Description
This is an invitation to all teams that were funded for a senior design project through the ESMD Space Grant program and teams that entered *approved national competitions to submit a Systems Engineering paper. The papers will be evaluated by a team of NASA engineers. This is your chance to show off your project and your systems engineering skills, and a great bonus for your resume to prospective employers. The prizes to be awarded are as follows:
- First Prize: $3500 cash scholarship PLUS tickets for VIP seating at an upcoming launch for the team
- Second Prize: $2500 cash scholarship PLUS tickets for VIP seating at an upcoming launch for the team
- Third Prize: $1500 cash scholarship PLUS tickets for VIP seating at an upcoming launch for the team
Winning teams will participate in a video telecon with NASA management and
NASA technical evaluators.
Eligibility
- Only teams that were funded through the ESMD Space Grant program for their senior design project and teams that entered *approved national competitions are eligible to submit a paper.
- The paper must follow the template provided.
*Approved National Competitions:
- PISCES Lunar Outpost Student Design Competition
- The Great Moonbuggy Race
- NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)
- AIAA Undergraduate Team Space Transportation
- AIAA Undergraduate Team Space Design Competition
- Microgravity University
- Microgravity University - Systems Engineering Educational Discovery
- National Competitions that were funded through the ESMD Space Grant Program
How To Apply
Student teams will need a membership at the following site: https://secureworkgroups.grc.nasa.gov/. TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP: All team members must send an email request for membership to the POC below; the email subject must state "SE paper competition", with a very brief description in the body (1-2 sentences). You will then be sent an email invitation to join the site, which must be approved for membership.
As a student member at the site above, you will be able to submit your Systems Engineering paper online. All required forms and information are available at that site. However, some are provided on this site so that you may review them ahead of time.
Click here for a downloadable file with details on the competition and full instructions on how to apply:
http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/ESMDspacegrant/SE_student_instructions.doc
Click here for a Systems Engineering template to be used as the basis for your paper: http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/ESMDspacegrant/SE_Paper_Submission_Template.doc
Click here for the evaluation criteria that will be used by the NASA judges: http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/ESMDspacegrant/SE_paper_eval_criteria.doc
Deadlines
- The 2008 Competition has been completed, please check back for
more information on the next competition.
Point of Contact
Z. Diane Ingraham
ESMD Space Grant Specialist
ReDe/Critique
Mailcode: RCJV-XA-1
Kennedy Space Ctr, FL 32899
Voice: (321) 861-8929
Fax: (321) 867-2097
E-mail: zola.d.ingraham@nasa.gov
Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 ESMD Systems
Engineering Paper Competition:

First Place:
Team LEXco of
Georgia Institute of Technology
with their paper on the topic of
"Yamato - Bringing the Moon to the
Earth... Again"
Second
Place:
Team SALEH "say-lee"
of Georgia Institute of Technology
with
their paper on the topic of
"WOLF What's on the Lunar Farside"
Third Place:
The Virginia
Tech CanSat Team of Virginia Tech
with
their paper on the topic of
"CanSat Competition"
Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 ESMD Systems Engineering Paper Competition:
First Place:
Team Purdue of
Purdue University
with their paper on the topic of
"iPhone in NASA Ground Operations"
(PDF Download)
Second
Place:
BLASST Space Systems of Georgia Institute
of Technology
with
their paper on the topic of
"PHAROS: Shedding Light on the Near-Earth
Asteroid Apophis"
(PDF Download)
Third Place:
GT South of Georgia Institute
of Technology
with
their paper on the topic of
"ESAS-Derived Earth Departure Stage
Design for Human Mars Exploration"
(PDF Download)
2007 Competition Winners from Purdue University
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