by George IGNAT | Oct 7, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Events, Partners
On 16 October 2017, a delegation of EUROCONTROL led by Director General Dr. Frank Brenner is visiting the University Politehnica of Bucharest at the invitation of our Rector, Mr. Mihnea Costoiu. At 1 pm in the Senate Room the Cooperation Agreement will be signed...
by George IGNAT | Jul 21, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Events
The 2017 Richey Medal of the Royal Institute of Navigation was awarded to a team of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The medal is awarded annually for the best scientific paper published in the previous year in the...
by George IGNAT | Jun 30, 2017 | Events
On 7 July 2017, 1 pm, in the Senate Room, the University Politehnica of Bucharest awards the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Major General (M Sc Eng) Albert HUSNIAUX (to the right, in the picture, courtesy of NATO). The academic community of the Faculty of Aerospace...
by George IGNAT | Jun 26, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Events
The Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu made an important statement on NEO (Near Earth Objects) at the 59th session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, demanding the UN General Assembly to declare 30 June as International Asteroid Day to...
by George IGNAT | Jun 15, 2017 | Events
Exercise NOBLE JUMP 2017 – NATO RF and VJTF took place at Cincu, in Romania. More than 4,000 troops have been involved (out of which 2,000 dispatched to Romania within days) from US, UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Albania. The fictitious scenario...
by George IGNAT | Jun 14, 2017 | Events, Extracurricular
On 8 June 2017 at the Air and Space Museum of Paris Le Bourget, the students of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering gathered in the Space Piranhas team have won the prestigious Airbus Safran Launchers Prize, awarded by the European Astronautic Club, with support from...