Calendar

The calendar below includes the lecture (LE) and lab (LA) sessions for the first semester (16.83). The lectures provide background on the project, its technical knowledge requirements, and introduces students to aspects of system design which may be unfamiliar. Major presentations are identified in the Key Dates column, and sometimes include external audience members.

Subsequent semesters (16.831, 16.832) favor lab activities heavily.  Lectures are given on demand, when a knowledge gap is identified.  Milestones for each semester include major presentations and important report documents. 

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
LE1 Class introduction, Requirements
LE2 Requirements (cont.), Electromagnetic("EM") design
LA1 Team activities
LE3 System management Team plans presentations
LE4 Mission design, Teamwork
LA2 Team activities
LE5 Formation flight control Team presentations
LA3 Team activities
LE6 Trade analyses Team presentations
LE7 Presentation planning Individual program report presentations
LA4 Trade analysis and requirements review ("TARR") preparation
LE8 Sub-system planning, Real-time software
LA5 TARR preparation Team progress report presentations
LA6 TARR preparation
LA7 TARR preparation
LA8 TARR preparation
LA9 TARR dry run
LE9 TARR presentation
LE10 Lab introduction Requirements document due
LE11
LA10
Reliability and operations
Sub-system design
LE12 Design document
LA11 Sub-system prototyping
LA12 Sub-system design
LE13 Sub-system report presentations
LA13 Sub-system prototyping
LE14 Manufacture and test
LA14 Sub-system prototyping
LE15 Presentation planning
LA15 Sub-system design
LA16 Sub-system prototyping
LE16 Sub-system report presentations
LA17 Preliminary design review ("PDR") preparation
LA18 Sub-system prototyping
LE17 PDR presentations
LA19 PDR action items
LA20 Design document preparation
LA21 Design document preparation
LA22 Team social Design document due