Project leader: Jose H. Pena, jhpena@astro.unam.mx Project location: All countries in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Project Description: In Latin America, there is great enthusiasm for astronomy and interest in developing local observatories, but there are few astronomers in these countries able to develop new talents. In 2007, members of the Astronomy Institute at Mexico’s […]
Author Archives: Ram Venugopal
Project leader: Bisan Humaid, jeovane2009bisan@gmail.com Project location: Gaza Project Description: This project will present the opportunity to help the children in Gaza discover not only the world outside Gaza strip but also the universe outside our planet. It will allow young students to look differently at the Sciences in general, and Astronomy in particular. This […]
Project leader: Claudio Paulo, claudiompaulo@gmail.com Project location: Mozambique Project Description: JEDI.mz will be a workshop based on the Joint Exchange Development Initiative to be held in Mozambique aiming to expose young university lecturers and students to research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. This workshop will provide hand-on projects where the students can learn about radio astronomy, […]
Project leader: Dr. Peter Teuben, teuben@astro.umd.edu Project location: Haiti Project Description: The Haiti All-Sky Camera (HASC) plans to install a specialized camera in Haiti to view and record the night sky. Students from Université Quisqueya (UNIQ) and Ecole Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haïti (ESIH) along with students from University of Maryland (UMD) will collaborate on code (python […]
Project leader: Michele Gerbaldi, gerbaldi@iap.fr Project location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia Project Description: In many countries in Africa there is still a large need for young people to get involved in science studies and research. We propose a cheap and attractive module to learn how to do science […]
