes inside the HHC cage. Using the magnetometer measurements taken during the emulation of these control modes, a harmonic understanding of the magnetic activity will be investigated. The research will aid in the refinement of the various subsystems of a PNMSat - particularly the operation of attitude determination and control systems, as well as electro-magnetically sensitive instrumentation. It will further aid in designing magnetic booms for PNMSats. This research is a stepping stone to founding a PNMSat program at Tuskegee University and provides an opportunity for collaboration with other Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

研究启动奖为历史上黑人学院和大学的初级和中级职业教师提供支持，他们正在建立新的研究项目或重新定向和重建现有的研究项目。预计该奖项将有助于进一步提高教师的研究能力和效率，改善其所在机构的研究和教学，并使本科生参与研究经验。授予塔斯基吉大学的奖项在许多领域具有潜在的更广泛的影响。该项目力求研究绘制皮科/纳米/微型卫星电磁场分布图的方法，并协助改进其轨道确定和控制能力。航空航天工程本科生将通过参与该项目获得研究经验。 总体研究目标是更好地了解PNMSats的磁活动，并研究模拟此类卫星磁图的方法。 围绕3轴亥姆霍兹线圈（HHC）笼和精密磁通门磁力计设计的磁体线圈测试设施将用于进行研究。 PNMSat样品将在HHC笼内接受相关在轨控制模式。使用这些控制模式的仿真过程中所采取的磁强计测量，磁活动的谐波的理解将进行调查。 这项研究将有助于改进PNMSat的各个子系统，特别是姿态确定和控制系统以及电磁敏感仪器的操作。它将进一步帮助设计PNMS卫星的磁杆。 这项研究是在塔斯基吉大学建立PNMSat项目的垫脚石，并为与其他历史上的黑人学院和大学合作提供了机会。