Summer Boot Camp 2024

OASA Summer Boot Camp 2024

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Come and expose to STEAM and the NewSpace Economy!

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A 4-week programme providing best of the best space education at Cyberport.

Why Join?

1. First class STEAM education with hands-on experience

For the 4th year in the running, OASA is hosting this summer boot camp where student teams get to work on building mini satellites, CubeSats and learn why this type of spacecraft has become a mainstay of the NewSpace Economy. Students are fully guided by our global team of instructors and plenty of STEAM and entrepreneurship elements are integrated in the syllabus, such as Arduino programming and pitching practices. Professional mentor support is also available during the programme with career interview by our experienced mentor coach, Dr. Cecilia Leung.

2. Close links with Academia and the Space Industry

Our university partners include Laboratory of Space Research, University of Hong Kong and Aeronautical Engineering Department, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Students will have the opportunity to visit leading space research institutions in Hong Kong. Furthermore, we have close links with space industry companies to ensure that our contents are relevant.

3. Award-winning CubeSat toolkit

Participating students will be allocated into teams. Each team will be tasked to build a CubeSat that is designed to send data back to earth. With the past collaboration with University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), over a thousand students have taken part in the 12-hour CubeSat programme and hits all the right spots for budding Mission and Payload Specialists.

4. Personal mentor

Each student in the programme will be assigned a professional personal mentor. The personal mentor acts as a career advisor for each student to help building their own career aspirations.

5. Want to visit a satellite launch site?

All students will receive a certificate of completion and a personal feedback report. The best performing student in the summer boot camp will be offered a FREE trip to visit Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, China. Furthermore, the best performing team will be given opportunity to present their ideas at future OASA conferences. For example, OASA will be supporting HKU's Space Sustainability Global Conference on 2 to 4 December 2024.

Programme Outline

Total 8 x 4 hours sessions spanning over 4 weeks

WEEK 1

Welcome by Astropreneur Prof. G. and Mr. Tom Chan, Programme Director
Team Formation and Assignment
Project Assignment
Introduction to Systems Leadership, Mission and Payload Specialists, Space Pioneers and Astropreneurship.
Learning objectives in self-awareness, empathy, and problem solving. Thinking out-of-a-box.
Orientation – the alien challenge
“Are we alone?” with Astronaut Chris Altman (Zoom)
Team Project Challenge
First Hands-On Lesson CubeSat – Introduction by CubeSat Engineers

WEEK 2

How are CubeSats used?
Second Hands-on Lesson CubeSat – Hands-on Assembly (Two sessions)
Space Sustainabiity and Space Debris Removal, at HKU Lab for Space Research, Prof. Quentin Parker plus others
Rapid Prototyping (Stanford Marshmallow Challenge)
What it takes to be a real Astropreneur? Self assessment and write-up to the portfolio.
Introduction and meeting with your mentor
Quality Control - PDCA

WEEK 3

Third Hands-on Lesson CubeSat – on Programming with Arduino
Systems Engineering and CubeSat Systems
Intro to the NewSpace Economy
Fourth Hands-on Lesson CubeSat – Deployment and Testing
Trouble-shooting and learning to build a bridge backwards
UX and empathy building

WEEK 4

Team Preparation for Presentation Compilation of individual portfolio.
Final mentoring session and write up.
Feedback by Judges on final session (Representatives of Aliens)
Award of Certification
Registration as Student Member of OASA
Evaluation and Feedback
End of Programme

Personal Mentor

Each trainee must schedule 2 x 1 hour appointment with mentor to discuss personal progress with the programme and/ or career options.

Optional Team Tours

HKU School of Engineeering, Business, or Physics
Web 3.0 Centre at Cyberport
The Dept of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at PolyU

Application Timeline

1 Registration of interest

Please complete the registration via "Register Now" button. A registration fee of HKD$100 is payable.

2 Arrangement of interview

All formal applicants are required to participate in an admission interview in English (in person or video) with OASA representative. Interview will be conducted in early June 2024.

3 Confirmation email

Successful candidates will receive a confirmation email by late June 2024. They will be invited to join a briefing session together with their parents or guardians.

4 Payment

The first payment, being 50% of the course fees, must be paid on or before 7 July 2024 (Thur). The remainder must be paid on or before 2 August 2024 (Fri).

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