Chris Emr with Paul Barnhart, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Observing lake Erie algae blooms via hyper spectral imaging on CubeSat
The goal of this project is to develop a miniaturized multi/hyper-spectral imaging instrument that could be integrated within a CubeSat to provide orbital observations of Lake Erie algae blooms in late summers. The instrument will be created as a computer model, prototypeed and integrated to a CubeSat Bus available in the laboratory. If successful, this project will produce a working design for a multi/hyper-spectral imaging instrument and demonstrate real-time data acquisition with a functioning CubeSat bus in the laboratory.