Interactive Lab to Learn Radio Astronomy, Microwave & Antenna Engineering at the Technical University of Cartagena (Spain)

Authors

  • José Luis Gómez-Tornero Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),
  • David Cañete-Rebenaque Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),
  • Fernando Daniel Quesada-Pereira Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),
  • Alejandro Álvarez-Melcón Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v7i1.1523

Keywords:

Electrical engineering education, Electromagnetic engineering education, Systems engineering education, Radio Astronomy, Remote and Virtual Laboratories

Abstract


An initiative carried out at the Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT, Spain) to encourage students and promote the interest for Scientific and Engineering Culture between society is presented in this contribution. For this purpose, a long-term project based on the set-up of an interactive laboratory surrounding a small Radio Telescope (SRT) system has been carried out. The main novelty is that this project is entirely being developed by students of last courses of our Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, under the supervision of four lecturers. This lab offers the possibility to remotely control the SRT, and it provides a set of multimedia web-based applications to produce a novel, practical, multidisciplinary virtual laboratory to improve the learning and teaching processes in related sciences and technologies.

Author Biographies

José Luis Gómez-Tornero, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),

José Luis Gómez-Tornero is with the Technical University of Cartagena, in the Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain (e-mail: josel.gomez@ upct.es). José Luis is Associate Professor at the Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, teaching in the area of Microwave and Antenna Engineering. In 2001, he joined the Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, as an Assistant Professor. From October 2005 to February 2009, he held de position of Vice Dean for Students and Lectures affairs in the Telecommunication Engineering Faculty at the UPCT. Since 2008, he has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Information Technologies, UPCT. In 2001, José Luis started the SRT UPCT initiative, and since then he has coordinated and supervised this project.

David Cañete-Rebenaque, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),

David Cañete-Rebenaque is with the Technical University of Cartagena, in the Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain (e-mail: david.canete@ upct.es). David is Assistant Professor at the Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, teaching in the area of Optics for Engineering.

Fernando Daniel Quesada-Pereira, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),

Fernando Daniel Quesada-Pereira is with the Technical University of Cartagena, in the Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain (e-mail: fernando.quesada@ upct.es). Fernando is Associate Professor at the Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, teaching in the area of Electromagnetism and Antenna Engineering.

Alejandro Álvarez-Melcón, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT),

Alejandro Álvarez-Melcón is with the Technical University of Cartagena, in the Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain (e-mail: alejandro.alvarez@ upct.es). Alejandro is full-professor at the Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, teaching in the area of Electromagnetism and Antenna Engineering.

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Published

2011-01-30

How to Cite

Gómez-Tornero, J. L., Cañete-Rebenaque, D., Quesada-Pereira, F. D., & Álvarez-Melcón, A. (2011). Interactive Lab to Learn Radio Astronomy, Microwave & Antenna Engineering at the Technical University of Cartagena (Spain). International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 7(1), pp. 10–18. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v7i1.1523

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Papers