Aerofest 2009 edition in Manipal starts from Oct 1

Manipal: The country's premier aerospace and R and D institution, National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore and the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal together will host Aerospace 2009 at the MIT campus here from October 1 to 3.
In a release, Dr A.M.Chincholkar, Associate Director, Student Welfare and Professor Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, MIT said that the three-day event was the second among the series of programmes designed by NAL to showcase its technologies to the public and student communities in general and particularly to the engineering students.
The entire exercise is aimed mainly at introducing the youth to the world of aviation. Flight Demos by NAL- developed MAVs will be shown to the students on all three days. Also, on all the days, there will be an exhibition of NAL's technologies with recent contributions and achievements. The exhibition will also address NAL's programmes highlighting societal missions.
Some of the exhibits will cover wind energy, power generation from solar ponds, weather forecasting, support to India's space programme, smart materials and structural health monitoring, composite materials and design and development of small civil aircrafts.
While on October 2, there will be a one-day workshop on aerospace science and technologies, including a series of lectures by scientists from NAL
25/09/09 Mangalorean.com

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