Awards

2023 3D Printed Aircraft Competition
Second place, Fixed Wing Category | Wavy plane
Altair Most Innovative Design, Fixed Wing Category | Blended plane

2023 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts (RASC-AL)
Best presentation: Multi-Use Lunar Environment Cargo Carrier (MULE-CC)

2022-2023 Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition
Third place | Virginia Tech

2023 International Robotic Sailing Competition
Second place | SailBOT

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2023 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
Mach Wave Industries "The Peregrine" 

2023 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Frigate Icebreaker

2022 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
ISS Commercial Propulsion Services

2023 Prize in Launch Vehicle Design
Frequent Fliers

2023 AIAA Design, Build, Fly competition
Fourth place | Virginia Tech

AIAA 2023 Region 1 Student Conference
Third place | 'System Design Review - Concept Generation for a Cost Efficient, Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle'

AIAA 2021-2022 Space Systems Design Competition
First place | 'Manned Sample Acquisition Mission to Phobos and Deimos' by Project Chariot

2021-22 NASA University Aeronautics Student Design Challenge
First place | WATR RAM by H2AERO
Second place | Iris Water Tanker by Project Iris
Third place | Pelican by Firefighting Gobbler

2022 3D Printed Aircraft Competition
Third place | Fixed Wing Category 

2022 International Robotic Sailing Competition
Second place | SailBOT

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2022 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
Project IRIS

2022 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Green Sailboat

2022 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
Asteroid Utilization (A.U.) Diggers

2020-21 NASA University Student Design Challenge
Second place | STRATOS

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2021 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
NHA Vanguard

2021 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Sport Fishing Yacht

2021 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
MAV-1

2020 NASA Aeronautics Design Challenge
First place | Urban Air Mobility - Team AVIATE

2019-20 NASA Glenn University Student Design Challenge
First place | Project LAPIS (Create Robotic System to Explore Lava Tubes on the Moon for Human Habitation)
First place | Project Empyrean (Concept for First Real Interstellar Space Mission)

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2020 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
The SWIFT-Jet by Chronos Aviation

2020 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Surface Effect Patrol Ship

2020 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
Tie - Project Demeter (RASC-AL)
Project Hydra

2019 International Robotic Sailing Competition
Second place | SailBOT

2019 Collegiate Wind Competition
Second place | Wind Turbine Team

2018-19 NASA University Student Design Challenge
Second place | BESPIN

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2019 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
LV-19 Mobula

2019 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Coastal Defense Submarine

2019 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
Project Luna

2018 RASC-AL Mars Ice Challenge
Best Technical Paper / Lightest System Mass | Virginia Tech Ice Extractor (V-TIE)

Excellence in Design of Aerospace and Ocean Vehicles and Systems
2018 Prize in Air Vehicle Design
Tie - Team Design Build Fly
Team Hamster Works

2018 Prize in Ocean Vehicle Design
Future Surface Combatant

2018 Prize in Space Vehicle Design
Tie - NG SharkSat
Orbital ATK - "Gateway"

2018 U.S. Dept. of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition
Fourth place overall
First place | Technical Design

2018 AIAA Student Design Build Fly
Second place (out of 77)   

2018 SAE Aero Design West
Third place | Advanced Class Oral Presentation

2017 NASA Aeronautics University Design Challenge
First place | Supersonic Challenge

2017 Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition
Ninth place (out of 115)

2017 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts 
First place overall 

2016 AIAA Undergraduate Team Space Transportation Design Competition
First place

2015-2016 NASA University Design Challenge
Second place | Blitz Design

2015-2016 NASA University Design Challenge
Third place | Partior Q-1 Design

2014 RASC-AL Design Competition Forum
First place overall | Space Exploration—The Next Steps

2014 RASC-AL Design Competition Forum
First place, Undergraduate Division | Space Exploration—The Next Steps

2013 RASC-AL Design Competition Forum
First place overall | Space Exploration—The Next Steps

2013 RASC-AL Design Competition Forum
Best in theme | Space Exploration—The next steps

2013 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition
Team participation | Virginia Technomaniacs

2013 ATK NASA Student Launch Projects
Excellence in the design, construction, and flight of a high-powered rocket and scientific payload

2013 SAE Aero Design East
Oral Presentation Award, Advance Class, Second Place

2011 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition
Team participation

2011 AAS/AIAA/NASA/GSFC CanSat Competition
Second place

2007 AAS/AIAA/NASA/GSFC CanSat Competition
Third place

2006 NASA Aeronautics Student Competition
First tier | ORCA Team Project

2004 NASA FAA – Student Competition
Best overall entry, University Division

2003 NASA Revolutionary Vehicles Student Competition
First place, University Division

2002 General Aviation Programs Office – University Student Competition
Technology Innovation Category Award, second place 

2001 NASA - FAA National General Aviation Design Competition
Honorable mention

2000 AIAA Engineers’ Week Outstanding Society

2000 NASA FAA National General Aviation Design Competition
First place

1998 NASA FAA National General Aviation Design Competition
First place

1998 Air Force Research Laboratory – National General Aviation Design Competition
Technology Transfer Award

1997 NASA FAA National General Aviation Design Competition
Third place