PHYC40740 - Space Sector Orientation Have you considered working in the SPACE sector? UCD School of Physics is now offering a module which will orientate graduates towards applying their skills in the Space sector. The module is heavily focussed on industry needs at the graduate recruitment stage. Each component of the module is delivered by an industry expert in the field. Registration: Now open (via your local school office), though places are limited. Registration queries to Bairbre Fox, School of Physics. Coordinator: Deirdre Coffey, School of Physics Credits: 5 ECTS Level: 4 Offering: 2013/2014 Semester 2 Assessment: Continuous assessment. Attendance: Attendance is compulsory in order to obtain credit for the module. Location: Science Hub, Room H1.12 Contact Time: Subject Hours Lecturer Space Policy and Law 5 Zeldine O'Brien Space Product Assurance 5 Danny Gleeson Space Agency Project Management 4 Michael Perryman Space Industry Project Management 2 Ronan Wall Space Proposal Writing 6 Ronan Wall Total 22
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PHYC40740 - Space Sector Orientation
Have you considered working in the SPACE sector?
UCD School of Physics is now offering a module which will orientate graduates towards applying their skills in the Space sector. The module is heavily focussed on industry needs at the graduate recruitment stage. Each component of the module is delivered by an industry expert in the field. Registration: Now open (via your local school office), though places are limited. Registration queries to Bairbre Fox, School of Physics. Coordinator: Deirdre Coffey, School of Physics Credits: 5 ECTS Level: 4 Offering: 2013/2014 Semester 2 Assessment: Continuous assessment. Attendance: Attendance is compulsory in order to obtain credit for the module. Location: Science Hub, Room H1.12 Contact Time: Subject Hours Lecturer Space Policy and Law 5 Zeldine O'Brien Space Product Assurance 5 Danny Gleeson Space Agency Project Management 4 Michael Perryman Space Industry Project Management 2 Ronan Wall Space Proposal Writing 6 Ronan Wall Total 22
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Timetable:
Week Monday Friday
Time Subject
Time Subject
20 9-10 Space Policy and Law
21 9-10 Space Policy and Law
22 9-10 Space Policy and Law
23 9-10 Space Policy and Law
24 9-10 Space Policy and Law
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9-11
Space Industry Project Management
9-1
Scientific Project Management for Space
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29 2-3 Space Product Assurance
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31 2-3 Space Product Assurance 9-12 Proposal Writing for Space 12-1 Space Product Assurance
32 9-11 Proposal Writing for Space 11-12 Space Product Assurance 1-2 Space Product Assurance
33 12-1 Proposal Writing for Space
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Space Sector Orientation (PHYC 40740, 5 ECTS, Semester 2) Module Description This module gives students an orientation within the space sector. Its content derives from a consultation with industry players in the sector on what they would like to see on a graduate CV. The content is highly relevant to current industry activity in Ireland and abroad, and skills would be valuable to graduates of any relevant discipline (e.g. computer science, physics, engineering) who aim to apply their skills in the space sector. v Space Policy & Law Space policy in Ireland, EU and internationally, as well as global trends; creators of space law; definition of space boundaries; the absence of Irish space law; jurisdiction, sovereignty, registration and quasi-territoriality; ownership, responsibility and liability; challenges arising from increased commercialisation of space.
v Space Product Assurance
This topic covers product assurance specifically for the space sector. It gives in-depth coverage of each of the standard five categories: quality; reliability; safety; materials; and triple E parts (electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical). v Space Agency Project Management This will include management tools (such as Gantt charting, milestone analysis, and action item tracking); major project phases and reviews; and an introduction to the documents and procedures of the European Cooperation on Space Standardisation.
v Space Industry Project Management This will include general space project management – tools and skills, phases of projects [A through F]; and writing proposals for the space sector based on responding to a space agency 'invitation to tender', based on best practice of prime contractors. Learning Outcomes On completion of this course, students should be able to: • recognise the role of agencies and industry in the space sector • summarise space policy in a global context • describe the complexities of operating in the space sector from a legal viewpoint • identify key aspects of successful space program management including skills and
tools • list space project lifecycle stages • develop risk mitigation strategies for programs • analyse an 'invitation to tender' in detail • identify key win themes for a proposal • structure a proposal • analyse requirements and identify driving requirements • plan, structure and write a successful proposal
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Biographies
Zeldine O'Brien, PhD Zeldine O'Brien is a barrister at law. Following a LL.B from Trinity College Dublin, she was conferred with a Ph.D also from Trinity in the field of space law under the supevision of the late Dr Gernot Biehler. During her years of doctoral research, she was a participant in the European Space Agency's student participation programme. She has published widely in the field of space law in Ireland, the Netherlands and the U.S.and has taught at Trinity's Law School. She has also taught in Kosovo with the Irish Rule of Law
International's project there in coordination with the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates. In 2005, she won the Diederiks Verschoor Award from the International Institute of Space Law of which she is a member. She is also a member of the Society of Legal Scholars. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2009 and has been in practice since. Her research interests include space law and European and Irish space policy.
Michael Perryman, BSc PhD Michael Perryman has a degree in theoretical physics and a PhD in radio astronomy, both from Cambridge University. A large part of his career has been with the European Space Agency, where he was project scientist for the Hipparcos space astrometry mission (1980-97), project manager during the satellite operational phase (1989-93), co-originator of the Gaia space astrometry mission, and Gaia project scientist
between 1995-2008. Subsequently he spent 2010 as a Distinguished Visitor in Heidelberg in a joint appointment at the university and the Max Planck Institute, 2011-12 as visiting professor in Bristol, and autumn 2013 as Bohdan Paczynski visiting professor at Princeton. His scientific works include The Exoplanet Handbook (2011), recipient of the PROSE Award for Cosmology & Astronomy, 2011. Recognition for his leadership of the Hipparcos project includes the Gold Medal of the French Astronomical Society, the Academy Medal of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Tycho Brahe Prize of the European Astronomical Society, and an Honorary Doctorate from Lund University in Sweden.
Ronan Wall, BSc PhD Ronan Wall is Programme Manager at Moog Ltd. He has extensive experience in leading industrial space contracts for Astrium Satellites and Moog Ltd for over 10 years. His initial industrial posting was in the Science Missions group at Astrium where he participated in or led definition studies for ExoMars, Mars Sample Return, the Cross-Scale
Magnetospheric mission and Planetary Protection implementation. Ronan managed the Solar Orbiter sunshield subcontract for Astrium before moving to Moog to lead the team for the design and implementation of the High Thrust Apogee Engine – a
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new highly efficient engine for ESA’s planetary missions. Ronan was also the founding programme manager for the first UK national CubeSat programme, UKube-1, which is due for launch in 2013. One of Ronan’s key activities over his whole time in the space industry has been in new business acquisition through extensive proposal and tendering. Ronan is a UCD physicist by training, having focused on Nuclear and Radiation Physics during PhD studies.
Danny Gleeson, BSc MSc Danny Gleeson is the Space Business Development Manager with Curtiss Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics. He graduated in 1986 from Imperial College in London with an Honors Degree in Physics and in 1990 with a Masters Degree in Astronomy and Astronautics. Danny has more than 26 years in the space sector working with some of the world’s leading space companies in the US and Europe and has helped develop Ireland’s indigenous strategy for growing and commercialising space technology.
Danny has produced and delivered training material for areas including innovation management and space technology transfer. He is also the founder of the Space Industry Skillnet, Europe’s first space industry training network endorsed by the European Space Agency. In his career, Danny has worked on technology developments for many international space projects including future expendable and re-useable launchers, space station infrastructure, space suits, re-entry vehicles, Geo-Stationary satellite platforms and Low Earth orbiting experiment missions.
