Engineering Space Workforce of Tomorrow The Integrated Space Engineer

Abstract

The space engineer of tomorrow needs a variety of skills ranging from high specialized knowledge to cooperative capacities and the ability to understand and even to a certain degree to be productive outside their specialized skills.Newly educated engineers often lack many of these skills due to the nature of their education. It normally takes five years to become a M.Sc. At many universities these five years comprise mostly of lectures and small projects with no obligation for a success in regards to the final product or prototype.At Aalborg University(AAU) this is overcome by enhancement of the curriculum by combining Problem/Project Based Learning with actual design and construction of student nano satellites.