NASA Exploration System Mission Directorate
Higher Education Project
in partnership with the
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

 

Lunar Regolith Excavator Senior Design Course Curriculum:

The Lunar Regolith Excavator Senior Design Course Curriculum has been developed by Dr. David Beale, Auburn University for NASA and is available at:  http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/esmdspacegrant/LunarRegolithExcavator.htm.  This curriculum has a whole section devoted to systems engineering.

 

Excavator Design, Build, & Compete Project Funds:

A university faculty advisor or student team may propose for up to $5,000 to support a student team to design and build a lunar regolith excavator and for travel expenses to compete in the Lunar Regolith Excavator Student Competition at Kennedy Space Center the week of May 25-28, 2010.   

 

Team proposals must adequately address the following areas:

• team roster including students’ names and e-mail addresses (if known);
• faculty advisor’s name and e-mail address; college or university;
• plan and commitment to use a systems engineering approach to design, build, and verify a lunar regolith excavator;
• outreach plan;
• budget request and plan;
• schedule for completion of the excavator in time for competition;
• collaboration with minority universities plan (optional, but encouraged);
• plan for multidisciplinary engineering team (optional, but encouraged);
• plan for recording video of the project (optional, but encouraged); and
• commitment to compete in the Lunar Regolith Excavator Student Competition at Kennedy Space Center during the week of May 25-28, 2010.

 

Approved proposals will be funded on a first come/first serve basis by NASA through the National Space Grant Foundation.  $50,000 has been set aside for this purpose.  Proposals will be accepted electronically between August 1, 2009 and March 30, 2010 to: 

 Susan Sawyer
E-mail: Susan.G.Sawyer@nasa.gov

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Competition POCs:
Susan Sawyer ReDe/Critique JV KSC Education Office ESMD Space Grant Project Specialist Voice: (321) 867-5482 E-mail: Susan.G.Sawyer@nasa.gov	Mandi Falconer ReDe/Critique JV KSC Education Office ESMD Space Grant Project Specialist Voice:  (321) 867-4439 E-mail: Mandi.C.Falconer@nasa.gov