Aalto University

Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering is responsible for two tracks in SpaceMaster. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation is responsible for the Engineering Track in Space Robotics and Automation. Control, robotics and autonomous systems are one of the focus areas of the department, represented by 5 professors, research themes including distributed systems, autonomous machines, intelligent robotics and micro- and nano-robotics. The Scientific Track in Space Science and Technology is given by the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering. Space science and technology is one of the focus areas of the department with research themes including space plasma physics, radio astronomy, space climate, space technology and space weather. This Science track encompasses hardware projects related to Aalto University’s own CubeSat program, ESA space missions, local ground-based space infrastructure as well as modern space weather computer simulations. Moreover, Aalto University has a very close collaboration with other Finnish Universities and institutions with modern ground-based infrastructure (EISCAT radar, magnetometers, riometers, ionosondes, all-sky cameras) to investigate the Arctic ionosphere, geospace and space weather.