TOPS students pose outside the facility.
On November 24, AP Physics C and Astronomy students visited UTIAS, the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. The students learned about the concepts behind aerodynamics, plane design, mathematical simulation techniques, solar wings, the university’s Soyuz-launched satellites, and biomimicry in a series of lectures from the university’s graduate-level researchers (some former TOPS students!). The researchers then introduced a dazzling array of laboratories in a tour of UTIAS, enriching the students with a fuller picture of graduate aerospace studies.