SSI Overload

So you've joined [1] Slack, maybe gone to a meeting or two, but you're not sure what you can do or what there even is to do with so many teams swirling around? Well you've come to right place! Below are all the projects each team is working on, what skills they utilize or where they're especially looking for help, and who you can contact to jump in! Think of this like a jobs listing page except that the jobs are always available and you apply by poking the person of contact and saying you want the job -- and it's probably yours.

As you can see from the length of this list, there will always be more SSI to do than you will have hours in a day, week, month, or year -- don't feel pressured to overextend yourself! If you have questions, are feeling overwhelmed, or just want to chat with someone, don't hesitate to reach out to a leadership member. SSI exists for, and because of, its members (that's you.) Your sanity, health, and overall well-being always come first.

Balloons

HABMC

HABMC has a request list a mile long, but here are a couple highlights. Feel free to slack @{{{display-name}}} if you have ideas or questions

3D visualizations using Cesium or Unity
Natural Language Processing for the commands module
Create a mobile app using React Native
Improved RF integrations
Overhaul security on websocket connections
Navigation algorithms

ValBal

HABEES

HABEES (High Altitude Balloon Electrical Engineering Systems) is the the umbrella project for all EE & CS projects outside of ValBal (that is, largely oriented at standard profile balloon launches). Because of this, there is a nearly limitless number of possibilities and projects to pursue within HABEES -- with that said, if you're new to EE or CS, or a veteran, and just generally want some ideas of what you can make, here's a bunch! Contact @{{{display-name}}} to discuss working on any of these!

HONEY EE -- the primary electronics in HABEES revolve around the HONEY architecture. If you're interested in EE, you can test circuits and/or make PCB's for this architecture and have it fly with other boards. Head over to the HONEY page to understand more about it. Below are some project ideas for circuits/boards you can make for HONEY!
- Motor/Servo Driver
- External/Internal Payload Heaters
- Atmospheric Gas Sensors
- Wind Sensors
- SSTV Radio Board
- WinLink Radio Email Board
- APRS Radio Board
- 12V Battery Management System
- General Purpose Radio Transceiver
- Camera Board
- CubeSat Mapping Board
- Literally anything else
HONEY CS -- although there's a lot of electronics in HABEES, they all need some software; and, even better, that software always has room for improvement, so here's some possible projects!
- Software for tracking something (with motors/servos)
- Improving filtering/error checking for sensors
- Compression algorithms for logged & transmitted data
- Enhancing speed, quality, and throughput of CAN Bus
- Enhancing TestBench (QueenBee) test software
- Introducing/Developing radio encoding & decoding schemes
- Developing forward & reverse error correction for radio links
- Developing Point-To-Point radar link software

BUZZ

BUZZ is the umbrella subteam for balloons radio projects. It operated as part of HABEES, and works to develop/try/test new radio technologies within balloons. ValBal also develops independent and system-specific radio systems. Some ideas for possible projects, as well as ongoing projects, are below:

Improved ATV link quality
Teensy-native SSTV Transmission & Reception
APRS development
Native GFSK/FSK/OOK transceivers & software
WiFi downlink/uplink (2.4GHz / 5 GHz)
Stanford Ground Station (high gain, directional)
Portable Field Ground Station
Balloons National Ground Station Networ
WinLink Global Radio E-Mail
Digital Video/Image encoding

Rockets

Onboarding

Daedalus

Competition (IREC/SA Cup)

Structures
Payload
Recovery
Avionics, Leads: Sharon, Julea @{{{display-name}}} @{{{display-name}}}
- Design, implement, and test all the hardware and software that goes into our flight computers
- Design and manufacture structures for avionics bay and work with other subteams to implement interfaces and integration processes
- Design and test radio communications system for our rocket to talk to the ground
- Write software to parse and visualize data, build a protective cooling case for laptops & other electronics so they don't die in the blazing desert heat and dust (yes there's a story here)
Launch Operations, Lead: WANTED
- Work with each subteam to coordinate and prepare launch materials
- Plan & execute travel and launch logistics
- Oversee launch procedures, checklists, and go/no calls
- Many more additional projects for ground support designable around personal interests
Simulations

Satellites

Biology

Policy

Operations

Community

Come up with a theme for Special Dinner and make decorations (like a model Falcon 9!)
Help @{{{display-name}}} run SSI general dinners
Plan and run general community events like Trivia Night, Pathfinder, and Movie Night

Diversity

Build connections with engineering diversity groups on campus
Help @{{{display-name}}} run workshops

Events

Find an interesting company and arrange a tour or talk
Help handle logistics of an existing talk, like by meeting an astronaut and walking him to Durand 450
Give a CEO or Venture Capitalist a tour of ESIII

Finance

Complete reimbursements
Apply for grants & seek out new sponsors

Marketing

Design awesome swag (t-shirts, jackets, posters)
Reach out to reporters
Social media guru! (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram posts)
Creating Snapchat filters for events
Designing flyers for upcoming talks
Going on launches to take pictures and videos

Outreach

Start discussions with local highschools and their science clubs
Organize or join an existing trip to a local school

Website

Overhaul the budgeting system
Give the sponsors page dynamic content
Manage this very wiki
Manage our public and internal websites

Workspace

Make space-themed artwork to decorate ESIII
Plant more herbs
Paint a mural
Track inventory of supplies and parts

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