Russian Aerospace Education Is in Demand in Mexico

The delegation of Samara National Research University participates in the 3rd Mexico Aerospace Fair (FAMEX 2019).

The First Mexico Rectors Summit and the "3rd Aerospace Education Forum" organized by the Mexican Council for Aerospace Education (COMEA) will be the main events of FAMEX 2019 for Samara University.

Among the participants in the educational part of FAMEX 2019 there will be the heads of 23 state and private universities, as well as representatives of public authorities and companies related to the aerospace industry, including SAFRAN and Bombardier. Only two Russian universities specializing in aviation and space areas – Samara University and MAI received an official invitation from the organizers.

The head of Samara University delegation, First Vice-Rector Roman Samsonov will present a report on the university experience in the development of modern educational technologies, focused on training specialists for leading enterprises and research centres in the field of aviation and cosmonautics. In particular, he will talk about “education through research and practice" principle, which is used in the process of future engineers training in Samara. Such an approach to the organization of the educational process implies that students study core courses while working on real projects under the guidance of aerospace industry specialists. In particular, they create new types of small spacecrafts, design of nanosatellites onboard systems, virtual prototype models of gas turbine engines and work with real aircrafts and their engines. A novelty is the number of research programmes, in which the participants together with eminent scientists of the world level predict the structure of new materials and even try to model it. 

The delegation of Samara will also visit several leading Mexican universities implementing aerospace programmes. The preparation of cooperation agreements in the implementation of joint educational programmes and research projects, as well as the organization of student exchanges in the areas of specialized institutes and faculties will be discussed with the administration of these universities.

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FAMEX 2019 – the 3rd Mexican Aerospace Fair that takes place from April 24 to April 27 in Mexico. It gathered the largest representatives of the national aerospace and aviation sector, demonstrating both civil aviation innovations and the technology of aerospace and defence industries.

Cooperation of Samara University with Mexico. Currently, eight students from Mexico study at Samara National Research University. 

Besides, the students of Mexican universities are among the regular participants of summer schools held on the basis of leading research and educational centres of Samara University. In particular, applications from 12 Mexican students have been submitted for the 15th School "Space Technologies and Experiments in Space" scheduled from June 17 to June 29, 2019.

The following agreements have been concluded between Samara University and higher educational institutions of the United Mexican States, involving the exchange of lecturers, students and interns, as well as carrying out of joint research: