- Publications
Publications
- Almazrouei, A.; Khan, A.; Almesmari, A.; Albuainain, A.; Bushlaibi, A.; Mahmood, A.A.; Alqaraan, A.; Alhammadi, A.; AlBalooshi, A.; Khater, A.; Alharam, A.; AlTawil, B.; Alkhzaimi, B.; Almansoori, E.; Jarrar, F.; Issa, H.; Alblooshi, H.; Ansari, M.T.; Alzaabi, N.; Braik, N.; Dimitropoulos, P.; Marpu, P.; Alialali, R.; Alhammadi, R.; Al-haddad, R.; Almazrouei, S.; Bahumaish, S.; Thu, V.; Alqassab, Y. A Complete Mission Concept Design and Analysis of the Student-Led CubeSat Project: Light-1. Aerospace 2021, 8, 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8090247
- Alhammadi, A.N., Jarrar, F., Al-Shaibah, M. et al. Effect of finite element model details in structural analysis of CubeSats. CEAS Space J 13, 231–246 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-020-00339-z
- Almesmari, A., Jarrar, F., Almaskari, F. et al. Validation and verification of a nanosatellite passive isolator for pyroshock attenuation. CEAS Space J 13, 133–143 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-020-00331-7
- Al Kindi, L., Roberts, M. S. E., di Giovanni, A., Arneodo, F., Al Qasim, A., Al Mannaei, A., Al Marri, N., Al Khouri, F., Ha, S., Panicker, P., Manenti, L., Bruno, G., Torres, R., Kalos, S., Conicella, V., Marpu, P., Vu, T., & Al Blooshi, H. (2020). Space qualifying RAAD CubeSat for the study of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and other short timescale phenomenon. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2020-October.
- Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Almesmari, A., Giovanni, A. D., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Balooshi, H. A., Alkindi, L., Roberts, M., Ansari, M. T., . . . Alqassab, Y. (2020). A 3U CubeSat For Monitoring Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes: Bus Design And Concept Of Operations. Educational Pico and Nano Satellites (4). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/58385/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,E2,4,11,x58385.brief.pdf
- Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Alansari, A., Almemsmari, A., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Boiko, I., Ansari, M. T., Alshaibah, M., Dimitropoulos, P., Marpu, P., Ali, R. A., . . . Alqassab, Y. (2020). MYSAT-2: A 2U CubeSat For Evaluating Novel Attitude Control Algorithms. Educational Pico and Nano Satellites (4). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/58466/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,E2,4,12,x58466.brief.pdf
- Khan, A., Alkhaja, A., Fantino, E., & Pelaez, J. (2020). Analysis of technologies for orbit insertion at Saturn. Orbital Dynamics (2). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/57386/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,C1,7,3,x57386.brief.pdf
- Almesmari, F. Jarrar, F. Almaskari, P. R. Marpu, N. Abdul Shukoor and J. K. Govindan, “Development of a Metal-to-Metal Mid-Field Shock Test Procedure for Nanosatellites,” in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 103-109, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2020.3005190.
- Alharam, A., Bushlaibi, A., Almansoori, E., Saleh, H., & Marpu, P. (2020, August). AI-Based Novel Camera System with Software Defined Radio Transceiver On-board [Poster Session]. 4th Annual Small Satellite Conference.
- Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Almesmari, A., Giovanni, A. D., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Balooshi, H. A., Alkindi, L., Roberts, M., Ansari, M.T., Alzaabi, N., Dimitropoulos, P., Marpu, P., Ali, R. A., Zeyad, S., Vu, T., Alqassab, Y. (2020, August). Light-1: A 3U CubeSat for Detecting and Monitoring Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes – System Design and Concept of Operations [Poster Session]. 4th Annual Small Satellite Conference.
- Alhammadi, F. Jarrar and P. Marpu, “Manufacturing, Analysis and Testing of an Additively Manufactured Nanosatellite Structure,” 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), 2020, pp. 1-5, doi:10.1109/ASET48392.2020.9118364.
- Issa, P. Marpu, A. Jallad and A. A. Marar, “Data Processing Work?ow For The Greenhouse Gases Monitoring CubeSat Mission – MeznSat,” 2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (M2GARSS), 2020, pp. 192-195, doi: 10.1109/M2GARSS47143.2020.9105202.
- Manandhar, P., Alkhaja, A. M., Marpu, P., & Aung, Z. (2020). Towards Rectifying the Effect on Image Registration of Pointing Inaccuracies in Nanosatellites Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. Journal of Small Satellites, 9(2), 897–910. https://jossonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Final-Manandhar-Towards-Rectifying-the-Effect-on-Image-Registration-of-Pointing-Inaccuracies-in-Nanosatellites-Using-Deep-Convolutional-Neural-Networks.pdf
- Jallad, A.H., Marpu, P., Abdul Aziz, Z., Al Marar, A. and Awad, M., 2019. MeznSat—A 3U CubeSat for Monitoring Greenhouse Gases Using Short Wave Infra-Red Spectrometry: Mission Concept and Analysis. Aerospace, 6(11), p.118.
- Di Giovanni, A., Manenti, L., AlKhouri, F., AlKindi, L.R., AlMannaei, A., Al Qasim, A., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Bruno, G., Conicella, V., Fawwaz, O. and Marpu, P., 2019. Characterisation of a CeBr3 (LB) detector for space application. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(09), p.P09017.
- Roberts, M.S., Arneodo, F., di Giovanni, A., Al Qasim, A., Al Mannaei, A., Almarri, N., Alkindi, L., AlKhouri, F., Panicker, P., Ha, S. and Manenti, L., 2019, October. RAAD: a CubeSat-based soft gamma-ray detector for the study of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and other short timescale phenomena. In Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII (Vol. 11151, p. 111510Y). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
- Manandhar, P. and Marpu, P.R., 2019, July. Change Detection and Transfer Learning Approach for Updating the Habitat Maps in UAE. In IGARSS 2019-2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 2427-2430). IEEE.
- Alhammadi, A., Al-Shaibah, M., Almesmari, A., Vu, T., Tsoupos, A., Jarrar, F. and Marpu, P., 2019. Quasi-Static and Dynamic Response of a 1U Nano-Satellite during Launching. Proceedings of 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences.
- Niederstrasser, C., Marpu, P. R., Alkhaja, A., Vu, T. T., Kontogiannis, E., & Alshaer, A. A. (2019). The Role of Small Satellites in the Establishment of the Gulf Region’s First Graduate Level Space Studies Program. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, 2019
- Almansoori, F., Marpu, P., & Aung, Z. (2018, November). Improved Power Control Approach for Better Data Throughput in CubeSat Nanosatellites. In 2018 International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT) (pp. 52-57). IEEE.
Light-1
- A 3U CubeSat for studying Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
- Technology Demonstration of the High-Speed Gamma Ray Detectors developed by NYUAD
- Collaboration with NSSA (Bahrain), whose engineers are participating in the bus development as students at KU
- Expected to launch in August 2021
DhabiSat
Mission Objectives:
- Develop software modules for attitude determination and control systems (ADCS).
- Testing pointing accuracy of different ADCS control strategies and validating them by taking a picture with a digital camera in the pointing direction.
- Expected to launch in March 2021 (NG-15)
MeznSat
- MeznSat is a 3U CubeSat satellite initiated and funded by the UAE Space Agency and in partnership with Masdar Institute/KU and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK).
- MeznSat is an educational/scientific satellite aimed to enhance space research and education in the UAE and provide the UAE space industry with qualified well-trained graduates through hands-on experience.
- In addition, MeznSat scientific outcome will include monitoring the Green-House Gas (GHG) concentrations above UAE.
- Successfully launched on September 28, 2020 (Soyuz)
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MYSat-1
- First CubeSat mission, intended primarily as an educational satellite
- It carried an experimental coin cell battery based on technology developed at Masdar Institute/KU along with a VGA camera developed at the lab based on COTS components
- Launched in November 2018 (NG-10), deployed in February 2019 (CYGNUS External Launch). Currently operational
MSc Concentration in Space Systems and Technology
The key feature of this MSc degree in space concentration is its full integration with the CubeSat projects, which provides students with ample opportunities to work with a team of researchers of diverse technical disciplines in a project-based learning environment.