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Student Design Competitions
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AUVSI-
International Aerial robotics Competition
Sponsored by Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, this competition is held every year in the month of June. The mission for 2005 competition included flying autonomously to a structure 3 km away from the starting point. Entering the structure after locating an opening and transmitting the pictures of the interior back to the base. -
Student UAV competition
The goals of this competition are to challenge a new generation of undergraduate university engineers to design and build unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of performing realistic autonomous missions in an aviation environment, and to foster ties between young engineers and the organizations developing UAV technologies.
AIAA-
CanSat
The American Astronautical Society (AAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), National Space Grant Consortia (NSGC), and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) are instituting an annual student design-build-launch competition for space-related topics. The competition is available to University students and high school students. Although similar competitions exist for other fields of engineering (robots, radio-control airplanes, racing cars, etc.), the only space-related competitions today are paper design competitions. While these are worthwhile, they do not give the students the satisfaction of being involved with the end-to-end life cycle of a complex engineering project, from conceptual design, through integration and test, and concluding with operation of the system. The new AAS/AIAA/NSGC/USRA competition will fulfill that need. -
Student Design Competitions
The AIAA Foundation sponsors several design competitions every year, which ask students to solve real-world design problems. These respected competitions give America's best student designers a chance to put their talent front and center for the aerospace world.
AHS International-
The Vertical Flight Society Student Design Competition
The objective of this design competition for 2005 is to develop the conceptual design of a modern military Heavy Lift VTOL aircraft. The vehicle must be able to live on (i.e. be maintained) and operate from existing naval ships, yet be able to transport a 20 ton FCS combat-ready vehicle.
SAE-
Aero Design competition
The Aero Design Competition challenges engineering students to conceive, design, fabricate, and test a radio controlled aircraft that can take off and land while carrying the maximum cargo. This gives students the opportunity to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom on a practical problem.
EPA-
P3 Awards
The competition has two phases. Initially, student teams compete for $10,000 grants. Recipients use the money to research and develop their design projects during the academic year. Then, in the following spring, all P3 grant recipients are invited to Washington, D.C. to compete for the P3 Award. The National Academies, advisors to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine, convene a panel to evaluate and recommend the award winners. The final award decisions are made by EPA.
Solidworks-
Student Design Competition
The spring 2005 SolidWorks Student Design Competition is open to all degree-seeking students who complete their designs using SolidWorks software products.