Duncan R Hamill Spacecraft Engineering Student, University of Southampton

Education

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics with Spacecraft Engineering

University of Southampton, currently in third year of four

Third year individual project (dissertation):

“An investigation into a system to correct calibration of stereo images for the ExoMars rover Mobility system.”
Computer Vision | MATLAB | Linear Algebra | Monte Carlo Simulation

Modules studdied include:

Advanced Astronautics

Orbital Mechanics, Attitude Control, Electrical Power Systems

Spacecraft Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering, Payload Selection, ECSS & Regulations

Propulsion

Air-breathing and Rocket Engines

Aerothermodynamics

Compressible Flow, External Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer

Aerospace Control Design

Feedback Control, Time and Frequency Domain Analysis, Stability

Materials and Structures

Fatigue, Bending, Composites

Experience

ExoMars Rover Guidance Navigation and Control Internship

Airbus Defence and Space, Stevenage, 2019-20

Deployment test, Zurich (BBC)

Roles included:

  • Developing software (in C) for the prototype rover in the Mars Yard
  • Developing an algorithm to control the deployment of the rover precisely
  • Extensive testing of the deployment in Zurich

Skills developed:

  • C programming inc. concurrency and networking
  • Systems design and prototyping (UML)
  • Verification and testing

Projects

Olympus Rover Trials 2020

Head of Autonomy, Software Architect

Southampton University Spaceflight Society entry into the ORT 2020 competition. Acting as head of autonomy and software architect, pushing the use of rust for high performance safe computing.

Software repository

Skills

Programming: Rust, C, Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, HTML, CSS,

Software: Solidworks, Blender, LaTeX, MS Office, git, SVN

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