Michael Gunderman
Tehachapi, California, United States
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About
Currently building Landing Gear for Talon-A.
Some of my other interests:
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Scaled is excited to share that this morning we conducted the first flight of the Model 437 Vanguard, demonstrating Northrop Grumman's Digital…
Scaled is excited to share that this morning we conducted the first flight of the Model 437 Vanguard, demonstrating Northrop Grumman's Digital…
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Great way to start the week. Nice work Ruslan Pshichenko on photog today!
Great way to start the week. Nice work Ruslan Pshichenko on photog today!
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Experience
Education
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Miami University
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Activities and Societies: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Former President and Design, Build, Fly Team Lead), Toastmasters International (Former Secretary), Scholar Leader Community (Advisor to the selection cluster), and Engineering and Computing and Student Council.
Individual Reading:
"Rocket Propulsion Elements," by Sutton and Biblarz
"Spaceflight Dynamics," William Wiesel
"Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion," Martin Turner
"Spaceflight Exploration and Astronaut Safety," Joeseph Pelton
"Mars the Lure of the Red Planet," Sheehan and O'Meara
"Dynamics of Flight Stability and Control," Etkin and Reid
Pages 0~450 of "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics," John Anderson
"The Rocket Company," Patrick Stiennon
Projects
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NASA Solar VTOL UAV Project
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This project was for both an electrical engineering senior design project and a competition through the NASA Ohio Space Grant Consortium. We were awarded a prize for best Electrical Engineering Senior Design Project.
For this project, we built and modified a Bearospace Industries Gemini V2 for Vertical-Takeoff-or-Landing capability and solar-enhanced range. The aircraft also flew with a pixhawk flight controller, which should give it capability for stabilized manual and semi-autonomous…This project was for both an electrical engineering senior design project and a competition through the NASA Ohio Space Grant Consortium. We were awarded a prize for best Electrical Engineering Senior Design Project.
For this project, we built and modified a Bearospace Industries Gemini V2 for Vertical-Takeoff-or-Landing capability and solar-enhanced range. The aircraft also flew with a pixhawk flight controller, which should give it capability for stabilized manual and semi-autonomous waypoint flight. I did aircraft performance analysis, designed the aircraft power system, test-flew the aircraft, and designed and implemented hardware for VTOL capability.
We successfully demonstrated semi-autonomous flight on a test aircraft, qualified the modified flight software in both hover and forward-flight modes, and dropped glowsticks. The aircraft flew like an airplane in its final configuration, but initial hover testing resulted in a structural failure. The airframe is still intact and ready for further testing. -
FLAP Unsteady Airflow Senior Design Project
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For this project, we designed and built a complex mechanical system that would attach to Miami's 1 ft by 1 ft wind tunnel and move an airfoil in two degrees of freedom.
I wrote the system's requirements based on the aerodynamic regimes that our advisor wanted to research. I also maintained an excel sheet to calculate the system's performance, did CAD and FEA for some of the component iterations, and machined some final parts. -
Independent Research UAV Design Project
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Designed and constructed a model aircraft to test the combined functionality of leading-edge flaps, trailing-edge flaps, and leading-edge root extensions at the model scale.
Organizations
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American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, Miami University Chapter
President (Sept. 2016-May 2018)
-Miami University AIAA is the University's primary Aerospace Engineering Student organization. Members gain experience with aerospace-related student projects and teams, such as the AIAA Design, Build, and Fly competition team (www.aiaadbf.com). We also design, build, and fly model aircraft and rockets and go to student paper conferences. In my time as President, I started the Design, Build, Fly team, our almost weekly fly days, and other intiatives that helped bring a hands-on learning approach…
Miami University AIAA is the University's primary Aerospace Engineering Student organization. Members gain experience with aerospace-related student projects and teams, such as the AIAA Design, Build, and Fly competition team (www.aiaadbf.com). We also design, build, and fly model aircraft and rockets and go to student paper conferences. In my time as President, I started the Design, Build, Fly team, our almost weekly fly days, and other intiatives that helped bring a hands-on learning approach to the organization. It has grown rapidly to one of the College's most active engineering organizations.
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XB-1 had its second successful flight test this morning. I am sure some folks may wonder: what gives? Why did it take so long with the first flight…
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Cornfields produce a lot of corn, and cornfields also produce a lot of CEOs. 😊 Hail Purdue!
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"If we risk nothing, we risk everything." #morningpages
"If we risk nothing, we risk everything." #morningpages
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One of my aerial photo missions takes me over Mojave Air & Space Port every month. This unique plane, the Stratolaunch Roc, was on the tarmac with…
One of my aerial photo missions takes me over Mojave Air & Space Port every month. This unique plane, the Stratolaunch Roc, was on the tarmac with…
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Talon-A2's radar altimeter system was successfully tested in preparation for its upcoming flight later this year. The test consisted of suspending…
Talon-A2's radar altimeter system was successfully tested in preparation for its upcoming flight later this year. The test consisted of suspending…
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As our DOD contracts grow, so do we. The incoming talent at our new R&D facility in Ohio is crucial to allowing us to scale. "Ursa Major is…
As our DOD contracts grow, so do we. The incoming talent at our new R&D facility in Ohio is crucial to allowing us to scale. "Ursa Major is…
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Ursa Major is expanding our footprint in Ohio. Our new research-and-development facility in Youngstown will advance additive manufacturing and…
Ursa Major is expanding our footprint in Ohio. Our new research-and-development facility in Youngstown will advance additive manufacturing and…
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If you’ve been paying attention to our engine tests, you probably noticed this already, but very excited we can now talk about this! WAAM on…
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It's all about the simple things. Moments of elevated clarity and presence... and trail running.
It's all about the simple things. Moments of elevated clarity and presence... and trail running.
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Congrats to Ursa on first flight! I can't wait for the next one.
Congrats to Ursa on first flight! I can't wait for the next one.
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Over the past six months a film crew captured Ursa Major’s journey from developing new propulsion prototypes at industry leading speeds to our Hadley…
Over the past six months a film crew captured Ursa Major’s journey from developing new propulsion prototypes at industry leading speeds to our Hadley…
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The Supercub, the Helicopter and the gravel bar; thoughts on HQTEs(borrowed photos). Have you ever chased a Supercub around a gravel bar with a…
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in my element this 4th of July #adventure #soaringcliffs
in my element this 4th of July #adventure #soaringcliffs
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