Last Wednesday 17th July, a group of more than 20 students from different European universities, who are participating in the Summer School, organised by the Community of Ariane Cities (CVA) with Seville assuming its Presidency during 2024, together with the University of Seville, Airbus and the City Council of Seville, visited CATEC’s facilities.

Paloma Vega, Head of Business Development and Alliances, together with colleagues Sebastián Romero, Samuel Rivas and Auxiliadora Lozano, welcomed the students and accompanied them on a tour of CATEC’s facilities, showing them the centre’s main projects and lines of business, with a strong focus on the space sector. The university students came from Spain, Italy, Poland, France, Germany and Belgium, and were accompanied by top-level professors from the host universities, such as Seville, and from industry, such as Airbus and other research centres.

CATEC is one of the collaborating entities of the Ariane Cities Presidency and participates in the different activities that are developed within the framework of this collaboration, which this year takes on greater prominence in Seville.

The Summer School is being held in Seville from 7 to 27 July, and aims to broaden and deepen the knowledge of students in the field of aerospace engineering in order to prepare them for their future career. This year’s theme focuses on the field of Advanced Microlancers, addressing multidisciplinary courses and team projects that focus on this field.

Rafael Vázquez, coordinator of the Summer School, professor of aerospace engineering and lecturer at ETSI, explained that ‘this summer school is a link between academic training and the space industry, which is extremely interesting for our students’.

Community of Ariane Cities

The Community of Ariane Cities (CVA) is a non-profit association of European cities and companies created in 1998. Present in six countries, the CVA also represents 30,000 highly skilled space workers who contribute to the success of European space systems, including the Ariane and Vega launchers. These cities, including their industrial partners, represent the map of European space excellence, from the continent to its outermost regions, such as French Guiana. More information on this link