My name is Alex Hanna and I am a graduate student at Purdue University working towards an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics. I completed my B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in December 2023 with minors in Computer Science, Economics, and Mathematics at Purdue. This website is meant to highlight some of the cool projects I have worked on.
DRAGONfly is an autonomous glider designed to deliver a data vault from high altitude weather balloons
to ground stations. This vehicle was designed for the NASA Balloon Program Office as a part of the
FLOATing DRAGON
competition beginning in August 2022. After submitting a conceptual design in January 2023, the
DRAGONfly was selected as one of the six finalist vehicles to be built for a test flight in August 2023.
Click here for a link to the full project page.
Weight: 9.5 kg
Length: 120 cm
Wing Span: 140 cm
Wing Chord: 20.5 cm
Wing Airfoil: Clark Y
Tail Span: 60 cm
Tail Chord: 20 cm
Tail Airfoil: NACA 0012
This project was completed as part of the AAE418 class. The purpose was to design an autonomous method of last-mile delivery. Given numerous technical specifications, myself and my team designed, built, and tested our vehicle.
Weight: 15.4 lbs
Length: 6.69 ft
Wing Span: 11 ft
Wing Chord: 19 in
Wing Airfoil: NACA 7412
Tail Span: 4.5 ft
Tail Chord: 17.75 in
Tail Airfoil: NACA 0012
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