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 observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908 and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu is Doctor in Aerospace Engineering of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest. In the title image, the trace of the Chelyabinsk asteroid, from the NEA (Near Earth Asteroids) Apollo family (the most recent impact of a microasteroid, in the region Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, on 15 February 2013). The microasteroid of just 20 m and 12,000 tons generated on impact an energy of 1.5 PJ, equivalent to 30 Hiroshima atomic bombs. Although the affected area was not inhabited, 1,500 people were injured and 7,500 buildings suffered damages. The Microasteroid had not been under surveillance prior to the impact, because it was considered too small. The diagram illustrates the main asteroid families which orbit close to Earth, consisting of tens of thousands of threats, which need to be classified and followed with the utmost care.
Schedule of Summer Exams 2017
Schedule of Summer Exams 2016-2017 Resits for Terminal Year Students Schedule of Research Reports Presentations Master Summer 2017
Aerospace Europe CEAS 2017
Aerospace Europe CEAS 2017 is organized for the first time in Romania, at the Palace of Parliament, 16-20 October 2017. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is honoured to be an active partner of the organizers. The choice of...
Awards at Students’ Scientific Conferences
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering organized three Sections of Students Scientific Conferences on 12 May 2017. In each Section, the Conference Board selected 4 papers which got awards: 1st Prize (400 lei), 2nd Prize (300 lei), 3rd Prize (200 lei) and Mention (100...
Safety First!
The 3rd Year Students are asked to contact their internship supervisors to do the training in work safety. The general instructions may be downloaded from the Studențs/Internship Page. Annex 6 filled and duly signed must be presented together with the Tripartite...
Traian Lalescu National Competition Results
Results of the Traian Lalescu National Competition in Mathematics (national phase) Awards of the students of the University Politehnica of Bucharest Section B 1st Prize - Alexandru Bratei, 1st Year, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science 2nd Prize -...
Marius-Ioan and Prunariu Asteroids
Two asteroids got Romanian names. The Marius-Ioan asteroid was named after the President of the Romanian Space Agency, Dr. Marius Ioan Piso. The Prunariu asteroid is dedicated to our famous cosmonaut, Dr. ing. Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, distinguished alumnus of...
FAE-Aerostar Event May 2017
S.C. AEROSTAR S.A. BACĂU, AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY GROUP involved in designing, construction, maintenance and modernization of civil and military aircraft, intend to hire at least 20 UPB-FAE aviation engineers in the course of the year 2017. For this purpose, the...
Aviation Electronics Laboratory
The aviation electronics lab provides student with support for the design, simulation and testing of practical work in digital and analog electronics. These includes interfacing transducers / sensors for different communication buses used by on-board computers...
Politechniad 2017
The teams of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering ranked 1st in the Women Vollyball competition and 3rd in the Men Basketball competition in 2017 Politechniad! The FAE Basketball team consisted of: ROȘCA RAREȘ 912 AN RĂSCOL ANDREI 912 URSULEAN ANDREI 912 AN...
Ion Stroescu
Ion Stroescu was born in Ploiești on 13 August 1888. He studied primary and high school in Ploiești, then he became a sports teacher at the Central School of Gymnastics in Bucharest. Very early in his youth he became addicted to aviation, especially for...
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