On Tuesday we were treated to a very interesting talk from Charles Nokes, pictured, a U of A Engineering undergraduate, and project manager for the AlbertaSat Project.
This is a multi disciplinary project involving forty to fifty students, from many different faculties and departments, who have worked together for several years, to design and build a small cube satellite to be deployed into space this coming July.
The satellite is to be one of fifty cube satellites, in association with the QB 50 project at the von Kammen institute in Belgium, carrying payloads that will study the effect of solar wind and flares on low space (up to 400 kM) weather and communications.
The project is part of the U of A's commitment, through it's Institute for Space Science and Technology, to promote space science initiatives and opportunities in the space science industry in Alberta.
Charles Nokes
The payload will consist of three main components. A common Langmuir probe, which will gather information on electron density and density of the plasma surrounding the earth, will be part of the payload.
The flight will also be a demonstration test for technologies developed at the U of A, a digital fluxgate magnetometer, which will measure the earth's magnetosphere, and an open source on board computer, named Athena.
The satellite will remain in orbit for about one year and will be monitored by students at the U of A. This project gave the students at the U of A experience with the many skills and technologies involved in design, building, testing, deployment and monitoring that is in use, in the space industry, and will serve as a basis for future business opportunities.
Can you donate a "Wonderful" prize for some lucky winner?
We've been handing out prizes like crazy lately.
Grower Direct Dozen Rose Cards, plus books, Imported Dominican Coffee, Shirts, Knives, Cookies, Picnic baskets and of course Wine have been popular prizes every week.
We'll keep it up with fun stuff and help Operation Eyesight for a long time I hope.
Just give Ken or Eric Germain your good stuff for consideration.
If your Pink Pants are too tight, .....
donate them for consideration as a Wheel of Fortune prize!
my name is Lukas and some of you may have met me in 2008/2009 when I was a Rotary Exchange Student in Fort St. John.
Since then I have studied Pharmacy back in Germany and as part of my mandatory practical year at the end of my studies I will be working at the Drug Development and Innovation Centre at the University of Alberta for six months, starting May 1st.
Because of this I am right now looking for a room or apartment from April 29th until the beginning of November. I would be very grateful for any help, so if anyone at your Club or someone you know has a room for rent that is either not too far from U of A or has a good connection there via public transport I would be very interested - my budget for rent is about 600 $ per month.
Greetings from Germany and thank you very much for your time,
INQUIRY FOR INTEREST FOR A TRIP TO GREECE IN SEPTEMBER 2016
If you are interested in participating in a 7 to 8 days bus tour of Greece please send an e-mail to Dimitri Papanicolas at dpapanicolas@outlook.com in order to receive more information. The number of participants should not exceed 20, on first come first saved basis. We will also connect with a few Rotary Clubs during the trip.
The tour will take place in the mainland visiting archeological sites, religious sites, overall site seeing (see map) and of course some beach time and shopping. No island tours, but cruise tours can be organized separately.
We would like to take this opportunity as the new year starts, to remind you about Rotary Global Rewards, our member benefit program featuring special offers that allow you to do a lot more for a lot less—no matter what you’re doing.
Whether you’re working on your club’s community projects, enjoying a night out with friends or sharing your Rotary story with someone new, you can take advantage of discounts and special offers on airfare, hotels, vehicle rentals, and entertainment.
Would you like to offer discounts from your business to other Rotarians? Help build the program by adding special offers from your own company to the growing portfolio of Rotary Global Rewards. To learn more, visit Rotary.org/GlobalRewards.
Please share this exciting news with your members. You’ll find promotional tools on the Rotary Global Rewards website that will help you introduce your Rotarian friends to the program.
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