空间科学

看到你的想法发射到太空!

The Carthage 空间科学 Program develops payload experiments for NASA and commercial partners. Students design, build, and fly the experiments on commercial parabolic and suborbital flights. Our research straddles the boundary between 物理 and engineering and supports investigations into the properties of fluids in the microgravity environment of space.

We recruit students from 物理 and computer science programs, but no particular major is required. Students at all levels participate in this program, from high school students to seniors in college. Successful teams typically have students with strengths in one or more of the following areas: 软件设计/programming, 硬件, 计算机辅助设计, 电子产品, 物理, 和数学.

参见空间科学专业学生的四年计划

与NASA合作

Students pursuing space science studies at Carthage have the extraordinary opportunity to work with NASA. 学院在研究上与 美国宇航局约翰逊航天中心 和 NASA飞行机会计划通用有效载荷接口挑战(UPIC)). 

在零重力飞行中测试你的实验

We perform our experiments while falling out of the sky on a parabolic aircraft as it plunges toward earth, creating momentary periods of weightlessness for the researchers 和ir experiments. We also send our research into space on commercial suborbital rockets and even spacecraft headed for the moon!

参与航空航天研究

Students learn and implement aerospace industry practices in project management and systems engineering, 同时磨练科研技能. We work with external stakeholders like NASA, Airbus, Intuitive Machines, and others. Every project in our space sciences lab is externally funded and requires students to work directly with sponsors, 管理预算, 库存, 采购, 参与并领导设计评审, 设计测试和验证程序, 分析数据.

我们开发和使用计算机辅助设计等技术技能, 软件设计, 嵌入式系统, 热建模, 计算流体动力学, 有限元分析, 多物理场建模. Our students are broadly prepared to work in industry or continue to perform research in graduate school.

空间科学职业路径

空间科学专业的学生可以获得独特的体验, 宝贵的技能, and important connections — making them stand out when applying to graduate school and to jobs after college. 校友 整个航天工业和整个NASA的项目工作.

我们的合作伙伴

• 空中客车公司: 为空客零发动机项目开发MPG项目
• 佐治亚理工学院低重力实验室: 微重力下声泡控制的合作研究
• NASA T2U计划: 使用NASA专利组合的技术创业计划
• 教师空间: 教师抛物线飞行研究程序
• 威斯康星太空资助协会: 美国国家航空航天局的太空拨款计划

听听我们的校友谈论他们的职业生涯