N-Prize: NTA Collaborates with Researcher at the University of Tehran
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Reminding the reader about the goals of this competition,
the N-Prize aims to reward the first team to put a satellite into orbit from
9.99 g to 19.99 g, at least 99.99 km altitude, proving the realization of at
least 9 orbits, with a cost per launch less than 999.99 pounds sterling, which
according to the organization itself from the competition is almost impossible.
According to the coordinator of the NTA, Prof. Marcos
Luna, the Prof. Dr. Hessam Maleki is already a longtime collaborator of the NTA, small technological institution from the state of Pernambuco
working almost 10 years developing technological projects Itinerant schools of
this state and other states of the Brazilian Northeast, without any public
support, using the help and support of national and international partners (as
Dr. Hessam Maleki), working with a lot of desire, creativity and dynamism and
having as major sponsor and supporter of the Brazilian scientist at JPL NASA,
Dr. Rosaly Lopes.
Also according to Prof. Luna, the NTA in this period has
developed several technological projects in various areas, such as: In Robotics, the fish robot, in Agriculture, Bio reactors and laboratory equipment
to produce seedlings with Fabric Plant, in the Boating area, Nautical and
Probes shark repellent, in the area of Human Disabilities, equipment Assistive
Technology for the Visually Impaired and Hearing, and also other areas as well
as Engines and Aerospace Research. From 05/08/2011, the NTA had their
participation confirmed for organizing the competition, thus becoming at the
time the 36th team entered the second Brazilian team of four enrolled (UnB, NTA,
Edge Of Space and Coyote Rockets).
Second was released by NTA, the project team at the
N-Prize will be to launch a rocket called "LUNA 1", powered by solid
fuel, which will have the difficult task of putting into orbit, the Mesosphere
(100 km altitude) a femtosatélite approximately 20 grams, and carry nine orbits
around the Earth. Thus, the rocket is launched from a platform boating or other
ground point (still being studied) through an innovative system comprises four
balloons helium, two blanks, which have as their purpose to serve for storing
excess Gas from the two main balloons which, because of the altitude will
expand causing them to burst. Thus, before they burst, the smart cards will
initially release the excess gases to empty the balloons, and thus allow the
balloons to continue rising. In
the second step the plates will then drop the excess gases to the outside thus
prolonging the moment of bursting balloons, aiming thereby achieve the maximum
possible altitude, so when the rocket will be fired to place in orbit the femtosatélite.
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Prof. Marcos Luna also said that femtosatélite have an innovative telemetry equipment in order to send information to allow the monitoring mission by the competition N- Prize organizer. In addition, Prof. Luna confirms participation in the project of prof. Carlos Fraga, programming and electronics specialist who will be responsible for assembling the Plates Intelligent System.
"In
addition to the objectives of the competition, the NTA intends to show the
versatility of this launch rocket “LUNA 1” and its femtosatélite, showing a
modern concept and bold fuel rocket launchers and payloads for this category,
"added the coordinator of the NTA.
Despite the competition website (http://www.n-prize.com/)
report that there are only 56 days to carry out the mission, according to Prof.
Marcos Luna, NTA is still working to solve the problem of lack of balloons, which
at the moment is the only impediment to the mission. Is under study by the team
the option to launch "LUNA 1" in Tehran with the help of Dr. Hessam Maleki,
but there is still no date set for the launch. If the rocket launch to be held in
Brazil, it will have already confirmed the presence of Dr. Rosaly Lopes, the founder
of international competition N-Prize, Paul Dear, and if possible, the author of
this blog.
Also
according to Prof. Luna, the difficulties that exist to establish partnerships between
small centers with universities in Brazil, just making these small Brazilians centers
are adopted by scientists from centers in other countries. In addition, Prof. Luna
points out that another major difficulty is to show that even without resources
and willingly makes great projects, like the NTA Shark Repellent that for
almost 10 years waiting permission to be placed on test on the beaches of
Recife (capital of the state of Pernambuco), given the fact that all preliminary
tests and technical reports have been made.
Already the
Blog BRAZILIAN SPACE wish success to the NTA and its partners in this difficult
mission and also take the opportunity to thanks Dr. Hessam Maleki for this
interview.
Below is a short interview with Dr. Hessam Maleki from the University of
Tehran.
BRAZILIAN SPACE: Dr. Maleki, for
that reader who does not know your person tell us about you, your background,
age, birthplace, and since when your person is a professor at the University of
Tehran?
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| Dr. Hessam Maleki in the cabin of Airbus 310 |
DR.
HESSAM MALEKI: I am
Hessam Maleki , 32 years old from Tehran / Iran . I have born in Kerman , city
in south east of country . It's about 12 years that I am living in Tehran.
Actually
I have Aviation Technology background and work as a copilot of Airbus 310
aircraft for 5 years in commercial air line but it’s about 10 years that I have
a collaboration with mechanical school of Tehran university in robotic and
aviation and vehicles with combination of them.
My rule
as a Manager of Technical & Engineering in our robotic center is to work on
any type of robots such as humanoid , under water robots (fish & shark ) ,
Unmanned Air Vehicles ( Fixe wings , Rotor Crafts ,Flapping Wings ) and Micro
Air Vehicles .
We have
6 major technical team in our Robotic center that they work with together on
projects .they are , Electronic , Mechanical Design , Fabrication , Dynamic
& Control ,software and intelligence and Industrial design,
BRAZILIAN SPACE: Dr. Maleki, how began your partnership with
the Technology Center of the Wasteland (Núcleo Tecnológico do Agreste - NTA)
and why?
DR.
HESSAM MALEKI: Yes
it's about 8 years that I have a collaboration with them in robotic systems, we
started with Fish Robot project and now we are working on electronic boards.
When I
was student, we had a research center in our city with fully equipped labs.
There was educated person with high experience profile that was helping us to
design and fabricate any type of robot .after many years I changed to high
experienced person in Robotic that has about 5M$ projects.
Those
peoples changed my life road and now I want to compensate them by helping to
other student that may need my help.
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Gateway Tehran University
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BRAZILIAN SPACE: Dr. Maleki we were informed that you are currently involved with several projects underway in the NTA. What are these projects and what is your involvement in each of them?
DR. HESSAM MALEKI: We had several projects such as fish robot
that I was guiding them in design of mechanism and ceiling methods. The
students were sending me them designs and video of robot's function and then I
was correcting them.
The other one was design and fabrication of electronic boards that they
needed, I was guiding them to choose correct parts and design it with simple
methods.
At present time I have a collaboration with them in N-Prize competition.
As my participation in the Competition N-prize I am making a small plate that
sends signal via telemetry.
BRAZILIAN SPACE: Dr. Maleki, Prof. Marcos Luna informed us
recently that your person was included also to the NTA development team that
participates in the N-Prize international competition. How will your
participation in this initiative and why your interest to integrate the team in
this competition?
DR.
HESSAM MALEKI: As I
mentioned you before, I'm designing an electronic board to send a signal to
ground station.
The success in this competition will shows a the mind
power of NTA team in aerospace projects and also shows even it is possible to
work with low facilities
BRAZILIAN SPACE:
Dr. Maleki, and in relation to the financial resources that a mission like this
requires, how to solve this problem?
DR.
HESSAM MALEKI: I
think, design with low financial resources is a art. I'm completely familiar
with this type of work. We design and fabricate by what we have, not by
what is impossible to have. It's my opinion that the lake of equipment will
grow up the creativity.
BRAZILIAN SPACE: Dr. Maleki Finally, there's something else that you
would like to highlight for our readers?
DR. HESSAM MALEKI: I would like to invite your readers to see the video
of my robotic projects in youtube and send me them questions about our robots
if they would like to fabricate one of them. I will fully help them to have one
of them by them hands.
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Dr.
Maleki with Robot Surena II, developed at University of Tehran
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Source: In collaboration with the Technological Center of
the Wasteland (NTA)
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