Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs (BRS-Labs), Hexagon’s Developing Education partner, recently offered their “K12 Space and Satellite Technology School Program” for high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The program was offered to 57 students from five schools. The students were split into three groups, one for each module, for a competition of which school had the highest number of successful students.
The program was launched to initiate global training for schools as an extra-curricular practical activity. Ahmed Aly, the school program manager, said BRS-Labs wanted the education platform to introduce the basics of space science, satellites and remote sensing technologies to students 10- to 16-years-old and turn their attention to these fields. This program intends to open students’ eyes to the opportunity of acquiring new skills and allows independent experience of satellite imagery processing and analysis. Aly continued, “It enables them not only to understand the basics of these technologies, but also to plan their future career and academic studies step-by-step.”
The three certification modules each group studied was a “Certified Junior” level. The courses are Astronaut, Satellite Image Analyst & Interpreter and Satellite Image Processing & Remote Sensing Specialist. In each course, students are taught the fundamentals of remote sensing and real application of satellite imagery data. Astronaut introduces the basics of Space Science and Technology. Satellite Image Analyst and Interpreter reviews satellite interpretations, analyses, objects identification and characteristics interrelations. Finally, Satellite Image Processing and Remote Sensing Specialist offers ERDAS IMAGINE, Hexagon’s imagery processing and analytics software, through Hexagon’s campus-wide grant program.
High school “Bosanska Crupa” won the competition. After students took their online exams, the school hosted a seminar and graduation. Two students demonstrated their skills and knowledge by presenting the program and another interpreted an image from the International Space Station. After these presentations, students were awarded their course certificates and the school was offered its “Certified Space & Satellites Technology School” certificate offered by BRS-Labs.
