{"id":229222,"date":"2025-06-04T04:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=871102"},"modified":"2025-06-04T04:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:21:59","slug":"future-engineers-shine-at-nasas-2025-lunabotics-robotics-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=229222","title":{"rendered":"Future Engineers Shine at NASA\u2019s 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n<div class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">4 Min Read<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFuture Engineers Shine at NASA\u2019s 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Group of students from the University of Utah posing with their award\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 35% 22%; object-position: 35% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-utah-artemis-award-winner-iw.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the winner is\u2026 the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=epwaLiyGxHI&amp;t=35427s\" rel=\"noopener\">Utah Student Robotics Club<\/a> won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA\u2019s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation\u2019s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex\u202fin Florida.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lunabotics 2025 Challenge - Day 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/epwaLiyGxHI?start=35427&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Win was our motto for the whole year,&#8221; said Brycen Chaney, University of Utah, president of student robotics. &#8220;We had a mission objective to take our team and competition a step further, but win was right up front of our minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lunabotics is an annual challenge where students design and build an autonomous and remote-controlled robot to navigate the lunar surface in support of the Artemis campaign. The students from the University of Utah used their robot to excavate simulated regolith, the loose, fragmented material on the Moon\u2019s surface, as well as built a berm. The students, who competed against 37 other teams, won grand prize for the first time during the Lunabotics Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the 16th annual Lunabotics University Challenge the teams continued to raise the bar on excavating, transporting, and depositing lunar regolith simulant with clever remotely controlled robots,\u201d said Robert Mueller, senior technologist at NASA Kennedy for Advanced Products Development in the agency\u2019s Exploration Research and Technology Programs Directorate, and lead judge and co-founder of the original Lunabotics robotic mining challenge. \u201cNew designs were revealed, and each team had a unique design and operations approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 67%; object-position: 50% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/university-of-illinois-chicago-1st-place-robotic-construction-iw.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Students from University of Illinois Chicago receive first place for the Robotic Construction Award during the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Isaac Watson<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other teams were recognized for their achievements: The University of Illinois Chicago placed first for the Robotic Construction Award. \u201cIt\u2019s a total team effort that made this work,\u201d said Elijah Wilkinson, senior and team captain at the University of Illinois Chicago. \u201cOur team has worked long and hard on this. We have people who designed the robot, people who programmed the robot, people who wrote papers, people who wired the robot; teamwork is really what made it happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The University of Utah won second and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa came in third place, respectively. The award recognizes the teams that score the highest points during the berm-building operations in the Artemis Arena. Teams are evaluated based on their robot&#8217;s ability to construct berms using excavated regolith simulant, demonstrating effective lunar surface construction techniques.<\/p>\n<p>To view the robots in action from the Robot Construction Award winners, please click on the following links: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=epwaLiyGxHI&amp;t=23834s\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Illinois Chicago<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/riIPlJ0fpuw?si=fmxBzNK0b1AmPxi7&amp;t=34146\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Utah<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/riIPlJ0fpuw?si=uVa_xGI9TpEzNEmq&amp;t=26150\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Alabama<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/riIPlJ0fpuw?si=uVa_xGI9TpEzNEmq&amp;t=26150\" rel=\"noopener\"> in Tuscaloosa<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Picture shows a group of students from Purdue University holding an award and paper check.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/purdue-university-1st-caterpillar-autonomy-award-iw.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Students from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana received the Caterpillar Autonomy Award during the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge.<br \/>NASA\/Isaac Watson<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Students from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana received the Caterpillar Autonomy Award for their work. The University of Alabama placed second, followed by the University of Akron in Ohio. This award honors teams that successfully complete competition activities autonomously. It emphasizes the development and implementation of autonomous control systems in lunar robotics, reflecting real-world applications in remote and automated operations.<\/p>\n<p>An Artemis I flag flown during the Nov. 16, 2022, mission was presented to the University of Illinois Chicago, as well as the University of Virginia in Charlottesville as part of the Innovation Award. The recognition is given to teams for their original ideas, creating efficiency, effective results, and solving a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eric Meloche from the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Jennifer Erickson, professor from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden each received an Artemis Educator Award, a recognition for educators, faculty, or mentors for their time and effort inspiring students.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Utah received the Effective Use of Communications Power Award and the University of Virginia the agency\u2019s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science Award.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Picture shows college students posing for an award during the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 44%; object-position: 53% 44%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg 3101w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/colorado-school-of-mines-1st-place-systems-engineering-paper-award-iw.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Students from the Colorado School of Mines pose for a photo after receiving a Systems Engineering Award during the 2025 Lunabotics Competition. <br \/>NASA\/Isaac Watson<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Students from the Colorado School of Mines placed first receiving a Systems Engineering Award. University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, came in second and third places.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center padding-y-3 maxw-full width-full display-flex flex-align-center hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block display-flex flex-column flex-justify-center padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:display-flex mobile:display-block\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-icon margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"tablet:square-4 square-4 margin-right-3\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 3000 3000\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 3000 3000;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"> <g> <path d=\"M586.7,1429.7c-10.7,1.5-21.4,2.8-33.9,4.5c6.9-26.6,12.7-50.7,19.5-74.6c32.4-114.1,78.5-222.2,146.8-319.5 c90.2-128.5,202.5-235.3,327.7-329.1c8.4-6.3,16.7-12.6,25.3-19.1c-66.3-105.1-131.5-208.6-197.3-313.1c-3.5,1.2-5.5,1.6-7.2,2.6 C714.4,469,576.1,575.7,456,705.3c-126,135.9-226.2,289.1-303,457.8c-98.8,217.1-151.3,444-147.2,683.3 c1.7,100.5,12.9,199.6,41.1,296.3C93.7,2303,182.2,2433,326.7,2520.1c176.9,106.7,366.8,126.8,563.4,70.5 c150.9-43.2,260.9-138.9,327.2-282.5c33.4-72.5,47.8-149.4,52-228.7c6.5-122.8-14.1-239.5-74.3-348.1 C1074.6,1514.5,832.7,1394.2,586.7,1429.7z\"><\/path><path d=\"M2912.5,1722c-129.9-210.9-320.2-309.4-567.9-296c-22.1,1.2-44,5.1-67.4,7.9c2.2-9.6,4-17.9,6.1-26.2 c37.9-153.6,99.3-296,198.8-420.5c77.8-97.4,167.1-182.9,265.8-258.8c15.6-12,31.3-23.9,47.9-36.5 c-66.2-105.1-131.9-209.2-197.2-312.8c-3.5,1.1-5.1,1.2-6.4,2c-167.2,95.6-316.1,213.7-443.2,358.8 c-105.1,119.9-191.1,252.3-259.5,396.3c-95.5,201-152.1,411.6-159.1,634.8c-3.9,125.5,4.8,249.7,40.1,371 c46.7,160.8,135.7,290.9,280.5,378.7c165.7,100.5,344.8,123,531.2,78.8c172.4-40.8,296.4-143.9,366.3-308.5 c28.5-67.2,40.6-138,44.6-210.5C3000.2,1953.3,2979.9,1831.4,2912.5,1722z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"blockquote-content\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 class=\"font-weight-extralight line-height-sm margin-top-0 section-heading-sm\"><span class=\"section-heading-sm\">This is truly a win-win situation. The students get this amazing experience of designing, building, and testing their robots and then competing here at NASA in a lunar-like scenario while NASA gets the opportunity to study all of these different robot designs as they operate in simulated lunar soil. Lunabotics gives everyone involved new technical knowledge along with some pretty great experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-flex\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-image hds-cover-wrapper margin-right-3\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kurt Leucht\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kurt-headshot.png?resize=400,400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-11\">\n<p class=\"blockquote-credit-name line-height-sm margin-0\">Kurt Leucht<\/p>\n<p class=\"blockquote-credit-title line-height-sm padding-0 margin-0\">Commentator, Lunabotics Competition and Software Development team lead<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a list of other awards given to students:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Systems Engineering Paper Award Nova Award: Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia; University of Virginia; College of DuPage<\/li>\n<li>Best Use of Systems Engineering Tools: The University of Utah<\/li>\n<li>Best Use of Reviews as Control Gates: The University of Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Systems Engineering Paper Award Leaps and Bounds Award: The University of Miami in Florida<\/li>\n<li>Best presentation award by a first year team: University of Buffalo in New York<\/li>\n<li>Presentations and demonstrations awards: University of Utah, Colorado School of Mines, University of Miami<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-about-the-author nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-about-the-author\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-x-0 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black padding-top-3\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-14\">About the Author<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container padding-x-0 maxw-widescreen\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-author-thumbnail mobile:circle-6 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class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Missions<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/plugins\/nasa-blocks\/assets\/images\/topic-cards\/topic-card-sample-1.jpg\" ><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/kennedy\/future-engineers-shine-at-nasas-2025-lunabotics-robotics-competition\/#\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Humans in Space<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" 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heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Climate Change<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/plugins\/nasa-blocks\/assets\/images\/topic-cards\/topic-card-sample-3.jpg\" ><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/kennedy\/future-engineers-shine-at-nasas-2025-lunabotics-robotics-competition\/#\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Solar System<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" 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