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Jean N. Koster 64, Male Louisville, Colorado United States: Share on Facebook Share Twitter

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City: Louisville, Colorado

Country: USA

Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jnkoster

I am a Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. My research was on thermofluidmechanics often applied to materials processing. I have been teaching aerospace materials and composite materials for some time; recently I added a course on space energy systems, covering especially the 3 main aerospace systems: photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, and hydrogen and fuel cells. My favorite course is the senior design course which is driven by a systems engineering approach to a requirements based project. projects are handled by student teams of 6-10 members. You can evaluate the quality of the program by going to our website at: http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/SrProjects/
I am taken over the leadership next Fall. My goal is to offer the students real-world projects in collaboration with industry. In case you are interested to consider working with students for 2 semesters (an excellent and cost-effective remote internship) I would like to hear from you. Thank you. Jean

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AES Senior Design

I have started a professional network for our aerospace engineering students at the University of Colorado. The purpose is to openly discuss their senior design projects with alumni and friends of AES. For IASE members it may be of interest to follow our rigorous senior design program and to link up with our students if you are looking for specific skills in your company. And if you are interested more closely in a specific project, I would love to hear from you.

I would love to add… Continue

Posted on May 26, 2008 at 4:46pm

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At 1:30am on April 30, 2008, Peter Sage said…: Thanks Jean, are you on our mailing list? If not let me have your email and I will send you our latest update.

Peter

At 10:42am on April 30, 2008, Jean N. Koster said…: Hi Peter:
I just joined, so I have to sorth things out. Please e-mail me to jean.koster@colorado.edu
Thank you
jean

At 11:34am on April 30, 2008, Adam Calihman said…: Hi Jean. Nice to make your acquaintance. I checked out that link. The program is very interesting and nicely supported by the faculty. Is this Senior Design course a program that an unmatriculated student can enroll for? It seems like the culmination of a 4-year undergrad degree.

I see you're in Louisville. My office is located in the Colorado Tech Center in Louisville. We at Lucid Dimensions are developing our spherical sensor system for IRST apps here. Feel free to stop by if you ever get a chance. My number is 303-478-5265.

At 2:11pm on April 30, 2008, Jean N. Koster said…: Adam: Thanks for the invitation. Semester is soon over and time will be available to meet. I would like to stop by. My field is not in sensors, but I am interested.
yes the program is a"capstone" course and it is the first time students realize the importance of he hated stuff from core courses.
I never considered the availability of the course for continuing education; I have to check into it; a great thought! thanks.

At 9:27am on May 1, 2008, Gordon Smith said…: Most of our paperwork is advertising of the larger company and our design bureau. D-DAC is really more of a paradigm shift in the manufacturing process for composites. Ordinarily, you have limited core choices, such as isotropic structural foams, or unidirectional cell structures. By shifting the design process to a digital medium, we can create core structures however we envision them. We've looked at using tetrahedral trusses, multidirectional cell orientations, varying cell sizes, and including additional functionality within the core above and beyond simple structural roles.

I'd be happy to discuss this further with you, should you wish.

-G-

At 1:43am on May 2, 2008, Richard C. Mains said…: Jean, thanks for the inquiry. I expect you went to our Mains Associates web site and saw "expert translation" and misunderstood our meaning. We convert complex science and technical content into compelling stories for understanding by broad audiences. We don't translate from one language to another. Sorry about the confusion, and we will rewrite our intro so others aren't confused, best wishes, Richard.

At 3:53pm on May 2, 2008, Rosanna Sattler said…: It looks like they could be--are you asking how they could go about setting up a business? Or do you have another question?

At 7:17pm on May 2, 2008, Rosanna Sattler said…: yes--if they have legal protective mechanisms in place such as nda's etc

At 3:26am on May 3, 2008, Burton Lee said…: Im a bit pressed for time, so i cant review all of your students' projects right now...are you in touch with Penina on this, in the context of the CU space business incubator that she and Scott Tibbitts at Starsys are developing?

At 9:59am on May 3, 2008, Charalampos (Charis) KOSMAS said…: Sure this is an honour and I believe it can be turned to a very beneficial experience. My project HERMES is dealing primarily with GEO orbit. We could discuss on skype about relevant taks for the students.
I have however another field of interest where the aerodynamics and plasma dynamics play a critical role. see the link www.georing.biz/OTHER/FUTURE IN SPACE the next 50 years.pdf
We also discuss it on skype. Next week I will be in New York. so more convenient hours.... Charis