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When:  10 February, 2020 at  13:00. Where:  Sydney Nanoscience Hub (A31) Lecture Theatre 3003 The University of Sydney Register your attendance here

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CUAVA is holding PhD Information Session for anyone thinking of starting a PhD in 2020/21. • Hear about our exciting projects • Meet our Industry Partners • Chat with CUAVA Scientists and Students • Workshop ideas with CUAVA supervisors • Find out about our scholarships and training programmes Tell us how we can launch YOUR career into space! Information session will be followed by Q&A, with drinks and canapes served thereafter. When: Monday, September 23rd, 2019,...

Professor Iver Cairns has been selected by NASA for two satellite missions to study our Sun and its effects on space weather. Iver Cairns, Professor in Space Physics and Director of the ARC Training Centre CUAVA at the University of Sydney, is the only international co-investigator to be selected for both critical missions.  These missions will do fundamental, world-leading science on the causes of space weather, which impacts our daily lives. Space weather The Sun...

CUAVA was officially opened on June 17th, 2019, by Senator for New South Wales, the Honorable Arthur Sinodinos AO. “This new training centre puts Australia on the world map for advanced manufacturing in the space industries,” Senator Sinodinos said. “The international collaboration between leading universities, government and industry will fundamentally change the capabilities and applications of CubeSats, making the international satellite market more accessible and economical than ever before.” Director of CUAVA, Iver Cairns said:...

Introducing Dr Xueliang Bai, the new CUAVA Training Centre Engineer. Xueliang comes to us with experience in aerospace engineering and electronics, and has designed and successfully launched a 3U CubeSat in 2019. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, and involvement in the i-INSPIRE project. Xueliang has worked previously for the Centre for Quantum Technology at the National University of Singapore as the electronics and system engineer...

CUAVA was honoured to host a visit and talk by Space BD Inc. this week. Sydney University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Professor Duncan Ivison, welcomed this important international collaboration. It will not only support the CUAVA mission by launching our cubesats for deployment from the International Space Station, but also further the endeavours of the Australian Space Industry. CEO and Co-Founder of Space BD Inc., Mr Masatoshi Nagasaki, spoke of how his start-up company has experienced...

CUAVA has partnered with Japanese space start-up and launch company, Space BD. In an important step for CUAVA, a new partnership with Space BD Inc. will provide satellite deployment services from the International Space Station for two CUAVA satellites that are under development. ‘CUAVA-1’ is the first satellite being developed by CUAVA, with the purpose to certify advanced communication, remote sensing, GPS, and space environment instruments and provide their data to users on Earth. “We...

CUAVA hosted a media training workshop with Peter Spinks, a science journalist from The Age. We learned how the media works, tips on good science writing, how to master the media release, and how to do television interviews.  It was a lively four days, with lots of entertaining digressions and a wealth of valuable skills learned.

Congratulations to Julian Guinane on winning a student prize for his presentation at the 2018 Australian Space Research Conference.  Julian is co-supervised by CUAVA Chief Investigators Iver Cairns and Xiaofeng Wu. Follow us on Twitter @arc_cuava

In August we were privileged to welcome our newly-formed Advisory Board to their inaugural meeting. Everyone was very positive about our achievements thus far, and our plans for the future.  It is an exciting time in an emerging Australian Space Industry! Our Advisory Board members are: