{"id":153107,"date":"2021-12-13T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153107"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:06:16","slug":"space-research-exploration-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/13\/space-research-exploration-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"First space research, exploration certificate cohort graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Students engaged in integrating a payload into the small satellite on the table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new earth and planetary exploration technology (EPET<\/abbr>) certificate<\/a> is preparing students for the Earth and space exploration workforce in their major science or engineering discipline, and the first cohort will graduate in December from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa. The certificate program is provided by the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> (HIGP<\/abbr>) and supported by the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The EPET<\/abbr> certificate program is one of the only opportunities for 糖心视频<\/abbr> students to obtain a formal education in an important growth area of the economy, space exploration and aerospace engineering,” said Peter Englert<\/strong>, a professor in HIGP<\/abbr>. “It is also one of the few programs where science and engineering students will work together on course projects, an enriching experience, and an opportunity.”<\/p>\n

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Students are in the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Space Flight Center clean room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The EPET<\/abbr> certificate program consists of four courses totaling 15 credits that are taught in four consecutive semesters starting in the spring. The courses are cross listed with mechanical engineering and form the core of the concentration in aerospace engineering of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Program goals are to provide science and engineering majors with a comprehensive understanding of scientific and engineering knowledge, in theory and practice, to successfully explore from the deepest oceans to the far reaches of our solar system.<\/p>\n

“I thoroughly enjoyed the EPET<\/abbr> program,” said Lynzee Hoegger<\/strong>, who is in the first cohort of the EPET<\/abbr> certificate. “It’s been really great getting to be a part of the bridge between space science and technology. I also enjoyed that we didn’t just hear from one professor with one area of expertise but instead many different professors from many different fields would teach us each week.”<\/p>\n