Ebanezer Litany Richard

An Enthusiastic student looking to do research in the field of space engineering and interested in understanding more about the theory involving interplanetary space travel in order to help advance the practical application of the said theory.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Title: Design and Analysis of Morphing Wing

Period: February 2014 – May 2014

Team Size: 3

• Morphing Wing is used to neglect the geometric discontinuity present in a conventional wing. The main objective of the project is to design and analyze the advantages of a morphing wing over a conventional wing.

Title: LEGO Laser Temperature controller

Period: December 2020 – September 2020

• This dissertation was about designing a temperature controller system for a laser diode for a Low earth orbit satellite and optimizing the behavior of the temperature controller for space environment. The temperature controller simulation software was successfully built.

ACADEMIC COURSEWORK

• Processed Sentinel-I Interferometric wide swath image using ESA SNAP (Satellite Remote Sensing).
• Solved Kepler’s equation, numerical integration of equations of motion and understood satellite orbits and orbital elements, the challenges of orbit phasing and rendezvous using MATLAB.
• Understood spacecraft attitude and investigated practical applications using Euler and quaternion-based parameterizations, and the moments of inertia cross-coupling axes and angular offsets affect a satellite’s attitude using MATLAB.
• Platform avionics design – chose a communications system for a 12U nano satellite which is being sent into a polar Lunar orbit for imaging and successfully justified the decision.
• Investigated the European Space Agency LEON3 Processor toolchain and simulator in Linux operating system and successfully applied an EEC code (hamming code [31,26]) in ‘C’ language for the LEON3 System on a chip.
• Implemented B-dot Detumbling algorithm in MATLAB to detumble a satellite in orbit.

• Gaming
• Watching Documentaries about Space Science
• Anime
• Music

 Introduction to Programming with MATLAB from Vanderbilt University.

• Passed Grade 2 Piano Examination by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2006.
• Foundation Level Graded Examination in Music Performance, Grade 3 Electronic Keyboard, Trinity College London, October 2007.
• Certificate in Intermediate Level Graded Examination in Music Performance, Grade 5 Electronic Keyboard, Trinity College London in October 2008.
• Level 3 certificate in Graded Examination in Music Performance, Grade 8 Electronic Keyboards with merit from Trinity College London in July 2015.
• Level 1 Award in Graded Examination in Music Performance, Grade I Violin with merit, Trinity College London in July 2015.

• Won second place in Carrom during annual sports meet 2007-2008.