Psyche Inspired: Xiwen (Julie) Hu

Institution: Bowdoin College

Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor

Psyche Inspired Class: 2020-2021

Reflections on Psyche Inspired

Reflections on Project 1: Psyche Low Poly Animation

Psyche Low Poly Animation

Xiwen (Julie) Hu

November 13, 2020

Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor

Genre/Medium: blender (3D modeling)

About the work: For this project, I made a short animation depicting the Psyche spacecraft orbiting the potentially metallic asteroid (16) Psyche as part of its exploration of the asteroid.

Reflections on Project 2:
Psyche Spacecraft & 16 Psyche Assembling Manual

An infographic with a dark background representing space. Stars and gradient colors represent nebulas. An illustrated Psyche spacecraft is on the left upper corner, with its fully equipped body (bus) on its right. The dimensions (height, width) of the spacecraft is shown. Below the spacecraft is an IKEA-manual like diagram about the components of the spacecraft (propulsion system, gamma ray & neuron spectrometer, X-band antenna, magnetometer, imagers). On the right of the infographic lies an illustrated asteroid, with two annotations about its chemical components (main chemical composition and surface elements composition).

Psyche Spacecraft & 16 Psyche Assembling Manual

Xiwen (Julie) Hu

January 20, 2021

Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor

Genre/Medium: digital media and Adobe Photoshop CC

About the work: For this infographic about the Psyche spacecraft and the (16) Psyche asteroid, I mimicked the IKEA furniture manuals to showcase the mechanical components of the spacecraft, and the chemical components of the asteroid.

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Reflections on Project 3: Walking Among the Stars

Walking Among the Stars

Xiwen (Julie) Hu

February 26, 2021

Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor

Genre/Medium: song

About the work: A song written from the perspective of the Psyche spacecraft exploring the vast nothingness of the universe and the meanings behind the universe that humans create through space exploration.

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Reflections on Project 4: A Little Introduction About the Psyche Mission

A Little Introduction About the Psyche Mission

XIWEN (JULIE) HU

June 18, 2021

Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor

Genre/Medium: Adobe Photoshop

About the work: An infographic introduction about the history of the Psyche mission, the trajectory of the mission, and the aim of the mission.

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