SpaceTech Engineering Design Challenge

 

 

 Note to prospective contestants:

Unfortunately, we have no funding for a 2012 spring semester contest.
If we are able to run a contest in the fall for the 2012-2013 academy year,
we will post the information as soon as possible

Thank you for your interest.

 

 

 

Congratulations to the 2011 Contest winners

 

First Place Team photo, from left to right: Christopher Pannier, Keri Bean, Carl Runco,

Chardae Mollere-Rodriguez,William Davis, Brian Moore, Austin Probe, Alejandro Azocar, Daniel Charles

 

First Place: Texas A&M University

A Heads-Up Display for Extra-Vehicular Activity Suits

Faculty Advisor Dr. Mark Lemmon
Student Team Lead: Keri Bean

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Second Place Team Photo LEFT to RIGHT: Zach Cheplak, Courtney McCool, Collin Bezrouk,

Dan Rohe, Dr. Frederick Elder, Nick Koeppen

 

Second Place: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Transmitted Energy to Support Lunar Architecture

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Frederick Elder
Student Team Lead: Collin Bezrouk

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Engineering Challenge:

Submit an original design for technology that will further Space Exploration & Development

Accepted areas for technology development
(based on the Exploration Technology Development and Demonstration (ETDD) Program):

• Autonomous Operations

• Entry, Descent and Landing

• Human Factors

• Power/Propulsion including for operation in space and on other planetary bodies

• Robotics (not related to in-situ lunar samples)

 

Note: Students may NOT enter the same technology or design that they use for other NASA contests such as Luna-botics or RASC-AL. All entries for SpaceTech should be original and not based on work for other NASA contests.

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VIDEO Presentation
To view video presentations regarding Program Overview (Dr. Elizabeth Ward) and Technical Aspects/Insights (Mr. Melvin Therebee) of the SpaceTech Engineering Design Challenge, as well as other NASA Challenge profiles, please visit   http://www.NASAMICIconference.com to register in NASA’s free year-round virtual conference.
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Free Pro/ENGINEER Software License from Parametric Technology Corporation
A free license or seat of Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition 3-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is available to all students that enter the contest.  Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) manufactures the software and will provide one license to each university student that declares a entry to the contest.  The corporation has made this offer in the hopes of improving student’s ability to use the program, thus improving the engineering skill set of the future workforce. 

Please note:  The use of Pro/ENGINEER is not required for contest participation, nor is NASA endorsing the software or its manufacturer.
Click here for information.