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CIV_ENV 495-0-38: NASA'S 3D-PRINTED HABITAT CHALLENGE

Prerequisites

None. Although experience with Revit, Solidworks, or other 3D modeling software is preferred.

Description

“Future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond will require innovative options to shelter our explorers, and we won’t be able to carry all of the materials with us from Earth. NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenges competition, seeks ways to create or develop the technologies needed to create such habitats on-site, and challenges citizen inventors to lead the way…” – nasa.gov/3DPHab/

Over the quarter students will divide into teams to research, develop, and improve technologies or models within one or more areas of the competition. Such topics include:

Martian Habitat Design
3D-Printing Simulation
Martian Concrete (Marscrete) Testing and Experimentation
3D-Printer Extruder Design and Fabrication
Robot and Systems Controls Programming

Pragmatically, the course will centered on (and student evaluation based on):

Participation
Team Progress
Student Presentations

NOTES

Anticipate a significant out-of-classroom time commitment.

TEXTBOOK

No formal textbook. Readings will be provided.

CONTACT

Gianluca Cusatis
Tech A134
Phone: (847) 491-4027
Email: g-cusatis@northwestern.edu