The internship of project two part one was at SIL and consisted of writing up sections in the Mechanical Engineering Design Manual and designing a package design for an After Flight Termination Unit (AFTU) in SolidWorks. The sections assigned to write in the manual were tolerances, corrosion and galvanic effects, basic equations, part templates, and modeling standards. To complete these sections there had to be an understanding of the standards that SIL must meet when designing. Once learned, a couple descriptive paragraphs are written followed by a visual demonstration. The demonstration was done using excel or SolidWorks. This manual is provided to customers, so they may have an overview of how SIL engineers design their products. After completing some of the sections in the manual, the mechanical design engineer challenged the student to think creatively when designing the package for an AFTU. With some simple requirements, and consideration for the manufacturing process and materials. The concept design was made in SolidWorks. Before the project was initiated the student completed a company orientation and safety training.

PROJECT TWO – PART TWO

Industry Partner –
Zone 5 Technologies

Zone 5 Technologies (Zone 5) is a UAS and technology development company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA. To date, the company’s focus has been the development and testing of innovative unmanned aircraft systems for demanding government applications. This has included development of CONOPS, vehicle designs, complete avionics systems, embedded hardware and software, ground control stations and mission planning software. Integration of these designs and components have been extensively tested through software-in-the-loop, hardware‐in‐the‐loop, and flight tests. In addition to end‐to‐end system development, Zone 5 also focuses on enabling technologies, including: modern low-cost high-capability flight control systems supporting vehicles ranging from counter UAS interceptors to long range cruise missiles.