Overview. The design of the overall Carbon Catcher project can be separated into four distinct systems, each of which is assigned a specialized committee. The committee names and responsibilities are listed below: Air Mover The overall goal for the Air Mover committee is the design of the turbine assembly. As the overall goal of the project is to collect and separate carbon dioxide from the air, one of the most important parts is to actually get the air to pass through the carbon-catching membrane. Passive air would not give a significant enough yield rate to make the carbon dioxide collection rate impactful, thus air must be sucked through a vacuum/turbine. Membrane The goal of Membrain is to create a membrane that can filter out CO2 through various methods. These methods are limited, due to there being such variety, to certain techniques and membrane material types that have been decided, prior, by the committee. Most membranes will be geared towards utilizing temperature and pressure along with gaseous speed and flow rate. In addition, examining certain treatments, such as regeneration of material, and replacements will be looked into as well, to see how it fares in sustainability. Carbon Storer The Carbon Storer committee will design a store and transport system for fluid CO2 after it is extracted from the atmosphere. Primary considerations include geological solutions, cost-effective materials, and analysis methods to improve overall capacity and efficiency. Additionally, the committee will select an environmentally and economically sustainable method of recycling the captured CO2. PyControl The PyControl committee will design a series of sensors and actuators, which will primarily support the sequestration and pipeline systems present in the Carbon Storer Committee and direct air capture system in Air Mover. The design can be broken into four control layers: Input/Output, Field Controllers, Data, and Supervisory. Goal The overarching goal of Carbon Catcher is to design a cost-effective, scalable atmospheric carbon dioxide removal system that is capable of being deployed in a variety of urban environments and may fit a variety of different customer requirements or requests.

Abstract: The CanSat Competition is an international event held annually that is focused around design/build/fly engineering. In this year’s mission, the team must design and build a CanSat which will be launched 700m high using a high-powered model rocket and then perform a controlled descent while transmitting data from its onboard sensors to a ground station computer. Initially, the CanSat descends under a parachute at 15 m/s. The first payload is released at 500m and the second payload will be released at 400m. The payloads are designed to function like maple seeds; upon deployment, they will auto-rotate and descend at a rate of 20 m/s. The CanSat must be equipped with sensors to monitor environmental conditions (temperature, pressure, GPS position, altitude) and system performance (orientation, battery voltage). It must be capable of transmitting telemetry in real-time to a ground station computer, which the team must also design and build.