Much of the control system development in the
Microship was accomplished with the aid of engineering students at the
University of California, San Diego. From 1993 to 1995, we had
approximately 10 electrical and computer engineering seniors per
quarter, working in teams on FORTH-based projects (ECE-190B and
ECE-167). We also had a few Mechanical Engineering students from the
Ames 156B class, and the occasional independent study (199). In
addition, we had extensive help from UCSD students who have volunteered
for the sake of independent learning and the opportunity to gain
hands-on experience. Detailed discussion of their work can be found in
the archived status reports, but here's a list of the UCSD students who
contributed to the Microship project:
Andres Albano -- DOS-based GUI code
Frank Araullo -- Extensive ongoing Mac and DOS help
Ophira Bergman -- Early video turret tests
Michael Bream -- Initial Hub and network tools
Alex Burmester -- Video turret controller
David Chin -- DAT Controller
Brian Chiu -- Neural
network autopilot
Isaac Chu -- Audio crossbar
Larry Conly -- Manpack system
Adrian Cordova -- Folding solar substrate model
Jason Corley -- Audio crossbar and power management
Sidart Deb -- Packet-hub login code
Viet Do -- Thruster control
Eduardo Garcia -- Early video turret attempts
James Gerken -- Early thoughts on pressure system
Stephanie Griffin -- Folding solar substrate model
Nathan Hantgin -- Solar panel substrate
Jeremy Heath -- Power/solar, packet datacomm, lab help
Joseph Koontz -- Solar panel substrate
San Le -- Video turret mechanical assistance
Delon Levi -- Video crossbar
Harrison Li -- Hub-node communication
Oliver Ling -- DAT controller
Robert Lipsett -- Video turret mechanical design and fabrication
Filippo Loddo -- Manpack system
Trang Luong -- Weight study, errands, general help
Carl Mascarenas -- Ultrasonic distance sensor; DOS-based GUI code
Chad Alan Neale -- Manpack system
Ray O'Neill -- Early video turret tests
Aamir Panjvani -- Neural network autopilot
Nathan Parker -- Video turret controller
Dan Perry -- Start of solar still project
David Quinn -- Solar panel substrate
Robin Sarno -- Video power control
Tim Scheer -- Pressure monitoring system
Kevin Schmeichel -- Packet-hub login code
Dan Sebald -- Serial crossbar
Marisela Segawa -- Video power control
Jeff Simon -- Serial crossbar
Mary Smith -- Security task initial testing
John Studarus -- SPARC help, Gopher and Web server setup
Chris Tuft -- Initial Hub and network tools
TJ Tyler -- Extensive early brainstorming on ship design
Mark Whitney -- Pressure monitoring system
Andrea Woo -- Speech board assembly
Henry Xia -- GPS interface
Daniel Yang -- GPS interface, Web server and general system help,
errands (photo below)
Dave Yao -- Linear bicycle setup, DuraPoint tests
Alan Young -- GPS interface
