Course schedule
The teaching sessions are scheduled for Tuesdays 14-16 and Thursdays 12-14 in room "Simulointilaboratorio (SimLab)" in OIH (Open Innovation House), Maarintie 6.
| Date |
Topic |
|---|---|
| Tue 10.9. |
Course introduction. |
| Thu 12.9. |
No Teaching |
| Tue 17.9. |
Solar system instruments: Langmuir probe, RPA, radars 1 and ionosonde. |
| Thu 19.9. |
Introduction to the assignment and to the Individual work. |
| Tue 24.9. |
Ground based instruments: radars 2, radio wave and plasma wave instruments. |
| Thu 26.9. |
Introduction to the assignment and to the Individual work. |
| Tue 1.10. | Remote sensing instruments. |
| Thu 3.10. | Introduction to the assignment and to the Individual work. |
| Tue 8.10. |
Magnetic field measurements. |
| Thu 10.10. | Introduction to the assignment and to the Individual work. |
| Tue 15.10. |
High energy particle instruments, miniaturized cubesat instruments. |
| Thu 17.10. |
Introduction to the final assignment of Part I. |
| Tue 22.10. |
No teaching (exam week). |
| Thu 24.10. |
No teaching (exam week). |
| Tue 29.10. |
Astronomical space missions: an overview. |
| Thu 31.10. |
A look into the future: astronomical space missions in the next few decades. |
| Tue 5.11. |
Project work kick-off. |
| Thu 7.11. |
Project work. |
| Tue 12.11. |
Lifecycle of a space mission. Case study: the Planck satellite. |
| Thu 14.11. |
Project work. A short introduction to UV astronomy. |
| Tue 19.11. |
High-energy space missions I. X-rays, XMM-Newton satellite, Chandra etc. |
| Thu 21.11. |
Project work. A short introduction: how do I get observing time with a satellite? |
| Tue 26.11. |
High-energy space missions II. Gamma-rays, Fermi satellite. |
| Thu 28.11. |
No teaching. Use this time for group meetings. |
| Tue 3.12. |
Project presentations. |
| Thu 5.12. |
Project presentations. |