| Founded in 2013, the Covilha Student Chapter was established in the
AFCEA Atlantic Region (Europe) under the umbrella of Portugal Chapter. It
is located at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), in Covilha, a city in
Western Portugal.
Student activities are focused on development of innovative vehicles
and evaluation and benchmarking of complex infrastructures and systems.
Ongoing projects are related with themes studied at the Department of
Aerospace Sciences, including optimization of propulsive systems,
multidisciplinary optimization of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS),
morphing wing structures, autonomous aerials vehicles (Long Endurance
Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)) and solar aircrafts. Internationally,
students participate in competitions as Air Cargo Challenge (ACC) and
Shell Eco Marathon. Since 2014 some members are involved with the
development of a new air vehicle (airship) for the transportation of people
and goods, surveillance, recognition, defense and advertising. Since 2015
some members are engaged with a start-up in the RPAS area, the Airborne
Projects. The students participate in Portugal Chapter activities and
European initiatives too. |
