2013 campaign schedule
A. Project definition and writing of proposal by selected applicants
During this phase, the applicants will compose their team, find an endorsing professor or academic supervisor and start to think about their project.
After defining their project, the students must consider in detail how the experiment will be realised. At the end of this process, they will be expected to have a very accurate knowledge of the scientific theory related to their project, as well as the way they will realise their experiment – both in a qualitative and quantitative way.
The experiment proposal should focus on the scientific and/or technology-related objectives of the project and on the technical details for the implementation of the experiment. In other words, participants are invited to explain what they intend to investigate and how they are going to implement their experiment. Students should show that they have a very good knowledge of their project topic, using references to bibliography and scientific literature in the field and giving the details of the results expected.
Documents expected: Experiment proposal
Deadline: 10 December 2012
B. Review of the proposal and selection of the winning teams
The review board will select the best experiments to be performed in the LDC and, in collaboration with ELGRA, propose mentorship from an expert in gravity-related research. The selection of up to four teams and the allocation of ELGRA mentors are expected respectively at the end of January 2013 and mid-February 2013.
C. Experiment preparation
Based on the proposal, the selected teams start to implement and build their experiment, helped by qualified professionals and their ELGRA mentor. The cost of the building will be partly supported by ESA's Education Office. The students should prepare the experiment by taking into account the 'LDC Experimenter User Manual' and by consultation with engineers from the Life and Physical Sciences Instrumentation and Life Support Laboratory (LIS).
During the preparatory phase, the students have to fill some parts of the experiment report document. The aim of this document is to serve both as a reference document through the preparation and the execution of the experiment and as a final report once the programme ends.
Documents expected: Experiment report
Deadline: Three versions will be delivered to LIS engineers before the campaign
D. Education hypergravity campaign
Selected teams will realise their experiment in September-October 2013. ESA’s 'Spin Your Thesis!' campaign will take place in ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. This campaign will last two weeks and each week there will be up to two student teams using the LDC for a few hours or days.
A few weeks after the campaign, the teams will deliver a feedback report with their opinion about the programme and the campaign to ESA’s Education Office.
Documents expected: Feedback report
Deadline: October-November 2013
E. Analysis of results
The teams will analyse the results obtained during the hypergravity campaign and send the final version of their experiment report to ESA's Education Office within 4 months of performing their experiments. Eventually, they will write a scientific paper co-authored by their ELGRA mentor (if applicable). Some students may also be sponsored to attend international conferences (such as the ELGRA Biennial Symposium) and present their results to the scientific community.
Documents expected: Final version of the experiment report
Deadline: February 2014
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