Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Eleventh USIP Meeting

Log Week 16 [01/18/2014]:
The meeting discussed about the trip to Palestine, TX and current progress of all aspects of the project. Pictures were also taken of individual members (will be posted soon). One member left the group due to coming graduation date and relocation.





Things To Expect:
- A new Google poll has been posted (link).
- Telemetry team driving this February 10th for a meeting with CSBF/NASA.
- Expect a lecture on atmospheric science on Monday from Dr. Lefer.
- Meeting with Dr. Lefer on Friday.
- Planning to be done with PDR/CDR sometime later (No ETA on this).
- Hopefully, we will be able to host our site on NSM server as soon as we get an approval from the department.
- Visit Doodle Poll and let us know your availability (link).
- Visit our Google Calendar for specifics and timely updates.

Written By:
Abdul K. Siddiqui (USIP-UH member)

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Tenth USIP Meeting

Log Week 15 [01/11/2014]:
Several things were discussed in the meeting from different payloads to general topics. Dr. Bering and Dr. Dunbar also attended the meeting and stressed on more student to student and student to teacher interactions. We also gained two new students in the project.

There was a meeting on gaseous compounds this last Friday with Dr. Lefer. If you are interested in learning more about atmospheric science, please attend Dr. Lefer's meetings/lectures on Monday at 9:00am and/or on Fridays at 1:00pm.

Current Team Members:
Daniel H.
Rachel G.
Diego G.
Abdul S.
Alyssa N.
John C.
Chris B.
Dominic M.
Mo H.
Megan P.
Daniel C.
Daniel S.
Erika M.
Hamza A.
Arian E.

Things To Expect:
- Telemetry team driving this February for a meeting with CSBF/NASA.
- Expect a lecture on atmospheric science on Monday.
- Meeting with Dr. Lefer on Friday.
- Planning to be done with PDR/CDR sometime later (No ETA on this).
- Hopefully, we will be able to host our site on NSM server as soon as we get a approval from the department.
- Re-visit Doodle Poll and let us know your availability (link).
- Visit our Google Calendar for specifics and timely updates.

Written By:
Abdul K. Siddiqui (USIP-UH member)

Thursday, January 9, 2014

No Meeting Held

Log Week 13-14 [12/28/2013 - 01/04/2014]:
No activity during the weekend except a lecture from Dr. Coster on Friday Jan. 3rd. She talked about the possible inclusion of Total Electron Content payload and its applications.

Things To Expect:
- Dr. Bering is back in town, best chance to approach him (if you have not already done so).
- Planning to be done with PDR/CDR sometime later (No ETA on this).
- Hopefully, we will be able to host our site on NSM server as soon as we get a approval from the department.
- Re-visit Doodle Poll and let us know your availability (link).
- Visit our Google Calendar for specifics and timely updates.

Written By:
Abdul K. Siddiqui (USIP-UH member)