Die Neugierde und Kreativität des Menschen ist die Basis für viele Errungenschaften der Menschheit, welche unsere Kultur prägen. In diesem Sinne betrachte ich auch meine natur- und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Akademischen Raumfahrtinitiative Schweiz, die getrieben sind von der Neugierde, die Zusammenhänge und die Entstehung unseres Universums besser zu verstehen, ganz klar als «Kultur-Schaffende».
“I am very pleased that a team of students has come together under ARIS to build a space rocket and participate in the international competition. This allows students not only to gain valuable experience in engineering, but also to experience what it means to work in a team, to market a project and to raise funds. I sincerely wish them every success!”
“I congratulate the initiative to build a space rocket and to compete with other teams. ARIS brings students together to work on an engineering challenge and gain important experience in transferring their knowledge into practice.”
Combining the strengths of the Swiss educational system
ARIS combines the strengths of the federal institute and universities of applied sciences and carries the excellency of the educational system of Switzerland into the World. Physically located at ETH Zürich, ARIS is integrated at ETH Zürich, HSLU and ZHAW through its student members, academic projects and direct support.
ARIS is spearheaded by students from ETH Zürich and its Labs. From the very beginning, ARIS could count on the support from the rectorate, the CMAS Lab and IDSC. ARIS’ main office is at ETH Zürich, and various theses and a Focus Project are conducted here.
From the very beginning, students of HSLU joined ARIS and brought in more applied experience. Lead by the IME institute, HSLU has ever since been an integral part of ARIS with many students also conducting industry and bachelor theses on ARIS’ projects.
Since 2019 also students from the ZHAW School of Management and Law and School of engineering joined ARIS, adding another level of interdisciplinarity to the team. Stronger partnerships arise around the department of general management.
Also students from UZH are part of ARIS in various engineering and business positions. The collaboration with UZH Space Hub allows us to expand our knowledge and broadens our field of experts in the field of natural science. Not only did we find another academic partner with the university of Zurich but also a supporter in enabling students the hand-on experience.
With the Ostschweizer Fachhochschule partnering with ARIS in 2020, students at OST are offered the opportunity to conduct research projects on aerospace engineering topics. ARIS aspires to attract motivated students from any of the diverse fields of study at OST, thereby supporting our academic partner in shaping the engineers, computer scientists and economists of tomorrow.
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