Geological and Environmental Sciences Masters Student from the Earth and Planetary Image Facility, Dina Begun (pictured above) has received a prestigious Ilan Ramon Fund Scholarship to attend The International Space University (ISU)’s 29th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) which will be held from July 12 – September 1, 2016 at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. The SSP is held in a different location each year.
Begun was one of only 10 to receive the scholarship from the Israel Space Agency for the ISU SSP program.
Gedi Minster (pictured below), who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 2013, was also accepted to the prestigious program. Minster is an engineer at a company in Jerusalem. He is a member of the Astronomical Association, the "Space Generation" "exploring space" workgroup, and winner of the 2015 Manufacturers Association prize for young people in the Jerusalem industry.
The Space Studies Program (SSP) is a graduate level professional development program conducted by ISU since 1988. The curriculum covers the principal space related fields, both non-technical and technical and ranges from policy and law, business and management and humanities to life sciences, engineering, physical sciences and space applications.
The shared experience of an international, interactive working environment is an ideal networking forum leading to the creation of an extensive, international, multidisciplinary professional network comprising the program’s alumni (numbering more than 4000 to date), faculty members and visiting lecturers.
The interdisciplinary curriculum of the SSP, with its emphasis on international cooperation, exposes participants to broad new perspectives on the world’s space activities - perspectives otherwise reserved for those with many years of diverse professional experience. The program is packed with a wide variety of activities, including lectures by renowned experts, hands-on activities and projects, team work and professional visits.
The classes are taught by lecturers from the world’s space agencies, primarily NASA, private space companies and leading academics.
BGU’s Earth and Planetary Image Facility will host the SSP participants on August 10.
