Industrial & Professional Training

Organizations involved in the development of space systems can benefit by having their personnel attend specialized courses at COSMIAC. For groups of 15 or more, COSMIAC instructors can provide on-site training at your facility.

Designers and developers looking to improve their skills can turn to COSMIAC for training and education on state-of-the-art reconfigurable system technology.

COSMIAC offers a variety of specialized courses in radiation hardened reconfigurable logic design:

	Rad Hard Design in Vendor-Specific EDA Tools
	High-Performance Circuit Board Design
	Space PnP Architecture (SPA) - A hands-on introduction to the coming standard for spacecraft interface design, focused on small spacecraft and usable at any scale
	FPGA Design Courses:
	FPGA 101 - An introduction for managers and project leaders to the use of reconfigurable electronics EDK & Embedded Processor Design - A hands-on introduction to the use of Xilinx-specific hardware and software co-design tools

 

University Programming

COSMIAC works with the engineering programs at numerous research universities, including all research universities in the state of New Mexico. COSMIAC currently has two basic programs geared toward creating educators skilled in reconfigurable microsystems:

	Providing specialized assistance to universities seeking to expand and modernize their digital design curricula through pre-packaged courses, tutorials, and laboratories.
	COSMIAC is engaged in establishing a solid, contemporary aerospace electronics design track in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of New Mexico's School of Engineering. COSMIAC is working directly with UNM/ECE faculty to strengthen and expand the Reconfigurable Logic Design curriculum. Courses include:
	VHDL Design Language (from a hands-on perspective); Hardware/Software Co-Design to create highly advanced designs in FPGAs; Hardware Security to ensuring tamper-resistant, trustworthy designs; Design for Aerospace; and Microelectronics Reliability Issues focused on the perspective of space systems.

COSMIAC & UNM staff regularly host and teach Xilinx professor workshops. Please contact COSMIAC if you are interested in learning more about these workshops and the ways in which these workshops can benefit the academic program at your educational institution.

COSMAIC also assists with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Scholars Internship Program for undergraduate, masters, and doctoral science and engineering students. For more information, see AFRL's Space Scholars webpage.

Community College Programming

COSMIAC is involved in the training of technicians needed to support the development, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of space microsystems.

The Center has produced tutorials to assist individuals in learning specific elements of digital design relating to space microsystems.

The Center offers a variety of short courses for community college instructors to learn about FPGA technology and utilize the tools necessary for effectively teaching this technology at their schools.

As a result of COSMIAC's efforts, Central New Mexico (CNM) Community College now offers three courses in programmable logic. Similar collaborations have supported the development and expansion of programmable logic course offerings at community colleges throughout New Mexico, the southwest, and the nation.

K-12

COSMIAC creates temporary labs and both hosts and attends informational events at high schools to provide an introduction to digital logic. These presentations are aimed at motivating students toward math and technology, assisting universities in recruiting interested students, and preparing students for the rigors of college level science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses.

COSMIAC has created after-school "Young Technologists for a New Century" programming for high school students. An in-school version of this program was created in collaboration with staff from the Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science (AIMS) Center at UNM.

COSMIAC is exploring opportunities to develop new programming to continue to encourage student interest in the STEM areas of study. Please contact COSMIAC if your school is interested in developing STEM programming or other programming related to reconfigurable microsystems.