PhilSA AD ASTRA scholar awarded at local TEC forum
THE Philippine Space Agency or PhilSA Advanced Degrees for Accelerating Space R&D and Applications Scholarships or AD ASTRA scholar, Raynell Inojosa, was awarded the first Best Paper and Best Presenter for the Emerging Technologies Track during the Graduate Research Forum for Technology, Engineering and Computing (GRaF-TEC ‘22) that was held via Zoom last month.
GRaF-TEC ‘22 was organized by the Batangas State University (BatStateU) Alangilan Research Office in partnership with the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) to assist students and faculty in the planning and implementation of their research undertakings and to provide guidance on the skills needed to develop their work.
Inojosa’s paper, titled “Exploiting Fractal Geometry in the Design of a UHF Patch Antenna for LEO Nanosatellite Applications,” was an initial attempt to come up with an ultrahigh frequency patch antenna design, using fractal geometry that could be mounted into a standard 1U (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) cube satellite (CubeSat). Experimental measurements of his research were performed in an anechoic chamber, located at the Center for Nanosatellite Testing of Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.
One of the key components to an effective satellite system was its antenna performance, which affected the communication link. For small satellites such as CubeSats, antennas were only allocated a small space. Thus, low-profile antennas were preferred to potentially reduce the volume of the satellite or to allow space for other payloads.