On this website you will find all the information about the Aerospace System Simulation, Control and Avionics LAB (AE SCA-LAB) of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Make sure to check our recent news, projects, new staff members, etc.

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Our Mission

The AE Simulation, Control and Avionics LAB targets excellence in its field with its academic staff, graduate and undergraduate students and is located at the top floor of the Aerospace Engineering building in room number 231. The laboratory is 250 square meters, and a home for many interested researchers in all levels and all around the world.  

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News

A new FP7 Project started: AstroNet-II, The Astrodynamics Network

(http://www.ieec.cat/astronet2/portal/content/1/home.htm)

AstroNet-II is a Marie-Curie Research Training Network on Astrodynamics that that brings together mathematicians, engineers and astronomers from universities, governmental agencies and industry. The network continues the training (through research) activities undertaken under the former Training Network "AstroNet" (2007-10).

AstroNet-II training programme centers on projects for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and Experienced Researchers (ERs) that cross the traditional boundaries between mathematics, engineering and industry, ensuring that they obtain an interdisciplinary and multisectorial overview of the field. This is supported by an extensive programme of Schools, Workshops, Tutorials and Internships, and by a close collaboration between academia and space companies.

METU Aerospace Engineering Department, as one of the nodes in the network, will host one Early Stage Researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ozan Tekinalp.  The topics that will be covered at METU-Aerospace will be on the modeling and attitude control of flexible spacecraft, formation flying using low thrust propulsion, and space inspection and autonomy. 

Eligibility criteria: 

bullet Researchers can be nationals of any country other than the country of the premises of the host organization (i.e., non Turkish nationals) where they will carry out their project; however nationals of countries outside the EU and Associated States can only be recruited by hosts that are located in Member States or Associated States.
bullet Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. This rule does not apply in cases where a researcher is subsequently appointed in another node of the same network within the same country.
Please contact Dr. Tekinalp for further details.

 

FP7 Project in Progress: DeOrbit Sail, De Orbiting Satellites Using Solar Sails

The Simulation, Control and Avionics LAB is happy to announce a new European Union 7th Framework Program project, "De-Orbiting of Satellites with Solar Sails", has started.  Certain work packages of the project will be done in the LAB (start date: March 1, 2011; duration: 22 months).  Project Partners:  Surrey Space Centre (SSC, United Kingdom), Jet Propulsion Laboratory Caltech (JPL, U.S.A.), German Aerospace Centre (DLR, Germany), EADS Astrium (AST, France), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), University of Patras (Greece) Athena-SPU (ATH, Greece), Middle Eastern Technical University (METU, Turkey), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL, United Kingdom), ISIS (Netherlands).

 

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Contact Information

Telephone
+90-312-2104278
FAX
+90-312-2102471
Postal address
Middle East Technical University, Deprtment of Aerospace Engineering, 06531, Ankara, Turkey
Electronic mail
General Information: yavrucuk@metu.edu.tr
Webmaster: yavrucuk@metu.edu.tr

 

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Last modified: 11/29/07