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.

Winners

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winning submissions for 2009 went to Eric, Pooja and Swastika.
Eric is a student of Ms. 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. 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, Mary Immaculate School, West Bengal, India. 6-9 Individual.
Shangri-La, Chaitra, Karnataka, India. 10-12 Individual.
Gusto Smawaat, Islamabad, Pakistan. 10-12 Team.
E-NeXt, Jay, Shantanu and Madhur, 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, DAV Public School, Jharkhand, India . 6-9 Individual.
Project Renaissance, The Magnetizer, Reetam, 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, Bur Dubai, UAE . 6-9 Individual. (tie)
The Great Fractal Skyland, Jatadhari, Orissa, India. 10-12 Individual.
Interplanetary Residence for Man, R.D. Indula Rasanjana Munasinghe, Sri Lanka. 10-12 Individual.
ATLAS, Jacob, 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, Tamil Nadu, India. 6-9 Individual.
Black Pearl, Rohit, Sangameshwar College Solapur, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Space Settlement, Rajdeep, 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, Mahakali Zone, Nepal. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Space Settlement, Suptarshi, South Point High School, West Bengal India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Bliss Abode, Naval, 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.

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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