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Rensselaer Students Win Third Tier in NASA Competition A team of six undergraduate students from the School of Engineering Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) won the third tier in the University Level Student Competition (2004-2005 school year) of the Aerospace Vehicle System Technology Office at NASA Langley. The team designed an Exploration Air Vehicle (EAV), which is a class of autonomous, unmanned aircraft that can perform diverse types of missions. Undergraduate students Gerson Borja, Afshin Chaharmahalian, Steven Cruz, Jerome Davidovich, Erin Mack, and Jameson Venema received a $1,000 award and a certificate from NASA. A plaque was given to the MANE department. The team is advised by Assistant Professor Michael Amitay. The project was part of the senior capstone Fixed Wing Design class, in which the students designed a morphing unmanned air vehicle for stealth and reconnaissance that is capable of flying at high speeds as well as loitering at low speeds. To perform these tasks the EAV, nicknamed the Stingray, was designed to morph from dash configuration to loiter configuration, according to Professor Amitay (see graphic below).
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180. (518) 276-6000 |