Technological advances allow on-board systems to becoming more and more autonomous, not only for the navigation and attitude control activities of a spacecraft, but also in the pre-processing of data to be transmitted to ground stations. In the big data era, on-board pre-processing is a de facto need in modern satellite platforms. The availability of low power high resolution sensors for remote sensing, high data rate instruments, a variety of cameras generating a huge amount of pixels to be compressed, among other data intensive operations, result in the need of multi-processed architectures, similar to the ones used in ground level applications.
However, the reliability and energy requirements in the space environment are stricter, placing the research on this type of parallel processing architecture at the knowledge frontier. Reliability improvement and system processing acceleration features are often achieved through redundancy. The implementation of traditional redundancy strategies, usually results in an increase in the energy consumption. In space applications, where energy is a scarce resource, both reliability and processing power improvements must be carefully designed and this compromise is a major research challenge to be conducted at the SpaceLab. The multidisciplinary nature of the field is an inspiration for unfolding new research topics, and to investigate new technologies, which could be useful also in other application fields as, for instance, autonomous robots guidance, self-driving cars, among others. In the group, there are on-going theses related to space systems in general, including on-board computer architectures of satellites (software and hardware), mechanical and thermal aspects of spacecrafts.
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The Embedded Systems Group (GSE) has been created at PUCRS in 2003. In 2010 the group started its activities at UFSC.
The heat pipe and thermosyphon research and development began in the 1990’s, starting from the need of the Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira – AEB) and of the national space industry to develop a thermal control system for the Brazilian satellites. The laboratory infrastructure, acquired throughout the years, allowed the research to shift to industrial applications, with several partnerships and contracts created. Currently, the heat pipe and thermosyphon research can be divided in two main areas…
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Founded in the first half of 2018, FloripaSat emerged to participate in the 1st CubeDesign competition. The team consists of undergraduate and graduate students from the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Founded in the second half of 2018, Apex Rocketry emerged from the initiative of a student group to develop and build mini-rockets. Subdivided into three areas – Electronics, Aerostructures and Propulsion – the team consists of undergraduate students from the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Founded in the second half of 2018, Apex Rocketry emerged from the initiative of a student group to develop and build mini-rockets. Subdivided into three areas – Electronics, Aerostructures and Propulsion – the team consists of undergraduate students from the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Dr. Eduardo Bezerra is a Researcher and Lecturer of Computer Engineering at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), where he is with the Department of Electrical Engineering since 2010. He was formerly with the Faculty of Informatics, Catholic University (PUCRS), Brazil, from 1996 to 2010. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Sussex (Space Science Centre), England, UK, in 2002. He is the author and co-author of papers published covering a broad range of scientific topics within the disciplines of Computer Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of embedded systems, space applications, computer architecture, reconfigurable systems (FPGAs), software and hardware testing, fault tolerance and microprocessor applications. At PUCRS, he was the head of the Embedded Systems Group (GSE) where he led and managed several research projects funded by Brazilian Government Agencies and also by the industry. In 2004 he set up a company named Innalogics at PUCRS Technological Park, TecnoPUC. Innalogics is a spin-off of GSE aiming the improvement of industry-university collaboration in the field of embedded systems design.
Master and PhD candidates are welcome to develop their research work in the laboratory’s research topics, and also in new topics to be proposed. Undergraduate students can develop their final year projects, and also join the laboratory to take part in the on-going space missions.
E-mail: eduardo.bezerra@spacelab.ufsc.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9385929088657818
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardoaugustobezerra/
Prof. Bezerra On-going supervisions
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Prof. Bezerra past supervisions
She holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1982), a master’s degree in Space Engineering and Technology from the National Institute for Space Research (1985) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering – University of Waterloo (1995). She is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Also, she is a full member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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E-mail: marcia.mantelli@ufsc.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4827144998793708
Linkedin: https://br.linkedin.com/in/marcia-mantelli-977b02125
Since 2013 he is a professor of the Aerospace Engineering course at UFSC – campus Joinville. In 2012 he was a professor of technical and technological education at the Instituto Federal Catarinense. He completed his doctorate in Engineering and Thermal Sciences at UFSC in 2011 and his master’s degree in the same area and institution in 2007.
Heat transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid mechanics
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E-mail: kleber.paiva@ufsc.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6926960596498906
Site: https://lccp.ufsc.br/professores/kleber-vieira-de-paiva/