AAE PhD Student selected to attend the International Space University - Space Studies Program
Event Date: | June 17, 2010 |
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Amanda Knutson, a Ph.D. student in Astrodynamics and Space Applications was selected to attend the International Space University (ISU) - Space Studies Program (SSP). The nine week program will take place in Strasbourg, France. Amanda is one of ten students sponsored by the Canadian Foundation for the International Space University (CFISU).
The International Space University provides training to the future leaders of the emerging global space community. In its two-month Space Studies Program (SSP), ISU offers a unique Core Curriculum covering all disciplines related to space programs and enterprises – space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. The program also involves an intense student research Team Project providing international graduate students and young space profession as the opportunity to solve complex problems by working together in an intercultural environment.