Where engineering meets science.
PROJECTS
MAVEN
AMU Engineering supported the MAVEN Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) team providing mechanical system engineering design and analysis of the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, RF module, Detector Electronics Module and the NGIMS mechanical support structure. MAVEN launched in November, 2013.
MSL
AMU Engineering supported the MSL Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) team providing the mechanical engineering designs of the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer and the Gas Processing System which is part of the Chemical Separation and Processing Lab. Mars Science Laboratory launched on November 26, 2011 and landed safely on Mars on August 6, 2012.
LADEE
AMU Engineering supported the LADEE Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS) team providing the mechanical system engineering, including design and analysis, of the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, RF module, Detector Electronics Module, Main Electronics Box and the NMS mechanical support structure. LADEE launched in the spring of 2013, impacting the moon on April 17, 2014.
ExoMars
ExoMars is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission that aims at sending a rover to Mars. AMU Engineering, with MAE Aerospace and VSC major contributions, supported the ExoMars Mars Organic Molecule Analyze (MOMA) team providing mechanical engineering design and analysis of the Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer, Gas Processing System, RF module, and the Detector Electronics Module. MOMA is a joint NASA and European Space Agency instrument and is currently scheduled to launch in 2028.
Click the tab below to see details about the challenges of getting the project back on path following interruptions stemming from world issues.
CLPS
AMU Engineering provided mechanical system design, development, assembly support and testing
oversight of the NASA's Surface and Exosphere Alterations by Landers (SEAL) instrument. SEAL is a
refurbished Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer chosen as part of the first payload for an upcoming lunar
mission selected by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).
DRAGONFLY
Dragonfly is an exciting NASA mission that will send an 8-bladed rotorcraft approximately 886 million miles away from earth to Titan, the largest and richly organic moon of Saturn. Onboard the rotorcraft that will make multiple flights during the mission, is the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS). DraMS consists of multiple subsystems including the Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS), Pyrolysis Oven and Gas Processing System (GPS). Working with NASA scientists and other discipline project engineers, AMU is providing the ITMS and pyrolysis oven mechanical designs and will coordinate the subsystem builds at NASA Goddard space Flight Center (GSFC). AMU is working with Visioneering Space to design the GPS multiple elements including the gas manifolds and scrubber. AMU will oversee the assembly and testing of these subsystems at NASA GSFC. AMU proudly partners with MAE Aerospace to deliver the structural mechanical analysis of the DraMS instrument and individual subsystems for mechanical testing.
Click the tab above to details about this exciting mission.
DAVINCI
DAVINCI (Deep Atmospheric Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging) is a planned mission to Venus that will launch a Descent Sphere (DS) through Venus’ caustic, hot and high-pressure atmosphere carrying the Venus Mass Spectrometer (VMS). AMU Engineering provides mechanical engineering systems and design support to the Venus Mass Spectrometer (VMS) instrument. Working with NASA scientists, AMU is providing the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer mechanical design and will oversee the development of it at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. AMU will support Visioneering Space and GSFC engineers with the design of the VMS Gas Processing System (GPS) multiple gas processing elements including gas manifolds, scrubber, noble gas trap, getters, and plumbing lines. AMU is working with the Descent Sphere (DS) and VMS teams on the VMS inlet design that will deliver atmospheric samples to the VMS. AMU partners with MAE Aerospace to deliver the mechanical analysis of the VMS system. Click the tab above to details about this exciting mission to Venus!
GDC
GDC (Geospace Dynamics Constellation) is a planned mission that will study Earth’s upper atmosphere dynamics. AMU is partnering with the NASA GDC MOSAIC (Modular Spectrometer for Atmosphere and Ionosphere Characterization) team on the design, development and testing of the mass spectrometer. AMU partners with MAE Aerospace to deliver the mechanical analysis of the MOSAIC instrument and Visioneering Space to design, develop and deliver the Baffle Scan Mechanisms (BSM). Please see attached link for completion of successful testing of GDC’s MOSAIC instrument.
DISSIPATION
“The DISSIPATION Sounding Rocket experiment provided, for the first time, comprehensive and concurrent in situ measurements of the response of the thermosphere to Joule heating in the auroral transition region. Joule heating results from friction between the ion and neutral gases when the gases are not flowing at the same speed and direction. Energy dissipation within the transition region via particle precipitation and Joule heating can cause profound horizontal and vertical redistributions of thermospheric mass density, composition, temperature, and winds. Most of the knowledge of this dissipative process is based on remote and/or limited observations of neutral gas and plasma parameters. DISSIPATION is designed to provide a more direct observation”
Mehdi Benna, DISSPITAION Principal Investigator, UMBC/GSFC.
AMU Engineering performed the mechanical design and assembly of the MoSAIC Instrument on DISSIPATION, as well as supported testing both at the instrument level and an integrated sounding rocket test campaign. AMU Engineers also supported the DISSIPATION launch campaign at Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Our support included final sequence testing and the assembly of electro explosive mechanisms onto the instrument.
Link to cool you tube video put together by Mitchell Hamann and a group of his talented friends.
WHO WE ARE
AMU Engineering provides mechanical system engineering support from idea conception to coordination of part fabrication and assembly support. We provide 3D mechanical part and assembly design using PTC Creo and partner with MAE Aerospace to offer modal, static and random finite element analysis of mechanical parts and subsystems using Nastran. Our primary customer has been the aerospace community where requirements can be extremely challenging. The challenges have ranged from developing gas processing systems that heat samples to 800°C to subsystems required to survive 100G accelerations.
PARTNERS
MISSION
AMU Engineering is focused on providing high quality mechanical engineering support to the aerospace community. We selectively partner with only the highest, most experienced small companies to deliver this support. We keep our costs fair and adhere to strict principles of integrity in providing our services. We strive hard to maintain healthy customer relationships.
TEAM
Amy Hernandez
Mitchell
Hamann
Julie
Llano
Cynthia
Gundersen
President
Eric
Raaen
Sierra
Budinoff
Diego
Garciarivas
Niko
Minasola
Wally Torres Rodriguez
Jennifer
Murphy
Internships
We believe deeply in teaching and mentoring, as our mentors proved so important in our young lives as student engineers. The world is a wonderful place but we know how hard it can be to find your way into a calling that truly feels right for you.
There is no better way to try something out, take action, and explore the possibilities of a new career, than by actually going to work in it.
If you have a desire to learn more about AMU and possible internship opportunities please contact us.
Contact Us
Address
9200 South Dadeland Blvd.
Suite 510
Miami, FL 33156
Phone
(786) 732-4511