If you choose to propose your own project/thesis topic and supervisor – please choose “Student proposed research topic” at the bottom of the dropdown menu. Add a brief decsiption in the freeform text box. Masters project selection form First name * Last name * Email address * First choice project * First choice project * Design of deployable surfaces for small satellites. (Prof G Aglietti) Life Cycle Analysis of Space Missions (Dr Priyanka Dhopade, Dr Cody Mankelow, Dr Ben Taylor) Reaction Wheels Development (Prof G Aglieti) Telescope Scheduling. (Dr Oliver Sinnen) High performance computing for pulsar and fast radio burst astronomy. (Dr Oliver Sinnen) Developing a mission concept: satellite communications to Antarctica. (Dr Andrew Austin) Initial orbit determination in cislunar space. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Autonomous interplanetary navigation. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Optimal space trajectories by convex optimisation. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Near field scanner. (Prof G. Aglietti) Ultra-Low profile Reaction Wheel Assembly (Prof G Aglietti and Dr Ben Taylor) Realisation of shock test facility. (Prof G Aglietti) Free Space Optical Communications (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/ Dr John Cater) Space Qualification of High Performance GPU (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) Star Tracking (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) Pulsed Plasma Thruster Performance Optimisation (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) CubeSat Thermal Modelling Tool (Prof G Aglietti) Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thruster Experimentation and Simulation (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) e-Propulsion Thrust balance (Dr. Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Biodegradable power source for sub-Antarctic shelf sensor mesh network (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Stare and Chase for refining orbital trajectories (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Initial site testing for space optical communications (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Low-cost Earth escape from GTO/superGTO (Prof Roberto Armellin) On-board collision avoidance maneuvers with optimal control theory (Prof Roberto Armellin) S/X Band Satellite Tracking System Fault tolerant scheduling and computing for CubeSats CubeSat Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) developments Developing a CubeSat high data-rate transmitter Portable ground station developments for satellites Applying Machine Learning to analyze satellite data CubeSat Electrical Power Subsystem (EPS) developments Deployable antenna design for small satellites CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS) Developments Developing an integrated testbed for CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADACS) CubeSat Structure and Mechanism (SM) Developments Student proposed research topic Reaction Wheels Development First choice project Second choice project Second choice project Design of deployable surfaces for small satellites. (Prof G Aglietti) Life Cycle Analysis of Space Missions (Dr Priyanka Dhopade, Dr Cody Mankelow, Dr Ben Taylor) Telescope Scheduling. (Dr Oliver Sinnen) High performance computing for pulsar and fast radio burst astronomy. (Dr Oliver Sinnen) Developing a mission concept: satellite communications to Antarctica. (Dr Andrew Austin) Initial orbit determination in cislunar space. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Autonomous interplanetary navigation. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Optimal space trajectories by convex optimisation. (Prof Roberto Armellin) Near field scanner. (Prof G. Aglietti) Ultra-Low profile Reaction Wheel Assembly (Prof G Aglietti and Dr Ben Taylor) Realisation of shock test facility. (Prof G Aglietti) Free Space Optical Communications (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/ Dr John Cater) Space Qualification of High Performance GPU (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) Star Tracking (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) Pulsed Plasma Thruster Performance Optimisation (Dr Nicholas Rattenbury/Dr John Cater) CubeSat Thermal Modelling Tool (Prof G Aglietti) Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thruster Experimentation and Simulation (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) e-Propulsion Thrust balance (Dr. Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Biodegradable power source for sub-Antarctic shelf sensor mesh network (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Stare and Chase for refining orbital trajectories (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Initial site testing for space optical communications (Dr Nick Rattenbury and Dr John Cater) Low-cost Earth escape from GTO/superGTO (Prof Roberto Armellin) On-board collision avoidance maneuvers with optimal control theory (Prof Roberto Armellin) S/X Band Satellite Tracking System Reaction Wheels Development (Prof G Aglieti) Fault tolerant scheduling and computing for CubeSats CubeSat Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) developments Developing a CubeSat high data-rate transmitter Portable ground station developments for satellites Applying Machine Learning to analyze satellite data CubeSat Electrical Power Subsystem (EPS) developments Deployable antenna design for small satellites CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS) Developments Developing an integrated testbed for CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADACS) CubeSat Structure and Mechanism (SM) Developments Student proposed research topic Student project proposal (~100 words) Proposed supervisor If you are human, leave this field blank. 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