ESA's "Drop Your Thesis!" programme
Sep 29, 2010
Through this programme, a team of university students will be given the opportunity to carry out experiments in microgravity.
The European Space Agency is proud to announce a new edition of the 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme. Through this programme, a team of university students will be given the opportunity to carry out experiments in microgravity.
Selected students will carry out their experiment in the ZARM Drop Tower Facility, in Bremen. This facility is one of the most sophisticated and high-quality research centres of its kind in Europe and boasts a 146 m high tower that provides experiments with up to 9.3 s of microgravity.
'Drop Your Thesis!' invites a team of students to design a scientific or technology experiment to be performed in microgravity as part of their syllabus. The deadline to submit the experiment proposals is 21 February 2011.
A review board will select the team to develop and perform their experiment during ESA's third 'Drop Your Thesis!' Campaign in autumn 2011. The campaign will last for three weeks, the first two of which will be dedicated to integration and ground testing of the experiment in an attempt to reduce the probability of experiment failure. In the third week, the selected team will be allocated five drop opportunities for its experiment.
During the 'Drop Your Thesis!' project, the teams will be supported by ESA's Education Office, ZARM engineers and members of the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). ESA will offer financial support to cover part of the cost of the experiments, travel and accommodation.
Teams from ESA Member States and Cooperating States are encouraged to register on the ESA Education Office's project portal and upload their proposal.
So we thought you might give us a little help in the promotion of this programme, since I guess you still have loads of contacts and friends busy at studying. Would you mind spreading the word and let potentially interested students/professors know about it?
All the information can be found on the website of ESA Education: www.esa.int/education together with information about many other projects and opportunities organised by ESA Education Office. For any further information, please do no hesitate to contact us through the e-mail address below.
Dr Javier Ventura-Traveset
Head of ESAC Communication and Education Office
dropyourthesis@esa.int
Selected students will carry out their experiment in the ZARM Drop Tower Facility, in Bremen. This facility is one of the most sophisticated and high-quality research centres of its kind in Europe and boasts a 146 m high tower that provides experiments with up to 9.3 s of microgravity.
'Drop Your Thesis!' invites a team of students to design a scientific or technology experiment to be performed in microgravity as part of their syllabus. The deadline to submit the experiment proposals is 21 February 2011.
A review board will select the team to develop and perform their experiment during ESA's third 'Drop Your Thesis!' Campaign in autumn 2011. The campaign will last for three weeks, the first two of which will be dedicated to integration and ground testing of the experiment in an attempt to reduce the probability of experiment failure. In the third week, the selected team will be allocated five drop opportunities for its experiment.
During the 'Drop Your Thesis!' project, the teams will be supported by ESA's Education Office, ZARM engineers and members of the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). ESA will offer financial support to cover part of the cost of the experiments, travel and accommodation.
Teams from ESA Member States and Cooperating States are encouraged to register on the ESA Education Office's project portal and upload their proposal.
So we thought you might give us a little help in the promotion of this programme, since I guess you still have loads of contacts and friends busy at studying. Would you mind spreading the word and let potentially interested students/professors know about it?
All the information can be found on the website of ESA Education: www.esa.int/education together with information about many other projects and opportunities organised by ESA Education Office. For any further information, please do no hesitate to contact us through the e-mail address below.
Dr Javier Ventura-Traveset
Head of ESAC Communication and Education Office
dropyourthesis@esa.int
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