This is a joint proposal from two institutions within the south dakota NASA space grant. IT is led by south dakota school of mines and technology, sdsm & t and its partner south dakota state…

This is a $200,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) and its partner South Dakota State University (SDSU). The project is focused on the development of a multi-spectral imaging device for crop observation, intended for use on a tethered aerostat platform provided by Raven Industries Aerostar Inc. The project aims to improve upon, calibrate, and harden a prototype multi-spectral camera created during a previous student project. It is designed to provide students with real-world engineering experience, including working across disciplines, designing for safety and reliability, and implementing detailed documentation. The award is part of NASA's Low-Cost Multi-Spectral Imager for Agricultural program and does not have a set-aside designation.

This is a joint proposal from two institutions within the south dakota NASA space grant. IT is led by south dakota school of mines and technology, sdsm & t and its partner south dakota state university sdsu. The project is focused on the development of a multi spectral imaging device for crop observation. This device is intended for use on a tethered aerostat platform provided by industrial partner raven industries aerostar INC. This project is designed to improve upon, calibrate, and harden a prototypical design of a multi spectral camera created during a previous student NSF REU program in the summer of 2015 at sdsm & t. Furthermore, this project intends to foster an understanding of concepts vital to engineering including: interacting with multiple disciplines, designing for safety and reliability, and implementing detailed documentation among other realistic constraints. This project has a heavy focus on mentoring. To that end, IT is important to note that this proposal was written by students under the mentoring ofthe PI and cois. Also, this project will be executed as a series of coordinated senior design capstone projects at sdsmt as well as a series of closely coordinated student lead projects within the agricultural education and research programs at sdsu. This team will be student led with students receiving mentoring and guidance from the project PI and cois. Having students lead the team and holding the team to real industry standards intends to promote an understanding of real world engineering processes and promote leadership abilities in those students as they manage their team.