In space, it is usually not possible to repair equipment when things go wrong. While astronauts ventured into space aboard the Space Shuttle to repair the infamously flawed Hubble Space Telescope, these types of repair missions are extremely expensive and rare. Limited repair options make spacecraft engineers turn their attention to reliability in an attempt to … [Read more...] about Testing satellite control systems with drones
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Engineering competitions: Building capabilities for the future
The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) is a Canada-wide competition for teams of university students to design and build a three-unit CubeSat satellite measuring 10cm × 10cm × 34cm (4in × 4 in × 13 in) and weighing no more than 4 kg (8.8 lb). The CSDC has been structured to present a significant learning and career development opportunity for participants. It challenges … [Read more...] about Engineering competitions: Building capabilities for the future
About your competitive impulses
People often talk about the intangible benefits of participating in engineering design competitions; how- ever, they seldom discuss the challenges. Students participating in these events must balance both their academic and personal lives. For more about this article see link below. To access the PDF version of this article, member sign-in is … [Read more...] about About your competitive impulses
Building entrepreneurial confidence
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has developed a course, Technology Entrepreneurship, that combines the process-oriented strengths of engineering with entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial education is not just for students who hope to create their own company. It is also for those who want to succeed as intrapreneurs-engineers working within a company to … [Read more...] about Building entrepreneurial confidence
CREATE-X: Toward student entrepreneurial confidence
The characteristic inventiveness of the United States is critically dependent on leading technological institutions rising to the occasion to create the next generat ion of leaders who are entrepreneurial in their thinking. This is especially true given recent data showing the significant impact of independent entrepreneurs on the growth of free-enterprise economies. For … [Read more...] about CREATE-X: Toward student entrepreneurial confidence