ESA hands-on space education project activities for university students: Attracting and training the next generation of space engineers

ESA provides numerous opportunities for university students from ESA Member and Cooperating States to gain practical hands-on engineering experience on real space projects. These opportunities cover a broad spectrum of flight project activities ranging from student experiment payloads on microgravit...

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Published inIEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference pp. 1699 - 1708
Main Authors Walker, R, Galeone, P, Page, H, Castro, A, Emma, F, Callens, N, Ventura-Traveset, J
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2010
Subjects
Acoustical engineering
Aerospace engineering
Earth
education
Educational programs
engineering
Engineering education
Instruments
Payloads
projects
Rockets
Satellite broadcasting
space
Student experiments
student satellites
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Summary:ESA provides numerous opportunities for university students from ESA Member and Cooperating States to gain practical hands-on engineering experience on real space projects. These opportunities cover a broad spectrum of flight project activities ranging from student experiment payloads on microgravity platforms, atmospheric balloons, and sub-orbital sounding rockets to instruments and small platforms for Earth and Moon orbiting satellites. The education satellite projects range in size from pico-satellites to mini-satellites and are complemented by a global network of education institution and radio amateur ground stations. This paper describes the hands-on space engineering education programme and its setup, the engineering education methods, and the knowledge/skills transferred to the students, in addition to summary technical information on the projects concerned.
ISBN:1424465680
9781424465682
ISSN:2165-9559
2165-9567
DOI:10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492406