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2017-2018 Design Competition Winning Reports

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Aircraft Design Competitions

Undergraduate Team Aircraft – Hybrid-Electric General Aviation (HEGAA)
  • 1st – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2nd – TIE Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 2nd – TIE Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • 3rd – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate Team Aircraft – Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft
  • 1st – University of Zagreb
  • 2nd – Université de Liège
  • 3rd – Sharif University of Technology
Undergraduate Indvidual Aircraft – Close Air Support Aircraft (A-10 Replacement)
  • 1st – Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 2nd – University of Kansas
  • 3rd – University of Kansas
Engine Design Competitions – Candidate Engines for Next Generation Supersonic Transport
  • 1st – Beihang University
  • 2nd – TOBB University of Economics and Technology
  • 3rd – Warsaw Military University of Technology

Space Design Competition

Space Design Competition – Robotic Lunar Crater Resource Prospecting
  • 1st – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 2nd – California Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • 3rd – RMIT University
Space Transportation Competition - Pluto Orbiter
  • 1st – University of Kansas
  • 2nd – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 3rd – Iowa State University
Related Content
  • 2016-2017 Design Competition Winning Reports
  • 2015-2016 Design Competition Winning Reports
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