Space Settlement Design Contest 2008 Results

Statistics

This year we received 156 submissions from 840 students sponsored by 74 teachers. Entries came from Bulgaria, Canada, China, India, Iran, Japan, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia and Uruguay. U.S. entries were received from 10 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota and Utah.

Winners

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winning submission for 2008 went to Alexandru, Adela, Claudiu , Sevda, Iren and Daiana for their research project DACIA'S.

The award winners are students of M. Bararu from the Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," located in Constanta, Romania.

Video presenting spaceships coming and leaving the settlement rendered in 3ds Max:

Congratulations to all of this year's participants for such outstanding research projects. This year the 10-12th grade team category was extraordinarily competitive. Many of those who receive an Honorable Mention would have won the Grand Prize only a few years ago.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

First Prize

Space Settlement -A Project, Rebeka, Garden High School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 6-9 Individual.
Earth Prime, Ayon, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 10-12 Individual.
BEN10 Space Colony, Velammal Matriculation School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. 6-9 Team . (tie)
I.S.S. Vortex, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team. (tie)
Force India, H-100, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi, India. 10-12 Team.
Cosmogenesis, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 6-9 Large Group.
Utopia, Dayanand Public School, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
ECOPUS, IEC Escuela De La Construcion, Montevideo, Uruguay. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Space Settlements in Color, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. Artistic Merit.
Say PEACE!, Discovery Middle School, Fargo, North Dakota. Literary Merit.
The Halo Project, "Ovidius" High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.

Second Prize

Project Halo Endeavor, Cole, Younginer Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan. 6-9 Individual.
Farvahar, Pouya, Tehran, Iran. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
ARSH, Muhammad, Lahore, Pakistan, Jordan. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Geopetra, Sequoia Middle School, Porterville, California. 6-9 Team.
Spark, Colegiul National "Mircel cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
Aegis, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
SPATTLE, St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 6-9 Large Group.
TANGRA,Varna Schools, Bulgaria. 10-12 Large Group.
Sirius Space Settlement - SSS, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah. Artistic Merit.
La Estrella, St. Veronica School, Howell, New Jersey. Literary Merit.
Bria, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. Life Support.

Third Prize

Tera Orbis, Derek, New York, New York. 6-9 Individual. (tie)
SHRISTI, Surajit, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Klein Dorf, Nishant, Bhubaneeswar, Orissa, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Apollo 0.5, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
HELIS, "Ovidius," High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
Janus, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Team. (tie)
Bellevistat, Gita Niketan, Kurukshetra, India. 10-12 Team.
LEAP, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group.
Liberia, Brother Andre Catholic High School, Markham, Ontario, Canada. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Hyokata Colony, Nelson's Primary School, Ahmedabad, India. Artisitc Merit.
Imagination, Nelson's Primary School, Ahmedabad, India. Literary Merit.
Potter's Wheel, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support. (tie)
Asgard, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie) Life Support.

Honorable Mention:

Vastuyan, Nishant, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. 6-9 Individual.
Project Manoj, Ankit, N.K. Bagrodia School, New Delhi, India. 10-12 Individual.
Space Settlement, B. Vamshidhar, Andhra Pradesh India. 10-12 Individual.
K21, Keyur, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Individual.
Somnium, Raffles Girl's School, Singapore, Singapore. 6-9 Team.
Helios, Orange Grove Middle School, Tampa, Florida. 6-9 Team.
ADWITYA, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Team.
Uddigaddi, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore. 10-12 Team.
Nimphel, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
The uEarth, "Ovidius," Theoretical High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
COLOSSEUM, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Arkadia, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Rodinia, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
FutureX, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Archaeopteryx, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Xeneses, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 10-12 Team.
i Settlement, Emery Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada. 6-9 Large Group.
New Gaia, Alferez Campor and de la Virgen, Maldonado, Uruguay. 10-12 Large Group.
Adwitia Space Settlement, Police DAV Public School, Jalahandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Large Group.
ANUSHKA, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Artistic Merit.
SURYAKIRAN, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Artistic Merit.
ANUSHKA, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Literary Merit.
SURYAKIRAN, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Literary Merit.
Empyrean, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. 10-12 Team. Life Support.
Animus, National College, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.
Novaterra Space Settlement, Colegiul National de Informatica Tudor Vianu, Bucharest, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.

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