SDSU's NASA 3D Printed Habitat: Advanced Robotic Construction Team

SDSU's NASA 3D Printed Habitat: Advanced Robotic Construction Team SDSU's group building a 3d printer for the NASA 3d Printed Habitat Challenge (https://www.bradley.edu/challenge/)

Current SDSU Mechanical Engineering student proving that not all heros wear capes. So proud of Luke - keep going!
03/28/2020

Current SDSU Mechanical Engineering student proving that not all heros wear capes. So proud of Luke - keep going!

09/30/2019

In the recently published ‘Development and Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene for In-Space Manufacturing Applica

09/12/2019

Last year, a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design group from SDSU, sponsored by the NASA XHab program, created and studied a new 3d printable material using ABS plastic and basalt fibers. The goal of their project was to develop a material that could be used to build habitats for astronauts on the surface of Mars. This material is stronger than regular ABS plastic, stiffer than ABS plastic, helps protect astronauts from space radiation, and best of all, the basalt fibers that provide strength and radiation shielding can be sourced from the surface of Mars, making this material much less expensive than any material we would ship from earth. Their work was recently published in the Journal of Composites Science (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335635981_Development_and_Mechanical_Properties_of_Basalt_Fiber-Reinforced_Acrylonitrile_Butadiene_Styrene_for_In-Space_Manufacturing_Applications).

Help support talented and hard working groups during the event today. Gifts made to the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Excellence Fund will be used to help our successful student teams.

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We’re only two days away from , our biggest single-day fundraising campaign for the year. Gifts made to the Jerome J....
09/11/2019

We’re only two days away from , our biggest single-day fundraising campaign for the year. Gifts made to the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Excellence Fund will be used to help out already successful student teams (like the Human-Powered Vehicle, Mars 3D, SAE Baja and Formula SAE teams) as they make us all proud to be Jackrabbit Engineers. https://spsr.me/9GcN

A lot of hard work in the last 10 days
12/02/2018

A lot of hard work in the last 10 days

Thank you to our sponsor of the week Link Manufacturing. Link Manufacturing donated the parts that will help us embed pi...
11/20/2018

Thank you to our sponsor of the week Link Manufacturing. Link Manufacturing donated the parts that will help us embed pipes in our water tank. As you can see in our pictures below we are tasked with embedding a massive 12 inch pipe in our water tank.

Our sponsor of the week is KC engineering. Thank you for supporting our project. In the picture below we are working on ...
11/13/2018

Our sponsor of the week is KC engineering. Thank you for supporting our project.

In the picture below we are working on part of our material handling system. Once the material handling system is running will be able to start full-scale prints.

Thank you to our sponsor of the week Mid States Electric. Without their support, we would not be competing in this excit...
11/06/2018

Thank you to our sponsor of the week Mid States Electric. Without their support, we would not be competing in this exciting competition. We've been working hard getting the printer ready for competition. In the picture below is a sample that has been sent out to complete a freeze-thaw test. This will allow us to see how our material performs in harsh conditions.

What do Mechanical Engineering students do on Friday night of Hobo Week? They work on their 3d printer for the NASA 3D P...
10/13/2018

What do Mechanical Engineering students do on Friday night of Hobo Week? They work on their 3d printer for the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. Check out these hard working students shoveling 8,000 lbs of #57 gravel for the base of the printer.

1.33% scale model printed and submitted to the competition today!
05/30/2018

1.33% scale model printed and submitted to the competition today!

05/15/2018

Testing the material handling system and aligning the extruder column

Major construction underway. Getting closer!
05/13/2018

Major construction underway. Getting closer!

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