Space Settlement Design Contest 2009 Results

Statistics

This year we received 309 submissions from 875 students sponsored by 96 teachers. Entries came from Bulgaria, Canada, China, Dubai, UAE, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uruguay. U.S. entries were received from 8 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York and Utah.

Important: All contestants, their families, and teachers are invited to attend the International Space Development Conference (ISDC - http://www.isdc2009.org/). If you are a contestant and plan to attend ISDC, please contact nss-students@comcast.net to determine if you will give an oral presentation of poster.

Winners

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winning submissions for 2009 went to Eric Yam, Pooja Bhattacharya and Swastika Bhattacharya.
Eric is a student of Ms. Gillian Evans at Northern Secondary School in Toronto Canada. His project was named ASTEN [PDF file 12 MB].

Pooja Bhattacharya and Swastika Bhattacharya were instructed by Ms. Itishree Nanda of St. Xavier's High School in Orissa India. Orissan Design Inspired Systems and Aerovehicles [ODISA]: A Concept was the title of their submission.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

Note: All certificates were mailed out by 5/11/2009.

First Prize

Extraterrestrial Residence City, Sayantan Bhattacharya, Mary Immaculate School, West Bengal, India. 6-9 Individual.
Shangri-La, Chaitra M. Kumbargoudar, Karnataka, India. 10-12 Individual.
Gusto Smawaat, Islamabad, Pakistan. 10-12 Team.
E-NeXt, Jay Sanjay Patrikar, Shantanu Milaind Manke and Madhur Sameer Bhalkar, Somalwar High School, Maharashtra, India . 6-9 Team .
EDENEST, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, India. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
MEGA, Courtland Jr. SR. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
TOMIS, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Large Group.
DIVYA-Constanta Omega, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. Life Science.
UDAAN ART GALLERY, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Ching, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Sing, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 10-12 Artistic Merit. (tie)
Abhivyakti, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India. 10-12 Artistic Merit. (tie)
MERC, Little Flowers Public Sr. Sec. School, Delhi, India. Literary Merit.

Second Prize

GRIHAM, Kushagra Kumar, DAV Public School, Jharkhand, India . 6-9 Individual.
Project Renaissance, The Magnetizer, Reetam Singh, Assam, India. 10-12 Individual.
Constantza Theta, Student Research Center of "Mircea cel Batran" National High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Columbiat, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 6-9 Team.
Bella Nova, Hyde Park Academy of Science and Math, Las Vegas, Nevada.6-9 Team. (tie)
Uruguay Crea/UTV, UTV/Montevideo/Riveria, Montivideo, Uruguay. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
HEMUS, Mathematical High School, Vama, Bulgaria. 10-12 Large Group.
THALASSA, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. Life Science.
VARNA, Mathematical High School, 5th Language School, Vama, Bulgaria. Life Science.
Growing Plants in Space, Dikshant International School, Punjab, India. Life Science.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Yan, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Lin G., School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 10-12 Artistic Merit.
Udaan Literature, Ryan International School, New Delhi, Indiia. Literary Merit.
Fascinating Exploration, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, India. Literary Merit.

Third Prize

Vendanth Space Station, Meghna Raman, Bur Dubai, UAE . 6-9 Individual. (tie)
The Great Fractal Skyland, Jatadhari Mishra, Orissa, India. 10-12 Individual.
Interplanetary Residence for Man, R.D. Indula Rasanjana Munasinghe, Sri Lanka. 10-12 Individual.
ATLAS, Jacob Miller, Ringgold High School, Ringgold, Georgia. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Bellevistat, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Team.
Superste, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore. 6-9 Team. (tie)
SpaceSPES, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore. 6-9 Team. (tie)
Space Wizz Kids, Ravindra Bharathi School, Andhra Pradesh, India. 6-9 Team.
Blak OSC, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Life Science.
Centauri, Hyde Park Academy of Science and Math, Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
Draconis, Hyde Park Academy of Science and Math, Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
Sky High, Emery Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada. 6-9 Large Group. (tie)
Omega 7, "Ovidius" High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Large Group.
Space Settlement, Nattakarn Limphaibool, Lampang, Thailand. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
FIPSS, K. Santhanagopalakrishnan, Tamil Nadu, India. 10-12 Artistic Merit.
Trip to Space Station, Nelson's Primary School, Ahmedabad, India. Literary Merit.

Honorable Mention:

Winster-Space Colony, K. Abishek Sambandh, Tamil Nadu, India. 6-9 Individual.
Black Pearl, Rohit Ashokrao Kasle, Sangameshwar College Solapur, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Space Settlement, Rajdeep Banik, Agartala, Tripura (West), India. 10--12 Individual. (tie)
Cyclite, "Horea, Closco si Crisan" National College, Alba County, Romania. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Cassiopa - Orintus, Ashish Bam Mahakali Zone, Nepal. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Space Settlement, Suptarshi Sengupta, South Point High School, West Bengal India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Bliss Abode, Naval Kishore, Rohini, New Delhi, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
PANDAV, The Noel English High School, Maharashtra, India. 6-9 Team.
Epiphany, Branson Junior High School, Branson, Missouri. 6-9 Team.
Hawks in Orbit, Sequoia Middle School, Porterville, California. 6-9 Team.
Circinas, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore. 6-9 Team.
International Space Resort, Emery Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada. 6-9 Team.
Team Epsilon, Emery Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada. 6-9 Team.
Atlantis Team, Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan. 10-12 Team.
MOW, Ovidius High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Audeamus, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover, New Hampshire. 10-12 Team.
KLEPSIDRA, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
DELFENO-CONSTANTA ALFA (a), Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Ergo Aetas, Liceul Teoretic Ovidius, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Orion Star, Hyde Park Academy Middle School, Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-9 Large Group.
Top Ring, Tamil Nadu, India. 10-12 Team.
Trans-PVB, Modern Vidya Niketan, Haryana, India. 10-12 Large Group.
EVha 4 Company, Liceo Eduardo Victor Haedo 4, Maldonado, Uruguay. 10-12 Large Group.
Constanta Lambda, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. Life Science.
Growing Plants in Space, Dikshant International School, Punjab, India. LIfe Science.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Ki, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
Orbital Colonies, Bright School, Gujarat, India. 6-9 Artistic Merit.
Space Settlements in Color, Student Wai, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. 10-12 Artistic Merit.

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Mrs Anuradhra and Mrs Richa Dwarkani, Little Flowers Public Sr. Sec. School, Delhi India.
Mr. Anosh and Mrs. Dongre, Noel English School, Akola, India.
Mr. Assish Arora, Resonance, Rajaasthan, India.
Mariana Bahrim, "Ovidius" High School, Constanta, Romania.
Ion Bararu, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Subbash Barman, Circuit House, Assam, India.
Donna Benoit, Emery Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
G Tejo Bharat, Naryana It Olympiad School, AndhraPradesh, India.
Michael Bentley, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, Illinois.
Mani Raj Bhattrai and Sushil Adhikari, Budhanilakantha Secondary English School, Morang, Nepal.
Mr.B. Chandani, Chandani Coaching Classes, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Debmalyer Chakraory, Julien Day School, West BEngal, India.
Dakash Chandock, St. Peter's and MVN Schools, Haryana, India.
Maga Cristinel, Ovidius High School, Constantza, Romania.
Ion Damian, "Horea Closca si Crisan" National College,Alba Lulia, Romania.
Claudia Dobrin and Adrian Nicolescu, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Mrs. Vijaya Desai, Somalwar High School, Maharashtra, India.
Ashlesh D'Souza, Hirgami School, Gujarat, India.
Lawrence D'Souza, Nelson's Primary School, Gujarat, India.
Kim Elison, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah.
Mrs. Gillian Evans, Northern Secondary School, Ontario, Canada.
Hannah Fani, Arab Youth Venture Foundation, Dubai, U.A.E.
Instructor Gaviraghi, Instructor Gimenez, Renzo Ghio and Fernando Gimenez, Liceo 4 de Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay.
L.T.V. Vasantha Gopalan, Mr. Balasubramanium and Miss S. Kavintha, Tamil Nadu, India.
Instructor Gounasegar, Vivekandha Higher Secondary School, Pondicherry, India.
K. S. Govindarajan, Dikshand International School, Zirakpur, India.
Susan Graham, St. thomas Aquinas High School, dover, New Hampshire.
Srishti Gupta, Delhi, India.
P. Haveela, Guntur-Dist, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Shari Hembree, Sequoia Middle School, Porterville, California.
Lavanya Jagannathan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
S. Jayaalakshim, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Deanna Josephson, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, Moraga, California.
Sister Kanta and Miss Madhuri, Mahashtra, India.
Mr. Manzar Ali Khan, Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Mrs. Suruchi Kataria and Mrs. Supriya Sant, DAV Public School, Maharashtra, India.
Vikram Kumar, BIT Boy's Hostel, Durg, Chatisgarh, India.
Mr. Kumar and Mrs. Dhami, DPS International School, New Delhi, India.
Ginny Lennon, Branson Junior High School, Branson, Missouri.
Jennifer Lopez, Mott Hall II, New York, New York.
Mr. Vikas Mittal, Ryan International School, Haryana, India.
Rupel Modl, Bright School, Gujarat, India.
Monika Mehta, Ryan International School, Haryana, India.
Carmen Mnohogitnei and Adriana Miclescu, Aeronautical Scholar Group Henri Coanda, Bucharest, Romania.
V. Veleppan Nair, Viswabharathy Public School, Kerala, India.
Ms. Itishree Nanda, St. Xavier's High School, Orissa, India.
Mrs.Narula and Ms. Sadha, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India.
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland New York.
Pritish Patil, 19 Dhavalgiri Society, Maharashtra, India.
Anuradha Punn, Amity International School, Haryana, India.
Ms. Mamta Puri, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Patel Pursottamdas, Maharashtra, India.
Veselka Radeva, Varna Bulgaria.
Angel Ramos and Laurinha Da Silva, Liceo Eduardo Victor Haedo4, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Angel Ramos, Felipe Garcia and Leonardo Tejera, Liceo Eduardo Victor Haedo 4, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Mrs. Radha Sampath Raman, Bur Dubai, UAE.
Mr.Ramprasad, Ravindra Bharathi School, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Emmanuel Ratnaraj, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Grant Roelf, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Santanu Roy, Mary Immaculate School, West Bengal, India.
Ved Pralesh Sandlash, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rev. Fr. Celestine Sera (SJ), St. Joeseph's Boys' School, Bangalore, India.
Mrs. Abha Sharma and Mr. Hemant Shah, Bright School, Vadodara, India.
Mr. Amit Sharma and Mr. Navendu Gupta, Dewan Public School, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Karam Singh and Navdeep Sharma, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhra, Punjab, India.
Rita Singh, Indiarapuram Public School, Indiapuram, India.
Mr. Varinderpal Singh, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore.
Sarabjit Singh, Raffles Girl's School, Singapore, Singapore.
Sachen Supare, St. Aloysius English Medium High School, Maharashtra, India.
Dwipen Talukdar, Assam, India.
Madam Tulsi, Bright School, Gujarat, India.
Catherine Turner, Ringgold High School, Ringgold, Georgia.
Dr. N. Vijayan, Zion Matric Hr. Sec. School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ms. Walla and Ms. Kamma, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India.
Stephani Yip, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China.

Judges

Jacob Cohen, NASA Ames Research Center
Bev Girten, NASA Ames Research Center
Al Globus, San Jose State University Foundation at NASA Ames Research Center
Ruth Globus, NASA Ames Research Center
Rick Jacoby, NASA Ames Research Center
Brian Ricks, NASA AMes Research Center
Kristin Yvonne Rozier, NASA Ames Research Center
Sasha Tietz, NASA Ames Research Center
Wenonah Vercoutere, NASA Ames Research Center

Special thanks to Ruth Globus and Wenonah Vercoutere at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity.

Special Thanks to the Contractors Council and San Jose State University Foundation at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this eduational activity.

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