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FAST ExpoExhibition · 28 September 2024

FAST Expo 2024

Heavy Yard, Bucharest

12exhibitors from all of STEAM

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FAST Expo 2024 in numbers

Robots, race cars and rockets at Heavy Yard

On 28 September 2024, from 12:00 to 20:00, FAST Expo turned Heavy Yard in Bucharest into an aerospace and tech exhibition open to the general public. Visitors met high school robotics teams, university teams and professionals, in an exhibition that covered all areas of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics.

12exhibitors
4FIRST Tech Challenge teams
6ROSPIN & SpacedIn projects
5guest speakers
11sessions on stage
8 hfrom 12:00 to 20:00

Robotics teams

TITANS, BROBOTI, RoSophia and StarLight Robotics showed their FIRST Tech Challenge robots, then took the stage for a team panel and FTC matches.

Formula Student & aviation

UPB Drive brought its Formula Student car, while EUROAVIA București and sySTEMatic showed what students build at Politehnica Bucharest.

Microgravity & astronomy

ECRIDA presented its REXUS/BEXUS experiment, next to the Ad Astra astronomy club.

Talks on stage

Astronomical observations, 3D printing for rockets, aerodynamics and aviation, nuclear physics and space exploration in schools, plus the story of ROSPIN.

3D printing workshop

ROSPIN ran a 30-minute 3D printing workshop on stage.

Radio, art & design

Amateur radio with Sebastian Crețu, generative design by Sabin Andrei Țenea, and graphics and painting by Corina Chirilă inside the building.

All of it next to the ROSPIN stand, with ROSPIN-SAT-1, SolderX, ROSDC, ROSPIN Academy, ROSPIN School and Tu și Știința.

Exhibitors

12 exhibitors and the ROSPIN stand

Exhibitors bringing ideas to life: high school robotics teams, student organisations from the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, microgravity and astronomy teams, independent creators and the ROSPIN and SpacedIn projects.

TITANS logoTITANSGheorghe Lazăr National College, BucharestRoSophia logoRoSophiaCenter of Excellence, GalațiBROBOTI logoBROBOTIIon C. Brătianu National College, PiteștiStarLight Robotics logoStarLight RoboticsAlexandru Odobescu National College, Pitești
sySTEMatic logosySTEMaticRobotics
UPB Drive logoUPB DriveFormula StudentEUROAVIA București logoEUROAVIA BucureștiAviation and aerospace engineeringECRIDA logoECRIDAREXUS/BEXUS experiment
Ad Astra logoAd AstraAstronomy club
Sebastian Crețu logoSebastian CrețuAmateur radio
Corina Chirilă logoCorina ChirilăGraphic design and paintingSabin Andrei Țenea logoSabin Andrei ȚeneaGenerative designROSPIN-SAT-1 logoROSPIN-SAT-1SolderX logoSolderX
ROSDC logoROSDC
ROSPIN Academy logoROSPIN Academy
ROSPIN School logoROSPIN School
Tu și Știința logoTu și Știința
FAST Expo 2024 event map: the numbered stands and the stage at Heavy Yard
Event map

Where everything was

Heavy Yard, 38 Vasile Lascăr, Bucharest. The stands, the stage and the Formula Student car shared the Heavy Yard courtyard, with one more exhibition inside the building.

  1. 1Check-in
  2. 2TITANS (FTC robotics team)
  3. 3BROBOȚI (FTC robotics team)
  4. 4Amateur radio (Sebastian Crețu)
  5. 5RoSophia (FTC robotics team)
  6. 6StarLight (FTC robotics team)
  7. 7AdAstra (astronomy club)
  8. 8ROSPIN projects
  9. 9ECRIDA (REXUS/BEXUS experiment)
  10. 10sySTEMatic (robotics)
  11. 11EUROAVIA București
  12. 12UPB Drive
  13. 13Generative design (Sabin Țenea)
  14. 14Stage
  15. 15Formula Student car (UPB Drive)
  16. 16Graphics and painting, inside the building (Corina Chirilă)
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Speakers

5 guest speakers

Voices sharing insights and inspiration: from education and astronomical observations to cutting-edge engineering and science.

Cristian OmătCristian OmătAssociate Researcher @ Astronomical Institute of the Romanian AcademyRomică StoicaRomică StoicaAdditive Manufacturing Engineer @ SAB AerospaceMihai BăiașuMihai BăiașuSustaining Engineer @ GKN Fokker Engineering · UPB Drive Alumnus
Andreea ȘerbanAndreea ȘerbanScientific Researcher @ Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Bianca BoroșBianca BoroșPrimary School Teacher @ Banat National College
Agenda

On stage, 12:00 to 20:00

Talks, a 3D printing workshop, the FTC team panel and FTC matches, 28 September 2024.

12:00Opening by ROSPIN15 minROSPIN
12:30About astronomical observations30 minCristian Omăt
13:15About 3D printing for rockets30 minRomică Stoica
14:00The Story of ROSPIN30 minROSPIN
14:45About Aerodynamics and Aviation30 minMihai Băiașu
15:303D Printing Workshop30 minROSPIN
16:15About nuclear physics30 minAndreea Șerban
17:00About space exploration in schools30 minBianca Boroș
17:45FTC Team PanelTITANS, BROBOTI, RoSophia, StarLight, InfO(1)Robotics · 45 min
19:00FTC MatchesTITANS, BROBOTI, RoSophia, StarLight, InfO(1)Robotics · 30 min
19:45Closing15 minROSPIN
Partners

Thank you, Heavy Yard

FAST Expo 2024 was organized by ROSPIN, the Romanian Space Initiative, with Heavy Yard as venue partner.

Venue partner & organizer
Heavy Yard logoHeavy YardVenue partnerROSPIN logoROSPINOrganizer
Next editions

FAST Expo kept growing

In 2026, FAST Expo went to Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara. See how those editions went, and follow FAST on Instagram to hear about the next one first.

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Past FAST events:

FAST Forum 2024DEMO Bucharest 2023DEMO Cluj-Napoca 2023