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EUROAVIA
European Association of Aerospace Students

File:EUROAVIA logo small.png Logo of EUROAVIA International
Formation	1959
Type	Network of European Aerospace Students
Legal status	Association
Headquarters	Delft, Netherlands
Location	Europe
Membership	1,300
Official language	English
President	Thomas P. Vermin
Main organ	EUROAVIA Congress
Affiliations	31 List 16 Countries Belgium (1) Croatia (1) Finland (1) France (1) Germany (7) Greece (2) Hungary (1) Italy (5) Netherlands (1) Poland (1) Portugal (2) Romania (2) Serbia (1) Spain (2) Turkey (2) Ukraine (1)
Staff	5 (International Board)
Website	www.euroavia.eu

The European Association of Aerospace Students is a student initiative that acts European-wide and has its roots in the studies of aerospace, space engineering and related subjects. EUROAVIA was founded in 1959 and is nowadays an association under Dutch law. At present the association consists of 31 local groups in 16 European countries - counting around 1600 members in total.

Aims of all actions of EUROAVIA are to strengthen the bonds between students and the aerospace industry as well as to stimulate the exchange between the different cultures the members come from. Furthermore the association wants to create a greater awareness of the potential of aerospace students and therefore represents this society on an international level.

History

EUROAVIAs 50th Anniversary Logo

In Aachen, back in 1956, a group of students realized the unstable situation of aerospace and astronautics industries due to the lack of cooperation with bigger economical sections. A solution was found after long discussions between students from Germany, France and the Netherlands and was stated as "A good cooperation of aerospace and astronautic industries of different countries, which could result in a powerful industry." Then the vision of this group was determined: Uniting all European aerospace students could help to realize this European cooperation.

An active correspondence with aeronautical professors of Belgium, France and the Netherlands started. Following sentences were the introduction:

"The Resources which are needed to make lots of developments in aerospace and astronautic industries in the future can not be provided by the countries alone. So it is absolutely important to solve exciting problems and challenges together through a cooperation between civil and military organizations in government, research and armed forces as well as in the universities of the European countries’’.

Although the professors were asked to inform the students about the intention to establish a European association, only the students from Paris and Delft replied. Thereby the first step was done by crossing the borders! In the first half of 1958 the group of Aachen had gathered fourteen active and high-motivated students. The personal contacts started with the visit of a Dutch and a French students. New contacts were made while visiting France, Italy and the Netherlands.

During one of those meetings a [comité provisoire] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) was founded. Its objective was to organize a constituent assembly for foundation of the planned association named "EUROAVIA". Between 22–28 September 1958, substitutes of Aachen, Delft, Paris and Pisa universities made discussions about the objectives and organization of EUROAVIA. The result of this meeting was the invocation of the constituent assembly of EUROAVIA in Aachen from 9 to 17 March 1959.

The days between these two meetings were full of work, difficulties and hope. It was not easy to convince people that their help would help to design the future of the aerospace industry.

Substitutes of Aachen, Berlin, Braunschweig, Delft, E.N.S.A. Paris, E.N.I.C.A. Paris, Milan, Pisa, Stuttgart and Turin were presented at the constituent assembly. All together they were thirty students of ten universities from four countries. The statutes were presented and accepted on Monday the 16 March 1959. So the constitution of EUROAVIA has officially started on 1 May 1959.

The group of Aachen represented the international board of EUROAVIA (central committee) in the first year. Jean Roeder became the first president of EUROAVIA. His dream became true, as EUROAVIA was born. The goals of the central committee were to create contacts to industries and general public, and to carry the aims of EUROAVIA to other European countries.

Membership

EUROAVIA has 31 official members (Affiliated Societies) from 16 different countries. The members are from Aachen, Ankara, Athens, Belgrade, Braunschweig, Bremen, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Covilha, Delft, Dresden, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul, Kiev, Leuven, Lisboa, Milano, Munich, Napoli, Palermo, Paris, Patras, Pisa, Rzeszów, Sevilla Stuttgart, Terrassa, Torino and Zagreb.

Affiliated Society				Prospected Affiliated Society		EUROAVIA Map
Belgium	Leuven	Netherlands	Delft	Germany	Berlin
Croatia	Zagreb	Poland	Rzeszów	Spain	Madrid
Finland	Helsinki	Portugal	Covilha Lizbon	Possible Prospected Affiliated Society
France	Paris	Romania	Bucharest Cluj-Napoca	Czech Republic	Brno
Germany	Braunschweig Bremen Dresden Hamburg Münich Stuttgart	Serbia	Belgrade	Italy	Brindisi
Greece	Athens Patras	Spain	Sevilla Terrassa	United Kingdom	Glasgow Manchester Sheffield
Hungary	Budapest	Turkey	Ankara İstanbul
Italy	Milano Naples Palermo Pisa Turin	Ukraine	Kiev

Joining EUROAVIA

When a group intends to join the organisaton, that group is called Possible Prospected Affiliated Society (PPAS). After that group applies EUROAVIA to be a member, the application is voted in the congress. If the application is granted, the group becomes a Prospective Affiliated Society (PAS). A Prospective Affiliated Society must organise an international event within the year of its acceptance to remain as a PAS. At the next annual congress (AMEAC), the membership of the PAS is granted as an Affiliated Society.

Structure

The structure of EUROAVIA nowadays features three main columns: The International Board, Affiliated Societies and Working Groups. The International Board (IB) represents EUROAVIA on European level. The IB is nominated during the yearly EMEAC (Electoral Meeting of the EUROAVIA Congress), which is usually held in April or May. The nominees form the Designated International Board (DIB) preparing a Business and Financial Plan before they take over their predecessors' job at the AMEAC (Annual Meeting of the EUROAVIA Congress) in October. Local Groups' students participate to form these two congresses. For specific long term projects, several Working Groups have been established. They have financial and decisional autonomy and report to the EUROAVIA Congress. Some of them are founded on a permanent basis.

International Board

The International Board is the leading part of the association on the European level. It supervises the international activities of the associations, coordinates the working groups, controls the budget and is responsible for all external relations of the association on the international level. The International Board usually consists of 5 members. It is led by the President, who is supported by a Secretary, the Treasurer and two Executive Members. Currently Thomas P. Vermin is the president of the organisation

Former and Present International Board Members
Period	President	Secretary	Treasurer	Executive Member(s)
2010 - 2011	Thomas P. Vermin	Matteo Laterza	Ricard Vila	Stefan Zuleger	Eric Pucciarelli
2009 - 2010	Marco Lo Cascio	Christoph Gärtner	Maksymilian Czubak	Krzysztof Pietraszek	Attila Pop / Yavuzer Karakuş
2008 - 2009	Dimitris Gouskos	Ümit Ergin	Miriam Abdelmoula	Miloš Drašković	Iulian Juhasz
2007 - 2008	Jozef De Moor	Donald Riedeberger	Artur Pekalski	Andrea Münzing	Sebastian Rothammel
2005 - 2006	Thomas Fesich	Dean Smolar	Heidi Hynynen	Goran Ivetic	Milos Stankovic
2004 - 2005	Vjola Ristori	Bartosz Gierasimiuk	Jan-Thijs van Wijnkoop	Johan Van de Velde	Karen Geris
2003 - 2004	Nuno Maia	Diego Vanelli	Pedro Geraldes	Jessica Volterrani
2002 - 2003	Carlos Figueiredo	Gürkan Çetin	Christophe Naessens	Estefania Matesanz	Mario Mihalina
2001 - 2002	Elvis Breda	Joao Henriques	Marijn Jansen	-
2000 - 2001	Alexander Ktenas	Carlos Ribeiro	Nicole Schmidt	Biagio Ancarola

Affiliated Societies

Countries with Local Groups

The 31 local groups in 16 European countries are acting independently on their local affairs and are mostly connected to their University.

The local groups in Madrid and Berlin currently carry the status of Prospected Affiliated Society, which means that it is in the process of joining the association.

Country	Universities
Belgium	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Croatia	University of Zagreb
Finland	Helsinki University of Technology
France	EPF - École d'Ingénieurs
Germany	RWTH Aachen, Braunschweig University of Technology, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Dresden University of Technology, Hamburg University of Technology, Technical University of Munich, University of Stuttgart
Greece	National Technical University of Athens, University of Patras
Hungary	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Italy	Politecnico di Milano, University of Naples, University of Palermo, University of Pisa, Polytechnic University of Turin
Netherlands	Delft University of Technology
Poland	Rzeszów University of Technology
Portugal	Technical University of Lisbon, University of Beira Interior
Romania	Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Serbia	University of Belgrade
Spain	Polytechnic University of Catalonia, University of Seville
Turkey	Istanbul Technical University, Middle East Technical University
Ukraine	Kiev Polytechnic Institute

Former local groups include Berlin, London, Southampton, Haarlem, Stockholm, Vienna, Haifa, Warsaw, Madrid and Toulouse.

Workings groups

To assure the functions within this large association, the Working Groups of EUROAVIA serve in different areas.

EUROAVIA News WG

EUROAVIA News Working Group (abbr. EA News WG) is mainly responsible for editing, printing and distributing the EA News. EA News is the main official publication that gives informaiton to the members of EUROAVIA. All the process regarding the EA News is supervised by the Affiliated Society in Delft. The EA News is published in every 3 months and sent over Europe not only to the students, but also the people in aerospace industry.

The EA News contains information about what is going on within the association. Also, it informs the readers about the subjects;

• Scientific reports and essays
• Both local and international activities
• European cooperation in aerospace
• University education in European countries

EA Newsletter WG

The internal communication in EUROAVIA is provided by the EA Newsletter Working Group, based in Pisa. The main duty of the EA Newsletter WG is to gather the articles and reports sent by Affiliated Societies, Working Groups and the Inernational Board until a deadline. After that the news letter is edited in different format and sent via e-mail to Affiliated Societies. The societies that don't have an e-mail account recieves the printed version of the newsletter. The main reason why the newsletter is sent via e-mail rather than sending via traditional mail is to be more economical.

EYE WG

The EUROAVIA Young Engineers Working Group (abbr. EYE WG) is responsible for managing the database which contains CVs, open job positions and internship opportunities. This database takes the role of being a job portal for the students and new graduates. This database is also supported by the European Space Agency, which lets the EYE project to be more effective in opening new doors for young engineers in the future. Also, by this portal, the members of the association can make a direct contact to the companies.

Alumni WG

The Alumni Working Group (also known as, EUROAVIA Alumni Network) creates a platform that lets all former members of Euroavia stay in touch with any other alumni members and the organisation itself. The main purpose of the network is to keep in contact with the ex-members of the association so that they can share their experiences with the young members of the EUROAVIA. The WG also aims to gather the former members in organisations such as the Annual Alumni Meeting or other local alumni meetings.

Public Relations (PR)

Public Relation Working Groups task is to maintain a corporate communication within the association as well as with third parties e.g. associated and supporting companies, institutions, universities, other NGOs and the media. PRWG is the youngest Working Group of EUROAVIA, only being founded during EMEAC 2008 in Rzeszów.

Air show

With EUROAVIA being traditionally present at both leading European Air Shows, Paris Air Show in Le Bourget and ILA in Berlin, the Air Show Working Groups task is to organize the organizations appearance at those events including aspects such as the stand and the coordination of all present members.

In 2009, EUROAVIA for the first time participated in the AERO in Friedrichshafen.

Information Technology (IT)

A group of motivated and expert members assure that the website of the association is always up to date and the digital communication means (forum, mailing-lists) are working properly. After a decision of the AMEAC 2009 in Aachen, IT Working Group is also in charge of the Central Archive of the association.

The Central Archive consists in all the printed and digitally published documents of the association. It is both on paper base, stored in Aachen, and digitally, on a server hosted in Delft. The accessibility of the digital hosted version of the archive gives all the members the possibility to exchange and use all files vital for their work on local, international and private level.

Activities

Constantly the members of the association organise international gatherings, workshops and symposia. Furthermore the members of EUROAVIA also meet regularly on their two general meetings and an annual workshop. The most recognized event of the association however is the Design Workshop.

Congresses (EMEAC and AMEAC)

Twice a year the association assembles on internal general meetings. Those usually take place within a one week event offering four days of plain business meetings.

The EMEAC (Electoral Meeting of the EUROAVIA Congress) is held in spring by one hosting Affiliated Society. Next to current topics and decisions within the association the agenda also contains the discussion and election of the Designated International Board (DIB) that will work on the top of the association from autumn on.

The AMEAC (Annual Meeting of the EUROAVIA Congress) in Autumn builds the hand-over of the International Board and also gives the opportunity to discuss and vote about all open issues within the association's work.

Both Congresses are set points during the business year of EUROAVIA and it is the task of the International Board to find hosting AS and to prepare and lead all the business meetings and discussions.

Design Workshop (DeWo)

EUROAVIA Design Workshops
Year	Industrial Partner
1991	Dornier
1992	ESA/ESTEC
1994	Aerospatiale
1995	ESA/ESTEC
1997	Rolls-Royce
1999	British Aerospace
2001	Carlo Gavazzi Aerospace
2004	British Aerospace
2005	AgustaWestland
2006	ESA
2007	Rolls-Royce

On a biannual basis a team of members from the association creates, together with a supporting company and optionally a university host create a three-week workshop that aims on a preliminary design. A few months prior to the event that usually takes place in summer a Design Contest is opened for all interested students - whether they are members or not. In this contest a short paper on a given subject needs to be handed in that will be evaluated by a jury related to the subject of the workshop - both university professors and professionals from the company). After the contest closed the successful members are invited to participate in the workshop and get guided by experienced lecturers to be prepared for practical design work on the topic given. In the end one or more preliminary designs are presented and build the base for further proceeding of the company host. In addition to the technical expertise the participating students also get to know each other as well as the surrounding of their city. Normally this event, organised by a Working Group (WG) of the association is able to offer its participants not only the workshop and a scheduled three-week programme but also a financial vocering of most of the expenses (except journey).

Formation Workshop

The Formation Workshop is EUROAVIA's internal training event with the main goal to increase the quality of EUROAVIAn operations. Whether in organising international events, maintaining a local board, or even motivating members to be more active. The Formation Workshop is the proof that EUROAVIA is a solid association with a tradition since 1959 but determined not to fall asleep on this.

Symposium

Compared to a Fly-In a symposium which also lasts one week with around 30 participants, focusses more on a technical subject. On this topic lectures will be given and hand-on workshops help the students to widen their experience. Also cultural trips and field visits fill the schedule.

Air Cargo Challenge

Air Cargo Challenge is a Portuguese born european competition aimed at university students doing Engineering and Science courses or Engineers and was created to stimulate the interest in the fields of aeronautics and as a means to test their skills. To participate in the Air Cargo Challenge Competition, a team with 3 to 6 members, a pilot and a professor in charge should design, document, build and fly a radio controlled aircraft with the maximum payload possible. The Air Cargo Challenge offers higher education students the unique opportunity to develop a multidisciplinary and challenging project from its beginning to the end, to test their knowledge and, at the same time, it involves a wide range of challenges that students will find in their future professional career: technical, interpersonal, financial and strict deadlines.

Fly-In

The gatherings of around 30 members of the association at one local group are called Fly-In. They take place several times a year and usually last one week. The responsible Affiliated Society (AS) uses such an event to show the participants what their city can offer and what industrial sights in the surrounding are worth visiting. In addition to field trips the intercultural exchange and the team-building among the students are of core focus.

Cultural Exchange (CE)

A Cultural Exchange wants to give a small number of members (10-20) from one local group the opportunity to visit another Affiliated Society that is in near reach. A program focussed on mainly cultural events fills a time of not more than 4 days.

Partner Organisations

In the frame of the Informal Forum of International Student Organisations (IFISO) EUROAVIA cooperates with other students organizations in various fields concerning the management and development of students associations.

External links

• Official website