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From STEM to STEAM : the place of art in sciences

When you mingle “STEM” disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with art, you obtain a STEAM project, such as, e.g. the MOMSTER project. MOMSTER has recently launched an art and design contest, open to students of secondary schools from every year and orientation. Ideal to stay busy during the Easter break. The mission consists in creating an artwork and/or a sketch on the theme of meteors and/or the radio detection of meteors. The winning project will be used to decorate the MOMSTER boxes to transport the material to schools Deadline of the contest: 2 May 2021. More details (FR) : Concours scientifique et artistique pour les adolescents More details (NL): Wetenschap- en kunstwedstrijd voor tieners

New BRAMS station at the Planetarium in Brussels

Following our collaboration with the Planetarium in the frame of the MOMSTER project, we have installed a new BRAMS station at the Planetarium on April 9. This is the 37th active BRAMS station in total.

Examples of spectrograms recorded in the first few hours are shown below:

In the future, plans are to show the data live to the public and provide some educational material about meteors, their radio detection and BRAMS.

PhD position

The website is currently undergoing a rejuvenation. Many sections will be updated and this news section will become more dynamic. Let’s start first with some excellent news: we are hiring a PhD student for 4 years to work on BRAMS data. The details of the application procedure can be found here.

BRAMS annual meeting 2019

On the 2nd of November 2019, The annual BRAMS meeting was organized at the MIRA observatory in Grimbergen.

The following presentations were given :

- H. Lamy Status and recent advances of the BRAMS network

- H. Lamy BRAMS receiving stations V2.0

- A. Calegaro Quick comparison between results with ICOM and RSP2 receivers

- H. Lamy Calibration tests for the interferometer

- H. Lamy The Radio Meteor Zoo: identifying meteor echoes using artificial intelligence and BRAMS observations of major meteor showers in 2018-2019

- S. Calders First tests with a captive balloon to characterize the radiation pattern of the BRAMS transmitter in Dourbes

 

List of participants :

  • Hervé Lamy
  • Stijn Calders
  • Antoine Calegaro
  • Pierre Ernotte
  • Saadia Imerzadiene
  • Seppe Canonaco
  • Björn Di Paolo
  • Lucas Pellens
  • Paul Roggemans
  • Adriana Roggemans
  • Luc Vlecken
  • Benoit Goffin
  • Jean-Pol Van Dijck
  • Rik Blondeel

Conferences about BRAMS at OCA in Neufchateau during RACA and at Dourbes during a visit of the CAM members

On May 30, Hervé Lamy gave a conference about "Radio detections of meteors with the BRAMS network" at the Observatoire Centre Ardennes (OCA) in Grapfontaine during the RACA 2019. The presentation can be found here. The same presentation was given in Dourbes on 22 June during a visit of the site by members of the Cercle Astronomique Mosan (CAM).

Conference about BRAMS in Woluwé St-Lambert

On April 4, Hervé Lamy gave a conference about "Radio detections of meteors with the BRAMS network" at the radioamateur club ON5UB in Woluwé St-Lambert. The presentation can be found here here.

Presentation of CAMS / BRAMS comparisons at the CAMS annual meeting

H. Lamy gave a talk about comparisons of data obtained between the CAMS-Benelux optical network and the BRAMS radio network during the annual CAMS meeting organized at the MIRA Observatory in Grimbergen on 10 March 2019. The presentation can be found here.

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