Training of students of the Faculty of Space Science, Beni Suef University, at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics
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Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, announced training of 80 male and female students from the third and fourth levels of the Space Navigation and Applied Space Science and Navigation programs at the Faculty of Navigation Science and Space Technology for two weeks at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, under the supervision of Dr. Osama Shalabia, Dean of the Faculty, and Dr. Heba Allah Mohamed Abdel Halim, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs.
Dr. Mansour explained that the Faculty of Navigation Science and Space Technology at the university is the first Egyptian and Arab faculty specialized in the fields of space navigation and space technology applications, and aims to graduate scientific cadres capable of working in the Arab, African and international space system. Based on the faculty's keenness to link the scientific aspect with the practical and applied one and to achieve the highest benefit for students and graduate specialists with scientific and practical skills that keep pace with the development of the labor market, specialized summer training is provided for students within the institute under the supervision of specialists from the institute's professors and engineers in the field of space science, satellite communications, electronics and integrated systems.
Dr. Osama Shalabia added that the training includes many topics, including identifying the components of satellite systems and how to simulate space plasma and its effect on some of those components, the technology used in casting and forming the alloy used for the rod used to design the magnetotorquer used for satellites, and a detailed explanation of the current and future development processes of experimental and theoretical studies in space science and satellite systems through applications of modern science such as artificial intelligence and advanced programs that work on how to analyze and study satellites and the surrounding environment and then work to open new horizons for theoretical and experimental studies that contribute to the development of space systems. The training also includes a general overview of the physics of the sun and its interactions, the solar system and the position of the Earth in relation to it, astronomical calculations and their application in Islamic worship, phenomena related to the sun and the moon (eclipses, lunar eclipses, and tides), techniques used in monitoring space debris, experimental studies and models used in generating nanoparticles, studies on stars and their properties and methods of monitoring and analyzing images related to them.