The NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project - Winner

International Division Awards First Place Nitish Kulkarni, Grade 11 Oakridge International School Hyderabad, India

In order to engage and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists, NASA offers technical challenges for both high school and college level students in the area of environmentally responsible aviation. These challenges are open to both US citizens and foreign students.

The NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project explores and documents the feasibility, benefits, and technical risks associated with vehicle concepts and enabling technologies that will help mitigate the impact of aviation on the environment.

This years winners are:

First Place

Andrew Andraka, Grade 12

Bishop Hendricken High School
Warwick, RI
Second Place, Tie

Zach Addington, Grade 12
Virginia Aquino, Grade 12
Dustin Mays, Grade 12

Linwood Holton Governor’s School
Abingdon, VA

Second Place, Tie

Michael Roznick, Grade 11
Nick Sloan, Grade 11

St. Croix Preparatory Academy
Stillwater, MN

International Division Awards
First Place

Nitish Kulkarni, Grade 11

Oakridge International School
Hyderabad, India

Second Place

Roxana Deleanu, Grade 12
Elena Sorina Lupu, Grade 12

Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science
Bucharest, Romania

Third Place

Cosmin Ion, Grade 12
Ionaa Fereriu, Grade 12
Patricia Vilceanu, Grade 12

Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science
Bucharest, Romania

The results can be found online at  -
 http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/era_high/competitions_high_era.htm