• Concurrent Engineering Training

Concurrent Engineering Training

ESA specialists will provide expert tuition 6 December 2018 is looking for 60 talented and motivated university students with an engineering or physics background from to take part in one of two upcoming Concurrent Engineering Workshops set to take place between 12 to 15 March and 31 April to 3 May 2019. Concurrent engineering is a method of designing and developing products for the space sector. Contrary to traditional design methods, in concurrent engineering all subsystems are designed simultaneously. This is a far more efficient way of working, but comes with its own unique challenge: solutions in one area that could impact the design of another subsystem must be identified and communicated between teams instantly. Although concurrent engineering is a more complicated process to begin with, in effect it allows mistakes to be identified – and rectified – earlier, therefore reducing the overall design time. ESA’s main is located at ESA’s technology centre () in the Netherlands. However, within the framework of the programme, ESA has developed a similar facility exclusively for educational purposes, which is located at ESA’s in Belgium. Access to this facility during the workshops complements what students are learning at university by familiarising them with the concurrent engineering approach. Content of the workshops The selected students will travel to the green expanses of Belgium’s Ardennes region, where the is located.