Fall Semester

Week 14: System Level Design Review

As the semester wraps up, our project team reflects on an important turning point in our journey. This week, we successfully delivered our System Level Design Review (SLDR) presentation to a panel that included a visiting engineer from GE Aerospace,… Read More

Week 12: Cincinnati Adventure

Week 12 was the most anticipated week for our group this semester as it marked the week we would finally fly to Cincinnati, Ohio to visit our sponsor’s site. This is the first time (that we know of) that an… Read More

Week 11: Prototype Inspection Day

As prototype inspection day approached, Hyperstream was finally able to showcase a physical concept on what we have been working on all semester. We have completed our 3D-printed models of the isolator wind tunnel chamber, the top plate, and the… Read More

Week 10: Prototype Prep!

This past week marked a significant milestone for our HyperStream Solutions team as we met with our GE Aerospace liaison engineers in person for the first time. Connecting face-to-face allowed us to dive deep into discussions about evaluating our designs… Read More

Week 8: Updates based on PDR Feedback

We are excited to announce that we successfully presented our Preliminary Design Report to GE Aerospace last Friday! We received some valuable feedback from our liaisons about the progress of our project and have spent this week working on updating… Read More

Week 7: Revising our Preliminary Design Report

This week, we refined our presentation skills and progressed essential project decisions. After completing revisions to our Preliminary Design Report (PDR), we toured one of our manufacturing spaces on Tuesday. This tour improved our understanding of our manufacturing capabilities, which… Read More

Week 6: Presenting our PDR Peer Review

This week, we made strides in developing our presentation skills and advancing key project decisions. After finalizing the details and designs for our PDR, we presented our slide deck to a group of peers on Tuesday. This presentation gave us… Read More

Week 5: Preparing for PDR Peer Review

This week, our team has been focusing on creating our presentation for the PDR peer review this coming Tuesday. We met with our coach this week to discuss parameters and designs to include in the PDR and get approval from… Read More

Week 4: Project Presentation Warm-up

This week GE Aerospace invited us to an event they were hosting where they gathered all of the aerospace design teams and presented to them what they have been working on as a team. This gave our team the opportunity… Read More

Week 3: Advancing Our Design Concepts

This week, our team made significant progress toward advancing our wind tunnel testing methods. We toured Dr. Ukeiley’s wind tunnel lab, where we explored various flow imaging techniques and brainstormed ideas to scale the wind tunnel for our desired testing.… Read More