Postgraduate R&D
Postgraduate R&D Program at SSGI
| Fields | Program | Affiliation |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | MSc & PhD | AAU (Addis Ababa University) |
| Space Science | MSc & PhD | AAU |
| Remote Sensing | MSc & PhD | AAU |
| Geodesy & Geodynamics | PhD | AAU |
| Space engineering | MSc | AASTU (Addis Ababa Science and Technology University) |
| Aerospace Engineering | MSc & PhD | AASTU |
Core Research Areas and Training programs
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
Training:
- PhD & MSC program
Research:
- Focused on Observational, Instrumentation, theoretical, & Computational Astronomy & Astrophysics fields
Research Areas
- Planetary Astronomy: – Study about Solar system, Near Earth objects and Extra-solar planets
- Stellar Astronomy & Astrophysics: – study the structure & activity of sun and other stars
- Galactic & interstellar Medium Astronomy: – study structure, composition and evolution of our galaxy and nearby galaxies
- Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology: study the universe beyond our Galaxy such as galaxy formation, evolution, interaction, intergalactic medium and the totality of the universe in general.
- Radio Astronomy: study star formation, Astrochemistry, Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, Early Universe, alike
- Space & Astronomical Instrumentation
- Space Science and Applications Department
Training:
- PhD & MSC program
Research Areas
- Earth-solar system environment interactions.
- Forecast of geomagnetic storm: based on Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and Ionospheric Parameters (IP)
- Ionospheric Study: – total electron density
- Tropospheric study: – estimate atmospheric water vapour
- Modelling and Characterizing Climate change and its impact
- Geodesy and Geodynamics Department
Training:
- PhD program
Research:
- Focused on physical and space geodesy
Research Areas
- Global Navigation Satellite System for precise positioning, navigation, cadastral and resource mapping, surveillance operation, and ionospheric and tropospheric applications.
- Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for ground surface deformation and land slide and subsidence monitoring.
- Altimetry and Satellite Laser Ranging for better understanding of the Earth system
- Gravity field for height system modernization, water resource sensing, exploration and geodynamics.
- Integrated geodetic research to contribute for the realization of International Reference Frame and System and contribute to satellite orbit determination.
Other Space Geodesy: satellite laser ranging /tracking, Very Long Baseline
- Remote Sensing Department
Training:
- PhD & MSC program
Research Areas
- Forestry and Ecosystem monitoring and mapping
- precision agriculture: crop monitoring and yield forecasting
- Geology Applications: lithological and sedimentation mapping, geo-hazard mapping.
- Hydrology Applications: watershed mapping & management, flood delineation and mapping, ground water targeting.
- Land Use/Land Cover mapping: natural resource management, wildlife protection, encroachment.
- Urban and Regional planning and Development: land parcel and cadastral mapping, infrastructure mapping, urban and fringe land use change detection, future urban expansion planning
Training: MSC and PhD
Research Areas
This research division focus on:
- Building of small scale (cube sat) to large scale (earth observation) satellite Projects
- Develop satellite data receiving and archiving center
- Explore present and future satellite data.
- Provide satellite data for application-oriented development research.
- Build the capacity of higher education in satellite data analysis and interpretation.
- Develop advanced research in satellite through learning-by -doing on design, manufacture, integration and test of satellites