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Want to see what we've been up to? Come out to McMaster NEUDOSE STARS: Satellite Team Aerospace Review! We will have exciting live demonstrations and engaging visuals of the various technologies we have designed and developed. This will also be a great opportunity to meet all the members of the team!
We can't wait to see you there!
The McMaster NEUDOSE Team.
The McMaster NEUDOSE team would like to thank everyone that attended the free movie night yesterday evening! We had a great time with notable attendees such as Dr. Bruce Milliken, Dean of Science, Dr. Michael Farquharson, Associate Dean of Science, Peter Ernst, Program Manager at CANDU Ownders Group, and Dr. Fiona McNeill, Director of the Radiation Sciences Graduate Program.
Dr. Soo Hyun Byun, one of our investigators, thanking Dean of Science Dr. Bruce Milliken for attending the event.
If you are interested in supporting our project, click here!
Thanks to everyone that came out and picked up an admission invitation today! Although most are gone, if you would still like a ticket or two, email us at neudose@mcmaster.ca!
The Radiation Sciences Graduate Program (RadGrad), McMaster Alumni Association, and McMaster NEUDOSE are excited to present a FREE showing of the hit movie The Martian.
Thursday, November 3, 2016 @ 6:30pm
SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas
771 Golf Links Rd, Ancaster, ON
How can you score your free admission invitation? It's easy! Just like McMaster NEUDOSE and RadGrad on Facebook! Just show us you've liked us on Facebook and come pick up the physical copy of your invitation. The date and time to show us is:
Thursday, October 27, 2016 between 10:30-2:20
General Sciences Building Room 104
We hope to see you there!
The Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC) is a major component of the radiation detector onboard the satellite. It is a radiation detector filled with a tissue equivalent propane gas that will enable us to determine how radiation would interact with human cells. In order to keep the gas inside the cavity at the appropriate pressure, the TEPC housing must be kept under vacuum.
To test to see whether the TEPC housing remains under vacuum, the sealed TEPC housing is connected to a vacuum pump, pictured right. This process will reveal any leaking in the housing unit.
Have you been wondering how our satellite will be launched? Well, check out this video because it's out of this world! You can see the stage separation of the rocket, followed by the payload separation, and then the satellite launch. Appropriate equations of motions and thrust forces are shown.
This is a 3D rendering of the printed circuit board for the acquisition of data collected from the Anti-Coincidence Detector (ACD). This circuit board is a major component of NEUDOSE's on board radiation detector system and will allow for the discrimination of charged and neutral radiation.
NEUDOSE mechanical structure team lead Ryan Scott, a mechanical engineering student, spent the last week at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. This opportunity allowed Ryan to network with professionals in the space industry, and learn from world renowned guest speakers such as Elon Musk!
The plastic dome pictured is a plastic scintillator that will be used in McMaster NEUDOSE's unique radiation detection system. This scintillator emits light when radiation deposits energy into it. Below the plastic dome is the printed circuit board (PCB) designed by NEUDOSE team members. This PCB contains the electronic components that convert the light emitted by the plastic scintillator into an electric signal for digital processing and analysis.
NASA Tech Briefs is a publication that features reports showcasing new and relevant technology pertaining to the space industry. In the latest issue, McMaster NEUDOSE is featured! The article describes our project, and our unique Charged & Neutral Particle Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (CNP-TEPC). To read the article, click here or on the image below!
