Joining a Student Satellite Project: How Can I Contribute?

[dharavsolanki]

Let me put the facts first: -

A students team from my college is building a satellite, under guidance from professors and research institutes. The students belong to the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the professors/mentors/contribtors are from varied institutions like IIT-M, TIFR, ISRO and others.

They have planned to expand the team and I want to join them as a member, mainly because I want to be involved in a multi disciplinary project right now. My problem is, I am a second year student for a B. Tech. program in biotechnology, and there is no direct contribution that knowledge from my branch can provide to the project.


However, I DO know that there is some overlap in or Biotech courses (dwelving into computer science, applied mechanics and electronics) and the CS/Electronics and electrical engineering/Material Sciences courses.

So, My question, in a nutshell, is... What subsystem of the satellite program should i register for?

I am posting additional information in a new post.

 

[dharavsolanki]

The subsystems that I can work on in the satellite programme are: -

* Altitude Determination and Control System
* Communication System
* Electrical Power System
* Onboard Computing and Data Management System
* Structures and Thermal Control System
* Payload - Magnetometer
* Payload - High Energy Particle Detector

Additional details of the program/subsystems can be viewed on www.indianphysicists.com[/url]. Direct link - [PLAIN]http://indianphysicists.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=57

My Biotech Corse has the following course topics, this is not an exhaustive list,

* Biochemistry
* Genetics and Molecular Biology
* Reaction Engineering Fundamentals
* Transport Processes and Unit Operations
* Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology
* Genetic Engineering
* Biochemical Engineering
* Bioinformatics
* Structural Biology
* Immunology
* Plant Biotechnology