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South Carolina State University

South Carolina State University


Dr. Don Walters and his colleagues at South Carolina State University bring undergraduates to PARI in teams of four - three students and one professor. The students are from a variety of majors and they work together to solve engineering and science problems. This year, four teams of four are focusing on the upgrade of the PARI 4.6-m radio telescope which is the primary instrument for the School of Galactic Radio Astronomy (SGRA). SGRA, on the way, is a PARI initiative to bring radio astronomy into the classrooms of students in grades 8-12.

South Carolina State University  PAIR students work on an upgrade to the PARI  4.6-m Smiley radio telescope. The PAIR program provides SCSU undergraduates with research and technology devleopment experience. Four teams of four (three students and one professor) visit PARI several times a year. The image below shows one team measuring dimensions of the telescope feed box which they need to know for development of a temperature controlled housing for the feed. 

In the image below,  three SCSU students are working on LabView programming to control the positioning motions of Smiley.  Their contributions equal the knowledge they gain as they work on engineering and physics problems related to Smiley’s upgrade. 


 

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