{"id":266337,"date":"2025-08-13T22:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=897099"},"modified":"2025-08-13T22:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:01:52","slug":"nasa-glenn-names-university-student-design-challenge-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=266337","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn Names University Student Design Challenge Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Several students surround a table containing steel components and wires as they listen to a Glenn engineer explain the technology.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 4%; object-position: 52% 4%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=768,525 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=1024,700 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=1536,1050 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=2048,1400 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=400,273 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=600,410 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=900,615 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=1200,820 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04852.jpg?resize=2000,1367 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\">While on tour at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Monday, June 23, 2025, University Student Design Challenge winners from The Ohio State University stop to hear engineer Nancy Hall, center, discuss different parts of a sealed vessel used in research and development activities focused on nanotechnology and nanomaterials. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credit:<\/strong> <strong>NASA\/Jef Janis<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A student team from The Ohio State University secured first place in NASA Glenn Research Center&#8217;s 2025-2026 University Student Design Challenge for their innovative design aimed at managing fluids in space. The team will develop a working prototype as part of their senior capstone project during the upcoming academic year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On June 23, the team visited NASA Glenn in Cleveland to present their winning designs to center leadership and tour the Zero Gravity Research Facility, where their design could undergo future testing. The challenge encourages college students to develop innovative approaches to NASA mission needs, featuring both aeronautics and space-themed projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Students and NASA Glenn staff smile as they stand at the top of a circular platform surrounding the top of a large drop tower. The top of the tower has a heavy net cover and steel bars surround it and the people for safety.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg 2722w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=300,180 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=768,460 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=1024,614 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=1536,921 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=2048,1228 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=400,240 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=600,360 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=900,540 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=1200,719 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grc-2025-c-04848-crop.jpg?resize=2000,1199 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\">University Student Design Challenge winners from The Ohio State University gather at the top of the Zero Gravity Drop Tower at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Monday, June 23, 2025. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credit:<\/strong> <strong>NASA\/Jef Janis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA Glenn engineers Nancy Hall and John McQuillan served as student mentors and technical advisors for the USDC SPACE I design challenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, explore <a href=\"https:\/\/stemgateway.nasa.gov\/s\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA\u2019s STEM opportunities<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module aligncenter wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aerospacefrontiers\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Return to Newsletter\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Return to Newsletter<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" 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><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student team from The Ohio State University secured first place in NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s 2025-2026 University Student Design Challenge for their innovative design aimed at managing fluids in space. The team will develop a working prototype as part of their senior capstone project during the upcoming academic year.\u00a0 On June 23, the team [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15835,16725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aerospace-frontiers","category-newsletters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266338,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266337\/revisions\/266338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}