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![]() Title:CanSat Workshop: a Replicable Model for Aerospace Education, Outreach, and Systems Integration Authors:Sebastián Corrales Hernández, Mareya Villegas Chaves, Abigail Monge Ramírez, Dariel Mora Jimenez, Kaleb Granados Acuña and Juan José Rojas Hernández Conference:CEC 2026 Tags:Aerospace engineering, CanSat, Science outreach, STEM education and Systems engineering Abstract: The growing complexity of technological challenges requires professionals capable of solving problems through structured methodologies and multidisciplinary approaches. In Costa Rica, access to practical aerospace engineering and complex-systems initiatives remains limited in secondary and higher education due to scarce resources, specialized infrastructure, and training opportunities. In addition, disciplines such as electronics, programming, mechanical design, and project management are often taught separately, limiting the development of interdisciplinary and systems-oriented thinking. To address this gap, the Delta Laboratory at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology developed a two-day CanSat Workshop for high school and university students. The program uses a CanSat designed by the laboratory as a pedagogical tool to introduce systems integration through hands-on learning. Participants assemble, configure, and test the device while exploring key aerospace and systems engineering concepts. Through guided demonstrations and collaborative challenges, they analyze subsystems related to position determination, atmospheric sensing, data processing and visualization, power management, communications, and parachute deployment. These activities allow students to understand how engineering projects are decomposed, integrated, tested, and validated as complete functional systems. The workshop strengthens technical abilities while promoting teamwork, critical thinking, technical communication, and problem solving. By combining aerospace applications with systems engineering principles, it provides an accessible and replicable model for STEM education and scientific outreach, while serving as an introduction to aerospace engineering, mechatronics, and embedded systems. CanSat Workshop: a Replicable Model for Aerospace Education, Outreach, and Systems Integration ![]() CanSat Workshop: a Replicable Model for Aerospace Education, Outreach, and Systems Integration | ||||
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