![]() ![]() They also added a custom-built LED controller and an LED system for additional visual effects. Supervised by Ashenayi as well as Applied Associate Professor Douglas Jussaume and Assistant Professor Loyd Hook, the students added simulation software and control systems, designed and built seats and stairs (with the help of TASM volunteers) and a haptic response system, including amplifiers. “Despite the tight budget and even tighter schedule, they succeeded on every front.” “Through their ingenuity and diligence, our remarkable students transformed what was essentially a gutted interior into a fully functional flight simulator,” said ECE Department Chair Kaveh Ashenayi. ![]() Lacking electronics, the structure consisted merely of an interior and exterior shell as well as a framework in which a console could be inserted. This project came about when TASM received a wooden mockup of the space shuttle cockpit. A fully functional flight simulator Cockpit before installation of new equipment In order to get to this momentous day, the recent ECE graduates - Benjamin Bozworth (BS ’22), Carter Guretzki (BS ’22), Brett Reckinger (BS ’22) and Jude Urban (BS ’22) - spent a good deal of their final senior-year semester converting what was a static shell of a space shuttle cockpit into a vibrant, attractive and fully interactive simulator that can accommodate two pilots working independently of each other. All eyes were on Wetherbee and Lockhart as they tried out the new simulator and landed the shuttle. In addition to the alumni and their professors, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Oklahoma astronaut Commander John Herrington, Shuttle Commander Jim Wetherbee, Shuttle Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Director Milt Heflin (originally from Fairfax, Oklahoma). On May 14, four recent electrical and computer engineering (ECE) graduates unveiled their fully functional space shuttle flight simulator at the annual Aviator Ball held at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium (TASM). L-R: Jude Urban, Brett Reckinger, Benjamin Bozworth, Carter Guretzki
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