The Department of Astronautics at the United States Air Force Academy
has transformed the way spacecraft systems engineering is taught, but
more importantly, the way it is experienced by the students. The
development is called EyasSAT™—a miniaturized, fully-functional
satellite model that is “flown” in the classroom. EyasSAT literally
means “baby FalconSAT”, where FalconSAT is the name of the flagship
program at USAFA where students work as a team their senior year to
design, build, launch, or operate a real satellite performing DoD
science. To prepare for this interdisciplinary experience students take
the prerequisite course titled “Spacecraft Systems Engineering”.
Students in this course work in small teams to build up an EyasSAT unit,
subsystem by subsystem, after the design issues are covered in the
classroom.
- Formator: Nicolae Secrieru