My name is Sandeep. I am the CEO and founder of Space to Space. I am doing my MS in Data Analytics for Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I did my MS in High Energy Physics from IIT( Indian Institute of Technology).
Space to Space is an ambitious project that could launch up to 30 Kg payloads., consecutively and assemble them in space.
As a physicist, my approximation of coil guns and linear motors leads me to believe that sticking payload mass up to 30 Kg will make this mass-driver practical and will reduce much technical complexity. We want to build this as a long 50Km long. We are building a solid business plan to raise funding for that, and we are now able to assure returns to investors. We raised $100k in pre-seed. We want to do a system-level simulation for linear motors or coil guns to know which is the cheapest and least complex. Even our research found that making our own power-generating system is more efficient and long-lasting than saving energy in supercapacitor banks.
I used Ansys Maxwell, which is not useful at high frequency. So, we want to partner with a university to do a simulation at a system level to study feasibility and economics.
Which universities or faculties are best for this, I need your help
Yours Faithfully
Sandeep