Presentation - The 5th Nano

Nagoya, Japan
10-13 October 2012
Research and Application
Based Space Education
A.Rüstem ASLAN1), Rei KAWASHIMA2), M. Khalil IBRAHIM3)
1) Astronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
2) University Space Engineering Consortium, Tokyo, Japan
3) Department of Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
aslanr@itu.edu.tr
Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development (DESD)
• 12/2002, the UN GA resolution 57/254
a UN DESD, from 2005 to 2014.
• Basic vision: A world where everyone has
the opportunity to benefit from education
and learn the values, behaviors and
lifestyles required for a sustainable future
and for positive societal transformation.
Space Technologies
• contribute significantly to wealth creation
and quality of life, both directly and in
terms of technology spin-off to other
sectors.
• Increasing number of citizens involved in
space education and related work (cutting
edge technology) is of paramount
importance for the benefit and wealth of
world’s people.
CubeSats/NanoSats
• CubeSats made space within reach of
everybody regardless of budget and
extensive know-how.
• Small budgets and short development
times.
• Great educational tool, involve everybody
in high tech work, increase national and
international cooperation and collaboration
for a safer peacefull world.
UNISEC of Japan
• UNISEC member universities are supporting
education using CanSat at high school level.
• Many educators at university level have addressed
the effectiveness of hands-on training, because it
provides unique opportunities and students can
learn project management skills as well as
technical process of space projects.
• UNISEC activities would enable those in teaching
positions at universities to improve their teaching
skills as well as their academic performance and
output.
Japanese history of
university micro/nano satellite activities
UNISEC of Japan
• MIC1-2
• CLTP 1-2-3
• UNISEC-INT
• Turkey, Egypt, others
CLTP
CLTP
1
Period
Feb-March
2011
2
Nov-Dec
2011
3
July-August
2012
Host
university
Wakayama
Univ.
Participating countries
Algeria, Australia, Egypt,
Guatemala, Mexico, Nigeria,
Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkey(3) and
Vietnam
Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria,
Vietnam, Ghana, Peru,
Nihon Univ.
Singapore, Mongolia,
Thailand and Turkey
Brazil, Egypt(2), Israel,
Tokyo
Lithuania, Namibia, Nigeria,
Metropolitan
Mongolia, Philippines and
University
Turkey
CLTP2
TURKISH CASE
ITU, Space Engineering
• Establishment 1983 (ITU 1773)
• 60 new students per year
• Space related labs
– Spacecraft Systems Design and Testing
– Small Satellite communication
• Aim:
– Research and testing on nano satellites and
small sat components
– To have engineers with laboratory experience
to serve the national aerospace industry
Space Engineering Curriculum
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Education in space science and technologies
Follows AIAA recomendations
Fully Accredited by ABET till 2017
Space related undergraduate courses
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Introduction to Space Engineering (1st year)
Aerospace structures (3rd year)
Orbital Mechanics, (3rd year)
Space environment, (4th year)
Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control (4th)
Rocket and Electric Propulsion (4th)
Spacecraft system design with application (SSD) (4th)
Spacecraft communications (4th)
Curriculum (AIAA/ABET)
• ‘’Astronautical engineering programs must
demonstrate that graduates have knowledge
of orbital mechanics, space environment,
attitude determination and control,
telecommunications, space structures, and
rocket propulsion’’.
• ‘’Program must also demonstrate that
graduates have design competence that
includes integration of astronautical topics’’.
• (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=472
Spacecraft System Design
• Last semester required course
• Capstone design project
• Conceptual design, no time for a prototype
• Topic: AIAA SDC, MIC, other
Design- Development phases
Test & Integration
Satellite
Infrastructure / Payloads
/ Systems
Thermal Vacuum, Vibration,
EMC
Design / Analysis / Production
Ground Station
•Conceptual design
•Desktop model
•Engineering model
•Flight Model
Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://usl.itu.edu.tr
SSD 2011: Space Debris Removal at
LEO (AIAA SDC)
Educational aspect of MIC!
• MIC1 evaluation comittee comment:
– only experienced applicants with some space
background and national heritage are
succesful in the finals.
A general summary of finalist teams
in MIC1 and MIC2:
• Experienced team
• Connection to a lab or group
• Ongoing work not just a new idea to be
realized
• Not undergraduate students
• Some pratical work already done
MIC2 Turkish Case (10 applicants no
finalist or semi finalist)
• Only undergraduate students (SSD topic) or MS
with no space background at all.
• Mostly Non-interdisciplinary teams (just space
engineers)
• Just a limited time: 3 months to find an idea and
to implement it although the MIC time is longer
• Finding an idea is a good element, reading
many different papers on different topics
• No time to implement or to evaluate the
suitability of the idea
• 2 term course work may be a remedy
MIC vs AIAA for SSD
MIC
AIAA
Written for
Written for everyone (undergraduate)
students
Comment
Success requires prior experience in
the field, professionals have more
chance of winning the contest
Mission is broadly
specified
Request For Proposal
(RFP) is not
available
Mission is given,
Student directly starts design based
solution is sought
on given mission, requirements and
A clear and detailed
constraints
RFP is given
Mission idea sought
Solution to a given
mission is sought
Students spend considerable time to
find an idea, little time left to design
for the idea
Student team
structure is possible
Student Team
structure ony
AIAA for US students only
Professional Development of
Students
• insufficient applied course work
• Student Clubs (UUMK, EUROAVIA, AIAA,
PARS...)
• Extracurricular activities
– Own will
– İnterdisciplinary team work
– International collaborations
– Employment advantages
Extracurricular activities
actual applications
• International students competitions:
– AIAA/DBF,
– CanSat,
– UAVSI,
– AHS,
– AIAA-ASMA/IGTI Engine Design
– Solar Car and Boat
– MIC
• CubeSat Projects
International competitions
ITU SE
CubeSat
Projects
TURKSAT 3USAT
ITUPSAT1
UHF DOWNLINK
VHF UPLINK
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UH
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EHF SAT
FU
PL
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UYDU
QB50: BeeagleSat
YER ISTASYONU - 1
YER ISTASYONU - 2
Project Comparison
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ITUpSAT1
One unit CubeSat
25 Project Personnel
Mainly space engineers
19 Space, 5 Electronics, 1
Mechanical Engineer
No redundancy
3 year development time
Infrastructure development
Budget: ITU and TUBITAK
Some undergraduate, MS
thesis
Empleoyment by the
industry
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TURKSAT-3USAT
Three unit CubeSat
50 project personnel
Interdisciplinary team work
24 Aerospace,2
Mechanical 24 ElectricElectronics
Full redundancy
2 year development time
TAMSAT Engineers
Budget: TÜRKSAT Inc.
Many undergraduate, MS
thesis
Empleoyment by the
industry
Evolvement
• ITUpSAT1: 1 department, governement
support, MS students, thesis, hands on
experience
• 3USAT: 3 departments, company and public
support. BS and MS thesis, hands on
experience
• QB50: 3 universities, many departments,
industry support.
• EHFSAT: Payload by the industry, SME
support (spin-off company), 3 departments.
Research and Application
Based Space Education:
Egyptian Case
Mohammed Khalil Ibrahim, Ph.D.
Space Systems Technology Laboratory
Aerospace Engineering Department
Cairo University - Egypt
Background
• Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Established in 1820.
• Aerospace Engineering Department
established in 1938.
• Egyptian Space Program is running by
NARSS (1999 )
• B.Sc. in Space Engineering is Elective
• Ph.D. & M.Sc. in Space Engineering
• Lack of Practical Space Engineering Projects.
Laboratories & Facilities
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Aerodynamics
Flow Visualization
Aircraft Propulsion
Aircraft Structure
Automatic Control & Flight Mechanics
Space Systems Technology
established in 2011
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CanSat-Based Space
Engineering
• Bi-annual practical space engineering training
course for all students from 2011 .
• Mandatory summer training course for Junior
students from 2013  .
CanSat-Based Space
Engineering
CanSat Based-Space Engineering
Education
Mechanical
Design and
Production
Parachute
Aerodynamics
Launcher
Development
Microcontroller, MEMS
sensors and Firmware
Development
Basic Electronic
Circuits
System
Engineering
Project
Management
Advanced CanSat Project
• Rover-Back CanSat
• Fully Autonomous
• Schedule to Join Arliss
2013
Oct-11
Nov
Dec
Jan 12
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
1st & 2nd Conceptual Models (CM)
3rd CM
EM
FM
Number of Submitted Idea
MIC Participations
8
Category1
Category2
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4
2
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MIC-1
MIC-2
MIC1: Total Number of Submitted Idea is 62
MIC2: Total Number of Submitted Idea is 54 (Cat.1) and 20 (Cat. 2)
R&D Projects
• Advanced CanSat
• Development of Simple Ground Station
• CanSat Launcher
– QuadRotor
– Balloon
• CubeSat Subsystems
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Communication
C&DH
ADCS
Payload
Structure
EPS
Students Enrollment
• Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University receive top 5%
Senior High-School Students (3000 students/year).
• Total of 15000 Undergraduate Students.
• Aerospace Engineering Department Receive 100
students/year.
• Total of 400 Undergraduate Students in Aerospace
Engineering Department.
Faculty of Engineering
(2012)
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1
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% Grade
Ranking
Aerospace Engineering
2009
2010
2011
Academic Year
2012
80
70
60
50
40
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20
10
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Benefits-Education
• Space project: higly motivated students, individuals
• Applied education: plan, design, produce, test,
integrate, launch, observe a spacequalified actual
satellite during education
• Multidisciplinary research teams at universities
• Establish design, manufacturing and testing
infrasturcture
• Raise qualified and experienced Space Engineers
for aerospace industry
• Increase national capability in satellite technologies
Benefits
• Accounting for space debris in project
planning, compliance with UN regulations
• A new job sector: entrepreneurship,
student owned SMEs, Pumpkin, ISIS,
Clyde Space, Gumush
• To reach space is a realm of possibility for
everyone...
Conclusions
• Practical project work and design studies
are important elements of space
education.
• CanSat and CubeSat programs have a
positive effect on increasing space
awareness particularly among students
with international interaction.
• MIC and CLTP are useful tools
Conclusions
• Clearly defined topics seems to be more
suitable for high school and undergraduate
university programs
• Open end projects may be successfully
undertaken by experienced graduate
students and space professionals.
• All these developments have started to
shape space education curriculum,
worldwide.
• How can we benefit further from
extracurricular activities to
enhance space education
curriculum?
Acknowledgments
• the Nano-Satellite Symposium Office and
The Basic Space Technology Initiative
(BSTI) of the United Nations Program on
Space Applications
Acknowledgments
• "HODOYOSHI Project" that enabled CLTP
and MIC to launch, which was granted to
Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka by the Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science in the
"Funding Program for World-Leading
Innovative R&D on Science and
Technology (FIRST Program)," initiated by
the Council for Science and Technology
Policy of the Cabinet Office, Government
of Japan.
ITUpSAT1, 3rd year in orbit
TURKSAT-3USAT MISSION
3USAT
UHF DOWNLINK
VHF UPLINK
UH
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DO
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W
NL
IN
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FU
PL
IN
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UYDU
YER ISTASYONU
Ground
Station- 11
YER ISTASYONU
- 22
Ground
Station
TURKSAT-3USAT
• 3U CubeSat
• VHF/UHF linear
Transponder
• Redundant design,
back-up systems
designed, developed,
manufactured and
tested in Turkey
• Cutting edge de-orbiting
and power system
QB50: BeEagleSat
EHF-SAT
YER ISTASYONU – 1
Ground
Station 1
Telemetri,
Telemetry,
telecommand
telekomand
X-Band DOWNLINK
Ku Band UPLINK
UH
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DO
VH
W
NL
IN
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FU
PL
IN
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EHF-SAT
UYDU
YER ISTASYONU
–2 2
Ground
Station
Transponder
Transponder
AEROSPACE PROJECTS
KARAYEL
DRT
ITUpSAT1
HTH
MILGEM
HELSIM
ANKA
RIHA1A
RIHA1B
İTÜ-HTH Tüm alt sistemleri ile, Temmuz 2011, TAI, Ankara
UNISEC-EGYPT
• Seminar and Panel Discussion about establishing
UNSEC-Egypt (July 4, 2012)
• Next meeting scheduled to be in Feb. 2013.
Pros and Cons of Establishing
UNISEC-Egypt
Pros
Cons
Space awareness expansion
Lack of team-work experince
Well managed capacity building
plans
Dedicated management board
Resource management
Legal entity
Large scale space projects
Sustainable Funding
QB50 - THE IDEA
• An international network of 50 double CubeSats for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration
measurements in the lower thermosphere and for re-entry research
• A network of 50 double CubeSats sequentially deployed
(1 CubeSat every orbit or every 2 or 3 orbits)
• Initial altitude: 330 km (circular orbit, i=79°)
• Downlink using the Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations (GENSO)
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