Course Number
675.621
Next Offered
Spring 2025
Location
Online
Course Format
Asynchronous Online, Synchronous Online

This course will introduce and explore analysis, design, and verification methods for the space environment in general and radiation and plasma environments in particular. Intended as a practical complement to 675.751, Space Weather and Space Systems, this course will focus on mission requirements definition, design features, analyses and ground testing, state-of-the-art engineering models / tools, and national / international standards associated with the design and operation of modern high reliability space systems. Design and operational impacts will consider Total Ionizing Dose (TID), Total Non-Ionizing Dose (TNID), Single Event Effects (SEE), spacecraft charging, material outgassing, atomic oxygen, and Micrometeoroids / Orbital Debris (MMOD). All phases of a program lifecycle will be discussed – from environment definition through operational anomalies and anomaly attribution. Lectures, journal reading, and homework assignments will prepare engineers to quantify and assess risk as well as mitigate space environmental effects. A final project will consider a more detailed analysis of a system of interest to the student.

Course Prerequisite(s)

Completion of EN.675.600 Systems Engineering for Space or with approval of the instructor.

Course Offerings

Open

Space Environment and Effects

675.621.81
08/26/2024 - 12/10/2024
Semester
Fall 2024
Course Format
Asynchronous Online
Location
Online
Cost
$5,270.00
Course Materials
Open

Space Environment and Effects

675.621.81
01/21/2025 - 05/06/2025
Semester
Spring 2025
Course Format
Asynchronous Online
Location
Online
Cost
$5,270.00
Course Materials