The\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0Education Office is issuing a call to university students who want to take advantage of next year\u2019s opportunity to conduct\u00a0hypergravity<\/span>\u00a0experiments.<\/p>\n The sixth\u00a0SYT<\/span>\u00a0campaign, which will take place September-October 2015, is open to four teams of undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0Member or Cooperating States.<\/p>\n The selected teams, each comprising up to four students, will be given the rare opportunity to conduct science or technology experiments under\u00a0hypergravity<\/span>\u00a0conditions (between 1 and 20 times Earth\u2019s gravity). These experiments must be linked to part of their academic syllabus.<\/p>\n SYT<\/span>\u00a0enables students to use\u00a0ESA\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Large Diameter Centrifuge (LDC<\/span>) facility, which is located at\u00a0ESA\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC<\/span>) in\u00a0Noordwijk<\/span>, the Netherlands. The facility is available for up to 2.5 days per team (with flexible time slots).<\/p>\n A review board composed of experts from\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0ELGRA<\/a>\u00a0(European Low Gravity Research Association) will select the best experiment proposals to be performed in the\u00a0LDC<\/span>.\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0staff will provide technical support to the selected teams throughout the experiment design and completion. \u00a0In addition,\u00a0ELGRA<\/span>\u00a0will offer students the opportunity to consult a scientific mentor.<\/p>\n The\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0Education Office will provide financial support to cover part of travel, accommodation and\/or hardware expenses.<\/p>\n The submission deadline for experiment proposals for\u00a0SYT<\/span>\u00a02015 is 7 December 2014.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n During the\u00a0SYT<\/span>\u00a0programme<\/span>, students not only have access to state-of-the-art research facilities, but also receive valuable feedback from\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0ELGRA<\/span>\u00a0experts.<\/p>\n The\u00a0programme<\/span>\u00a0enables participants to develop important practical skills through hands-on activities, as well as learning about project management, problem solving, development and testing of hardware \/ software.<\/p>\n As a direct consequence of the research they conducted during\u00a0SYT<\/span>\u00a0campaigns, members of previous student teams have been able to present their results at international conferences and\/or publish papers in leading scientific journals.<\/p>\n SYT<\/span>\u00a0also provides opportunities to work in an international environment and network with other students. The experience gained is an important addition to students\u2019 curriculum vitae and increases their chance of being selected for future professional opportunities.<\/p>\n Videos of some previous\u00a0SYT<\/span>\u00a0campaigns can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Details of the Spin Your Thesis! 2015 campaign\u00a0programme<\/span>\u00a0can be found on the\u00a0ESA<\/span>\u00a0Educationwebsite<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Instructions on how to apply are available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n For further information, please e-mail:\u00a0spinyourthesis<\/span>\u00a0@ esa.int.<\/p>\n Spin Your Thesis! 2014<\/b><\/p>\n Last April, four teams from the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy were selected to participate in the \u2018Spin Your Thesis!\u2019 2014 campaign, which will take place 8 \u2013 19 September 2014.<\/p>\n Their experiments will examine the ability of endothelial cells to form blood vessels under\u00a0hypergravity<\/span>; study the energy demands of spicule body formation in sponges during germination; investigate mammalian celltransfection<\/span>\u00a0for regenerative medicine purposes; and test the influence of gravity on the flow properties of anice-analogue<\/span>\u00a0material. You can read more about this\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source:ESA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0ESA\u00a0Education Office is issuing a call to university students who want to take advantage of next year\u2019s opportunity to conduct\u00a0hypergravity\u00a0experiments. The sixth\u00a0SYT\u00a0campaign, which will take place September-October 2015, is open to four teams of undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from\u00a0ESA\u00a0Member or Cooperating States. 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