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called Space Makers. The program promotes student
participation in inspiring and interactive learning
experiences to address challenges and to develop
disciplinary and cross-disciplinary skills.
The group initially concentrated in the development
of satellite systems and communications projects.
The group has also seen the strong need to
promote STEM initiatives and is implementing a
women-only program for its members called Space
Girls, with the main objective of addressing the fifth
sustainable development goal of the United Nations,
gender equality.
Figure 2. Hands-on action and design
The group participated with project proposals for
the Mexican Space Agency in 2019. Also, the group
developed an organization of its own, with three
basic areas: Satellites, Rovers and Rocketry. Mentors
from industry or academia, even from international
companies or organizations, are part of each area.
Space Makers established contacts with CONAE
Argentina, NASA, Samara University in Russia, and
Japan to create opportunities toward potential
graduate programs and research stays.
Space Makers is always seeking new initiatives for the
student members. Sometimes those come as short
stays at different companies, or yearlong projects,
such as AztechSat II nanosatellites with NASA, or the
Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).
One of these initiatives was the SPES Project, where
the group participated in a worldwide competition
organized by Airbus and UNOOSA with a design of
a space mission for a 3-unit CubeSat that aimed
to dock in the Bartolomeo module located in the
International Space Station (ISS). The nanosatellite
design was made from scratch, and it was extremely
challenging. The students developed their research
abilities and skills for organization, teamwork, positive
leadership, effective communication, problem-solving,
critical thinking, and working under pressure. The work
was based on procedural learning with the method of
lean start-up.
Currently, Space Makers is working with Keysight
Technologies for a pilot group to get a certification
in IoT this year. The final goal is to have an IoT
certification within the senior year of the Electronics
Engineering undergraduate program by 2022.
Figure 3. Development of CubeSat for Project Bartolomeo
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