The cubsat antenna (left) deployed and (right) not deployed.
A team from the EMRG comprised of undergraduate students John Doroshewitz and Ethan Gros, graduate students Sean Ellison and Vincens Gjokaj, and advised by faculty member Dr. Jeffrey Nanzer has been selected as one of six final teams for the 2017 IEEE AP-S Student Design Contest.
The goal for teams was to "Design and build a cubesat antenna for enabling high-performance communications with a ground station." The antenna design had to meet a number of specifications including VHF, UHF, S-band, X-band, and Ku-band coverage as well as compatibility with a 3U cubesat. By being selected as a finalest team, they are awarded a stipend to travel and present their work at the IEEE AP-S Symposium during July 2017 in San Diego, CA, USA. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced at the conference.
Check out the team's YouTube Video Submission here!
More about the competition can be found here [Link].