Date of Award
December 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Engineering
First Advisor
Chiu Law
Committee Members
Chiu Law, Rani ElHajjar, George Hanson
Abstract
The main goal of this project is to fulfill the need of a controller upgrade for the Cavity Environmental Control System (CECS) on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft. The preceding controller had multiple disadvantages including operating in an unpressurized region, incomplete functionality implementation, limited fault and status monitoring capability, and reduced maintainability and reliability. The new controller will go through the NASA design process to fulfill all the requirements of CECS operation including complete functionality of all devices currently installed on the aircraft, added devices to improve fault and health monitoring, and overall improvement in maintainability and reliability.
Recommended Citation
Al-Hajjeh, Ashraf, "Cavity Environmental Control System Upgrade for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 2284.
https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/2284