Menoufia University recently celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of students who completed the “Remote Sensing Specialist” certification program. The training program, designed for students of the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts, was conducted with the active participation and support of the Egyptian Space Applications and Remote Sensing Company and Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs.
As part of the celebration, both companies fully sponsored the training costs for ten top-performing students in the program, offering them a hands-on training course titled “Practical Training in Assembly, Integration, and Testing of Small Satellites Using the EDUCAN Cansat Educational Satellite.”
In a parallel initiative, the two companies also funded the same training program for another ten engineering students from the Communications and Computer departments. Furthermore, five outstanding students will be selected for an intensive hands-on internship inside the lab dedicated to small satellite assembly and integration.
Dr. Ahmed El-Qassed, President of Menoufia University, congratulated the honored students who successfully completed the training, commending the role of the Geographic and Cartographic Research Center under the Department of Geography. The center was officially certified as an “Accredited Training Center” by the program provider, granting it the right to deliver the “Remote Sensing Specialist” certification through its qualified trainers. Dr. El-Qassed expressed his hope for the center’s continued excellence in spreading scientific and professional expertise in this vital field.
Dr. Lotfy Azzaz, Head of the Geography Department, Director of the Geography and Geomatics Program, and Director of the Geographic and Cartographic Research Center, emphasized that the training grant was held at the center’s headquarters and aimed to provide students with internationally recognized licenses in remote sensing to better prepare them for the job market.
He added that the university has entered into a partnership with Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs, which is responsible for training students in the ERDAS IMAGINE Essential program—one of the world’s leading remote sensing software tools developed by the U.S.-based company Hexagon SIG.
Dr. Salah Diab, coordinator of the training program, noted that the support from the Egyptian Space Applications and Remote Sensing Company was presented as a gift in recognition of the students’ academic excellence and commitment to scientific study.
Mr. Shady El-Shafie, Chairman of the Egyptian Space Applications and Remote Sensing Company, affirmed that this initiative is part of the company’s broader strategy to support young talents and prepare them for the workforce by offering practical and scientific training opportunities, while also enhancing student awareness of the space and advanced remote sensing sectors.
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