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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

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