• Question: What has your biggest archivement been in engineering?

    Asked by TCardinal to Camilla, Dan, Katie, Mike, Rhys on 17 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Katie Sparks

      Katie Sparks answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      I think I answered this during the chat TCardinal 🙂
      I have had my biggest achievement in engineering this year: I lead a part of a project.
      The project started last year and is called PLATO. I had never worked on a new mission before, never worked on a mission on my own before and never lead the thermal analysis before.
      Lots of pressure: some mistakes, but actually, it seems to be going ok!

    • Photo: Camilla Weiss

      Camilla Weiss answered on 18 Jun 2015:

      Similar to Katie – I was made lead OBDH (On Board Data Handling) engineer for one of my projects – NovaSAR. This meant I was responsible for the technical design and delivery of all the OBDH modules – computer, payload interface units, data storage modules, thermal monitoring unit and safety processor. I felt a bit like I’d been chucked in the deep end but it was a really good way of learning fast. I also made some mistakes and am still learning but so far it seems to be going well!

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