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Case Studies
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| Title | Description | Resource type | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project SunrIde - University of Sheffield Nova Rocket Innovation Design Engineering |
Project SunrIde was the first student-led rocket design engineering team from the U.K. to compete in the Spaceport America Cup (SAC) 2018, the 2nd annual rocket engineering conference... |
Classroom practice and Student Engagement | Rocket Propulsion |
| Sheffield Cube Satellite – forming tomorrow’s Space Engineers, today |
Along with the Sheffield Space Initiative (SSI) and the growing space interest at the University of Sheffield, students are developing the university’s very first satellite. Using NASA open source... |
Classroom practice and Student Engagement | Mechanical |
| Micrometeoroid Impact, Damage and Shielding Activity – The Open University |
The Open University run a curricular activity on the impact, damage and shielding of micrometeoroids using a remotely operated optical microscope. The Damage Equations are used to... |
Curriculum and Content | Program development |
| Lunar Rover - The University of Surrey |
The University of Surrey ‘Electronics and Amateur Radio Society’ (EARS) sent a team to compete in the UKSEDS Lunar Rover competition to design and build a rover to achieve an objective set by the... |
Classroom practice and Student Engagement | Payloads |
| Water Rockets - Bristol University |
Based on a suggestion by Kingston University London, who run this as a curricular competition, Bristol SEDS ran a water rocket competition in October 2017 with the aim to have multiple teams... |
Classroom practice and Student Engagement | Rocket Propulsion |
| Space Missions Currently in Development/Operation Research Activity – UCL |
University College London have run a curricular 2-week research project into space missions that are currently in development/operation for their MSc Space Science and Engineering students. The... |
Curriculum and Content | Program development |
| Extra-Curricular CanSat competition in 3 weeks - Bristol University |
The University of Bristol have run an extra-curricular competition to design a satellite in a sodacan, or “CanSat” using a predesigned kit over a few weeks. 5 groups of 5 students entered,... |
Classroom practice and Student Engagement | Program development |
| Astrodynamics Mission Simulation – University of Leicester |
The University of Leicester have run an Astrodynamics Mission Simulation 10-... |
Blended learning | Orbits and Trajectories |
| Introduction to Satellite Applications Workshop – Space for Smarter Government Programme, UK Space Agency |
The Space for Smarter Government Programme have run an Introduction to Satellite Applications... |
Blended learning | Earth Observation |
| GEOSS/HACK Space Hackathon – European Space Agency |
The European Space Agency (ESA) have run a... |
Blended learning | Earth Observation |