NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners (original) (raw)
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April 24, 2024
NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners
Photo: Students from Universidad Catolica Boliviana prepare to traverse the course at the 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Photo Credits: NASA/Taylor Goodwin.
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2024 — NASA has announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC). Parish Episcopal School from Dallas won the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville captured the college/university title.
The annual engineering competition is one of NASA’s longest-standing challenges and was held on April 19-20 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The complete list of 2024 award winners appears below:
High School Division
- First Place: Parish Episcopal School, Dallas
- Second Place: Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology, Reno, Nevada
- Third Place: Escambia High School, Pensacola, Florida
College/University Division
- First Place: University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Second Place: Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Third Place: Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina
Ingenuity Award
- University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Phoenix Award
- High School Division: East Central High School, Moss Point, Mississippi
- College/University Division: North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
Task Challenge Award
- High School Division: Erie High School, Erie, Colorado
- College/University Division: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota
Project Review Award
- High School Division: Parish Episcopal School, Dallas
- College/University Division: University of Alabama in Huntsville
Featherweight Award
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Safety Award
- High School Division: NPS International School, Singapore
- College/University Division: Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Crash and Burn Award
- KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, India
Jeff Norris and Joe Sexton Memorial Pit Crew Award
- High School Division: Erie High School, Erie, Colorado
- College/University Division: Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina
Team Spirit Award
- Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Most Improved Performance Award
- High School Division: Jesco von Puttkamer School, Leipzig, Germany
- College/University Division: Universidad Catolica Boliviana - San Pablo, La Paz, Bolivia
Social Media Award
- High School Division: Bledsoe County High School, Pikeville, Tennessee
- College/University Division: Universidad de Piura, Peru
STEM Engagement Award
- High School Division: Princess Margaret Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia
- College/University Division: Trine University, Angola, Indiana
Artemis Educator Award
- Sadif Safarov from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Rookie of the Year
- Kanakia International School, Mumbai, India
More than 600 students from 72 teams worldwide participated in the Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC), which celebrated its 30th anniversary as a NASA competition. Participating teams represented 42 colleges and universities and 30 high schools from 24 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 13 other nations worldwide. Teams were awarded points based on navigating a half-mile obstacle course, conducting mission-specific task challenges, and completing multiple safety and design reviews with NASA engineers.
“This student design challenge encourages the next generation of scientists and engineers to engage in the design process by providing innovative concepts and unique perspectives,” said Vemitra Alexander, HERC activity lead for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Marshall. “While celebrating the 30th anniversary of the challenge, HERC also continues NASA’s legacy of providing valuable experiences to students who may be responsible for planning future space missions, including crewed missions to other worlds.”
HERC is one of NASA’s eight Artemis Student Challenges reflecting the goals of the Artemis program, which seeks to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon while establishing a long-term presence for science and exploration. NASA uses such challenges to encourage students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
HERC is managed by NASA’s Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement at Marshall. Since its inception in 1994, more than 15,000 students have participated in HERC - with many former students now working at NASA or within the aerospace industry.
SOURCE: NASA
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2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Participating Teams
- Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology; Reno, Nevada - High School
- Alabama A&M University; Normal, Alabama - College/University
- Angelo State University; San Angelo, Texas - College/University
- Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama - College/University
- Bavaro Innovation School; Bavaro, Dominican Republic - High School
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa Campus; Sancoale, India - College/University
- Bledsoe County High School; Pikeville, Tennessee - High School
- Blue Ridge High School; Lakeside, Arizona - High School
- Campbell University; Buies Creek, North Carolina - College/University
- Candor International School; Bengaluru, India - High School
- Centro Boliviano Americano - Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, Bolivia - College/University
- Christian Brothers University; Memphis, Tennessee - College/University
- Comunidad Educativa Conexus; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - High School
- Deira International School; Dubai, United Arab Emirates - High School
- East Central High School; Moss Point, Mississippi - High School
- Erie High School; Erie, Colorado - High School
- Escambia High School; Pensacola, Florida - High School
- Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Frei Plácido; Bage, Brazil - High School
- Fluminense Federal Institute; Ubatiba, Brazil - High School
- Hudson High School; Hudson, Wisconsin - High School
- INFOTEC International School; Petropolis, Brazil - High School
- Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola; San Cristobal, Dominican Republic - College/University
- Instituto Iberia; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic - High School
- Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - College/University
- International Hope School Bangladesh; Uttara, Bangladesh - High School
- Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa - College/University
- Istanbul Technical University; Istanbul, Turkey - College/University
- Jesco von Puttkamer School; Leipzig, Germany - High School
- John P. Stevens High School; Edison, New Jersey - High School
- Kanakia International School; Mumbai, India - High School
- KIET Group of Institutions; Delhi-NCR, India - College/University
- Liberty University; Lynchburg, Virginia - College/University
- Liceo Cientifico Dr. Miguel Canela Lazaro; Villa Tapia, Dominican Republic - High School
- McKinley Technology High School; Washington, District of Columbia - High School
- Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, Tennessee - College/University
- Mission San Jose High School; Fremont, California - High School
- North Dakota State University; Fargo North Dakota - College/University
- North South University; Bashundhara, Bangladesh - College/University
- NPS International School; Singapore - High School
- Ohio Northern University; Ada, Ohio - College/University
- Oxon Hill High School; Oxon Hill, Maryland - High School
- Parish Episcopal School; Dallas, Texas - High School
- Preludio; Usaquen, Colombia - High School
- PrepaTec Eugenio Garza Sada; Monterrey, Mexico - High School
- Princess Margaret Secondary School; Surrey, BC - High School
- Punjab Engineering College; Chandigarh, India - College/University
- Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, Rhode Island - College/University
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Rapid City, South Dakota - College/University
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Carbondale, Illinois - College/University
- Southwest Oklahoma State University; Weatherford, Oklahoma - college/University
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Cuernavaca; Xochitepec, Mexico - College/University
- Tennessee Technological University; Cookeville, Tennessee - College/University
- Texas A&M University; College Station, Texas - College/University
- Texas Tech University; Lubbock, Texas - College/University
- Trine University; Angola, Indiana - College/University
- Universidad Aeronautica en Queretaro; Colón, Mexico - College/University
- Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno; Santa Cruz, Bolivia - College/University
- Universidad Catolica Boliviana - San Pablo; La Paz, Bolivia - College/University
- Universidad de Monterrey; San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico - College/University
- Universidad de Piura; Piura, Peru - College/University
- Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Lima, Peru - College/University
- Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira; Pereira, Colombia - College/University
- University ECCI; Carrera, Colombia - College/University
- University of Alabama in Huntsville; Huntsville, Alabama - College/University
- University of North Alabama; Florence, Alabama - College/University
- University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico - College/University
- University of the District of Columbia; Washington, District of Columbia - College/University
- University of West Florida; Pensacola, Florida - College/University
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Queens, New York - College/University
- Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai; Chennai, India - College/University
- Wheat Ridge Senior High School; Wheat Ridge, Colorado - High School
- Young Mind Research and Development Org, New Delhi, India
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