NASA conducts an annual competition for a Systems Engineering Award, held in conjunction with the SAE Aero
Design® Competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
The contestants are teams of college students who design and construct radio-controlled model aircraft to vie for awards in three classes of flight competitions. The competition culminates in two, three-day flying events: Aero Design® West, being held in 2010 in Van Nuys, California, and Aero Design East®, being held in 2010 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Participation in the NASA Systems Engineering Award competition is optional. It gives student teams participating in the SAE Aero Design® competition an opportunity to compete in applying best engineering practices. Winning teams receive a trophy and a $750 cash prize.
These practices are a subset of NASA Systems Engineering principles. The competing teams submit two written documents detailing the systematic tracking, control, and integration of the project’s design, construction, and testing.
Bob Pearce, Yuri Gawdiak, and George Price of the JPDO are acting for NASA in conducting this competition, including evaluation of Systems Engineering Reports from the participating teams.
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