Grambling State University Undergraduate Stem Student Design Project - Producing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Parts Made From Biologically Based Cellulose Material
Abstract
An eight member STEM Student Team at Grambling State University will implement a project that supports the Department of Defense Undergraduate Student Design Competition that is associated with Topic 2: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles from Biologically Based Material. This project will support the needs of the soldier in the field by engineering high performance cellulose polymer composites that are environmentally friendly, have good mechanical strength and easily molded into parts for a drone. The student team will synthesize Bacterial Cellulose using Gluconacetobacter Hansenii under static conditions to isolate high molecular weight polymer. This polymer will then be used to prepare composite materials using paraffin, chitosan, carbon fiber and other materials. The properties of these composite materials will be analyzed and the best polymer composite composition identified. Once this composition is chosen the polymer composite will be used to fabricate parts for a drone. The student team will use a 3-D printer to prepare the molds that will be used to fabricate the parts for the UAV.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 21, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910197
Entities
People
- Connie Walton
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Grambling State University
- United States Army