Prerequisites:  Familiarity with electronics (electrical circuits and wiring) or programming (preference for C or C++)

Courses:  ECE296, ECE396, ECE496, ENGR196, ENGR296, or ENGR396

Focus:  

Description:  

The Mars Lander and Rover Demonstration mission (Project Ares) is to demonstrate the ability of the participating students to successfully design, build, test, launch, operate, and recover a demonstration prototype for a soft-landing Mars Lander vehicle that is dropped from a quadcopter UAV and deploys a rover after landing. 

Advisor: Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen,  Specialist/Project Manager,  Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory

Contact:  sorensen@hsfl.hawaii.edu

Focus Designations: W (Writing)  O (Oral) for ECE496 

(post expiring May 2027)