Belapurkar Wins AIAA New Horizons Challenge Grand Prize

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New Horizons Challenge was a contest organized by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to inspire creative thinking and encourage innovation. Contestants were asked to design a demonstration competition of a groundbreaking innovation and describe it in less than 200 words. Graduate Research Associate Rohit K. Belapurkar's entry titled "Orbital DebRe Challenge" was declared Grand Prize Winner at the 49th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, in Orlando, Florida on January 6, 2011. 

Belapurkar's award included a $500 cash prize and a year-long online subscription to the AIAA Journal of his choice.

Visit www.aiaa.org/newhorizonschallenge for complete details.

Category: Graduate