ATLAS ACADEMY

Program Design

ATLAS is a two week intensive summer program for high school youth in Grades 10-12

Experiential Learning

ATLAS will feature real satellite hardware and an interactive, hands-on design and build structure

Digital Design

Participants will learn about the process of digital design using virtual circuit builders

Artificial Intelligence

ATLAS will introduce students to concepts of AI and machine learning through interactive curriculum and projects

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Program Design

Intensive Summer Academy

Interested applicants can apply to attend

  • On either July 8-19 or July 22-August 2 2024
  • Hosted on Dalhousie University’s Sexton Campus
  • Grade 10-12 students
  • Financial support for travel arrangements
  • Accommodations for those travelling from further afield
Experiential Learning

Build a working satellite

ATLAS features real satellite hardware that students will assemble their own cube satellites and dissect the philosophy and design behind various subsystems

  • Soldering hardware
  • CNC machining
  • Electrical theory of Kirchhoff's law
  • Programming Raspberry Pi GPIO pins
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Digital Design

Computer modelling techniques

Participants will learn about the digital design process by discovering the unique features of 3D modeling workspaces

  • Use modeling software to investigate planar and rotational symmetry
  • In a 3D coordinate system create engineering drawings
  • Circuit design
Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning and Computational Thinking

Learn fundamentals of AI, and machine learning

  • Machine learning
  • Satellite Guidance Systems
  • AI environmental modeling
  • Applications of AI in space research
Curiosity

Program Curriculum

Learn more below

Explore the details of ATLAS daily curriculum themes. Keep an eye on this page for curriculum updates and opportunities.

Day 1: Introduction to Space Engineering, Mission Planning and Electronics
Day 2: Power Systems and Communication in Space
Day 3: AI Applications in Space and MATLAB
Day 4: Satellite Integration and Design Project
Day 5: 3D Modelling
Day 6: Payload and SATCOMM
Day 7: Hardware Assembly and Soldering
Day 8: Propulsion Technologies and Payload Field Test
Day 9: Orbit and Launch Systems, Design Project
Day 10: Graduation Ceremony