AME47560 - Independent UG Design - Newtonian Telescope

Multidisciplinary project where students will design and construct a Newtonian reflecting telescope for making casual observations of Jupiter, Saturn, the moon, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's moons, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, and other celestial bodies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_telescope

 

Name of research group, project, or lab
AME47560 - Independent UG Design course with Rumbach as instructor
Logistics Information:
Project categories
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Physics & Astronomy
Student ranks applicable
Junior
Senior
Hours per week
3 credits / 12+ hours
Compensation
Research for Credit
Number of openings
2
Contact Information:
Mentor
Paul Rumbach
prumbach@nd.edu
Associate Teaching Professor
Name of project director or principal investigator
Paul Rumbach
Email address of project director or principal investigator
prumbach@nd.edu
2 sp. | 2 appl.
Hours per week
3 credits / 12+ hours
Project categories
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (+1)
Aerospace and Mechanical EngineeringPhysics & Astronomy