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Analytical Graphics (AGI) were so happy that a bunch of my students in ENG/PHYS 4350 became “STK Certified Rocket Scientists” that they blogged about it here (post has been taken down from AGIs site). We use STK in the course to help the students develop code which tracks GPS satellites – see my previous blog posts on how this is done.
This year I “encouraged” (i.e. gave a bit of course credit) to students who took and passed AGI’s STK Certification Exam. When we went on our annual field trip to the Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO) I thought it would be fun if we all posed in the shirts that AGI sends to anyone who passes the exam. I sent the photo to AGI and they wanted to post it on their blog. Another photo that was taken on our “dish walk” during the field trip is given below showing the class and Nick Balaskas who helps out with the field trip every year. Not shown is Sasha Novikov the course technician and Ben Quine from Thoth Technologies who operate the facility.
