Jaime Sánchez, the young Mexican who will lead a project for NASA

Jaime Sanchez de la Vega is the name of the Mexican engineer who will lead the mission of nanosatellite called "The Phoenix Cubesat" sponsored by the NASA.

The student from Sonora has received $ 200,000 in support to finance this scientific nanosatellite, which is programmed to to get into the space in October of this year.

The project will be fully executed by the students of the University of Arizona State (ASU), where Sánchez de la Vega studies. The design of your device will have the ability to capture thermal images from low earth orbit (LEO) cities to remote sensing of infrared rays

The goal is to study the Urban heat island effect (UHI), a phenomenon by which the surface temperature tends to be higher especially at night, due to city ​​structures.

"The Phoenix Cubesat" will focus on storage images of 7 cities in the United States using your thermal camera. As a secondary mission, Phoenix will be able to capture important event targets, such as volcanic eruptions, wildfires and other cities outside of the main mission.

Jaime and his aerospace dreams

After living in Mexico for 18 years, I love he joined the community of TO HIS as an international student to pursue his dream of opening up space to human knowledge.

Far from being a student, the young Mexican had an impact on the aerospace community. He is currently president of the Sun Devil Satellite Laboratory, a student organization dedicated to the design and development of space vehicles and related technologies. Through this organization, he advocated the understanding and importance of space and his exploration.

The current leadership is composed of an interdisciplinary team of over 60 students; The main mission of the project is the general knowledge that allows better structure cities.

As a project manager, the young person performs the following tasks: systems engineeringincluding the formulation and validation of requirements, the integration and testing of pilots, as well as the design and manufacture of the CubeSat structure.

In addition to being an eminent researcher, the young Mexican is graphic designer and sculptor.