June 15, 2010

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

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NASA ANNOUNCES SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COMPETITION WINNERS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- Students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass , are the 1st place winners of NASA's systems engineering paper competition The winning paper, "Cathode/Anode Satellite Thruster for Orbital Repositioning" earned the team a $3,500 scholarship and an invitation to view a future launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla

The competition, sponsored by NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, asked teams of undergraduate and graduate students to submit a paper on an Exploration Systems mission topic A total of 11 papers from students throughout the country were submitted

The 2nd place award of $2,500 was presented to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va , and 3rd place of $1,500 was awarded to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich Both teams will also receive invitations to view a future launch

The competition is designed to engage students in the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines critical to NASA's missions

For more information on the competition visit:

http://education ksc nasa gov/esmdspacegrant/SystemsEngineering htm

For more information on NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

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