This week, we reviewed feedback from both our Peer Review SLDR and our coach. We were commended for implementing PID revisions effectively and delivering a more polished presentation. Our coach recommended adding an airflow-direction arrow to our model and expanding… Read More

On Tuesday, 11/18/2025, the FLARE team met to finish preparing for our Peer Review SLDR presentation. We worked on finishing both our SLDR report draft and the presentation to clearly communicate our current design and testing plan. Moving forward, we… Read More

On Monday, 11/10/2025, the FLARE team met to continue preparing for our Peer Review SLDR presentation. We worked on drafting our SLDR report and refining the presentation to clearly communicate our current design and testing plan. We also met with… Read More

This week, we presented our current design iteration for Prototype Inspection Day. We received a lot of beneficial feedback from subject matter experts. We’d like to thank all who attended. Moving forward, we plan on developing a CAD model for… Read More

On Tuesday, 10/28/25, we met as a group to discuss updating our plan for protype inspection day (PID). We used our coach meeting to discuss preliminary testing schematics we created and got beneficial feedback. A large part of this discussion… Read More

On Tuesday, 10/21/25, we met as a group to discuss updating our PDR, create a testing plan, and outline our required materials for prototype inspection day. We ordered a TEG demonstrator with an LED light attachment to demonstrate the concept… Read More

On Monday, 10/13/25, we presented our PDR to our GE Aerospace liaisons in Cincinnati, Ohio. We had a great day on-site, starting at 8:00 AM. Our presentation was met with insightful discussions and helpful questions. We were given great tours… Read More

This week we presented our preliminary design report (PDR) to three other IPPD groups, coaches, and staff. This was a great opportunity for our team to display our hard work and receive constructive feedback. Constructive questions from the audience are… Read More

The team faced a significant problem that they had to address this week. We contacted the supplier of the high temperature thermoelectric generator (TEG) we were interested in acquiring and found out it is no longer being produced. Fortunately, we… Read More

This week the team met to discuss different ways we could address our scope of work. At the team meeting, each member presented one (or more) ideas that could be used as solutions to the problem of waste heat. Through… Read More

This week, FLARE met on 9/15/2025 to work on our Product Design Specifications (PDS). This is an important document that transforms customer wants and needs into requirements and specifications. We made sure to draft specifications that can be measured by… Read More

We’d like to introduce our team’s name and logo, FLARE: flight level aerothermal recovery of energy. This acronym is a reference to the pyrotechnic device of the same name and symbolizes the energetic qualities of our project. The color scheme… Read More

Hello everyone, welcome to our IPPD blog! We are Team 09, sponsored by GE Aerospace and coached by Dr. Bruce Carroll. Our mission is to develop a waste heat recovery system for hypersonic propulsion.  This week we introduced ourselves, met… Read More