The courses, developed virtually and open to the entire university community in the country, will be taught by specialists from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil.
With the aim of encouraging undergraduate and postgraduate students to learn about the world of satellites and aerospace technology, and to make visible the importance of the field of aerospace engineering for the future, the Federico Santa María Technical University will develop a series of online courses on short duration referring to different topics of aerospace engineering.
The cycle, which begins this month of June and ends in December, is part of ANID’s international promotion and linkage project “Strengthening Aerospace Engineering in Chile: a Collaboration Between USM, UChile, and INPE”, directed by the academic from Department of Mechanical Engineering of the House of Studies and CCTVal researcher, Dr. Rodrigo Cassineli.
The one-week courses will be taught online mostly by professionals from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). “In Chile we do not have a tradition of aerospace engineering. These introductory courses seek to show students the importance of aerospace engineering and encourage them to become interested in this area. To do this, we contacted INPE, which has specialists in different areas of satellite technology”, explains Dr. Rodrigo Cassineli, project director.
Introduction to satellite technology, GPS operation, analysis of satellite images, sustainability in aerospace development and nanosatellites, are part of the topics that will be addressed in the 12 workshops to be developed, which will be open to the university community in Chile and Brazil. and dictations in English. “Since these courses will have the participation of Chileans and Brazilians, we decided to look for a common language in which students from both countries would be able to understand”, comments the USM academic.
In addition to the joint work with INPE, this ANID project has the support of the University of Chile and the Chilean Air Force, an organization that will be in charge of conducting two of the program’s workshops.
For Dr. Cassineli, “this project is a start to promote aerospace engineering in Chile. This area has to do with the development of electronics, programming, new materials, etc., so it is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary area, since we need knowledge of various other careers to build a satellite, develop circuits, create a structure, use solar panel to charge the batteries of a satellite, among others, and we have all those races in the country”.
During the month of June, the courses “Introduction to Satellite Technologies” and “What is Satellite On-Board Data Handling” will be developed. Workshop hours are Monday through Friday, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
To participate, you must enroll in the link of the course of your interest. You can be part of the number of workshops you want.
Registration links:
“Introduction to Satellite Technologies” – June 06 to 10
“What is Satellite On-Board Data Handling” – June 20-24
“Satellite Image Processing” – July 04 to 08
“Satellite Orbital Dynamics” – July 18 to 22
The following courses will be informed in a timely manner.