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Georgia Tech team of students, led by Professor Ryan Russell,
earned third place in the 3rd Global Trajectory Optimization
Competition. This yearly competition pits the best minds in
orbital mechanics on a difficult interplanetary mission design
problem requiring a globally optimum solution. The 2007
competition focused on design of a low-thrust, multiple
near-Earth asteroid rendezvous mission with return to the Earth.
Twenty-six teams, including many from professional
organizations, declared their intent to enter this competition.
First place was won by CNES, second place by JPL.
Congratulations to the entire Georgia Tech student team.
Dr.
Braun was awarded the rank of
AIAA Fellow.
 SSDL
graduate student, Mike Grant was awarded first place in the AIAA
student paper competition at this year's Atmospheric Flight
Mechanics Conference and Exhibit (August 20-23, 2007 in Hilton
Head, SC). His paper, AIAA 2007-6393, is entitled, "Mars Science
Laboratory Entry Optimization Using Particle Swarm Methodology,"
and reports on research he conducted in collaboration with
personnel at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
SSDL
graduate students Ian Clark, John Theisinger, and Chris Tanner
and SSDL undergraduate student Amanda Verges each won student
paper or poster awards at the 5th International Planetary Probe
Workshop in Bordeaux, France.
The
Georgia Tech Heavy MEDL team of Chris Tanner, Mike Grant, Shawn
Johnson, Kathy Goben and Ryan Mitchell was awarded first place in
the
NASA
Fundamental Aeronautics Program University Student Competition
on the subject of Mars entry, descent and landing. Dr. Braun and
Dr. Cruz served as the team’s class instructors.
The
Georgia Tech Mars Heavy-Payload Entry, Descent and Landing Team of
Ashley Korzun, Greg Dubos, Curtis Iwata, Ben Stahl and John
Quicksall was awarded third place in the
NASA
Fundamental Aeronautics Program University Student Competition
on the subject of Mars entry, descent and landing. Dr. Braun and
Dr. Cruz served as the team’s class instructors.
The
Georgia Tech Pharos Team of Jillian Apa, Kreston Barron, Jarret
Lafleur, Nilesh Shah, Jonathan Sharma and Jonathan Townley was
awarded 2nd place in the
NASA ESMD Space Grant Systems Engineering Paper Competition
for their mission and flight system concept to explore the
near-Earth asteroid Apophis. Dr. Braun and Dr. Saleh served as the
team’s class instructors.
The
Georgia Tech South Team of Kevin Flaherty, Mike Grant , Ashley
Korzun, Ben Stahl and Brad Steinfeldt was awarded third place in
the
NASA ESMD Space Grant Systems Engineering Paper Competition
for their human Mars mission architecture. Dr. Wilhite served as
the team’s class instructor.
The
Georgia Tech ASTI Team of Amanda Verges, Adam Maser, Matt Panaro,
Bala Radharamanan, and Masa Yano was awarded 1st place in the 2007
AIAA
Undergraduate Space Systems Design Competition for their
mission and flight system concept to explore the near-Earth
asteroid Apophis. Dr. Braun and Dr. Saleh served as the team’s
class instructors.
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