Willie Costa - Aerospace Engineer
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SeaLion AUV


Design driver: Reliability, stability, and performance

Team Composition
  • Collaborated with GNC engineers and Penn State Applied Research Lab

Project Requirements
  • Design, fabricate, and test a fully-autonomous underwater vehicle capable of navigating an obstacle course and engaging submerged targets

Outcomes
  • Fabricated component housings, sealing flanges, chassis frame, kinetic (inert) projectiles, and pneumatic launch system
  • Fabricated polycarbonate sealing flanges via pressure-turning
  • Assisted in navigation and dive tests

Results
  • Torpedo range: 4 ft.
  • Maximum tested dive depth: 20 ft.
  • Successful drop tests of ‘markers’
  • Basic functional capability of autonomy and navigation systems

Contact me to talk aerospace engineering or any other nerd stuff. 

All images on this site, unless otherwise stated, are copyright Willie Costa.


email

willie.j.costa@gmail.com

linkedin

linkedin.com/in/aerowillie
  • Home
  • About
  • Relevant Experience
  • Achievements & Honors
  • Resume
  • Portfolio
    • Formula SAE
    • Axial-Flux Generator
    • SeaLion
    • Tiltrotor Whirl Flutter
    • Ganymede
    • Hammerhead
    • TR-150 Civil Tiltrotor
    • Cal Poly Flutter Club
    • JAGUAR
    • Artemis
    • MGT Reducer
    • iFly