Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

In NASA’s most recent mission, the rover Perseverance carried the robotic helicopter Ingenuity to Mars. The launch was on July 30, 2020 in
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and Delivery Date on Mars February 18, 2021 at the landing site Jezero Crater.

On April 19, 2021 Ingenuity successfully completed the first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on a planet besides Earth and is still performing after 14 flights.

On Friday November 12, 2021 from 9:30 am to 11:00am, Syracuse University’s School of Design is hosting SU IID Alumnus Stan Nowak and three of his engineering colleagues at AeroVironment. They will present about the design development of Ingenuity. A flight demonstration of the only Ingenuity prototype on this planet is part of the event in the dome, which will be open to the SU community.

DAAPworks ID 2021 Judge

It was a lot of fun volunteering to review Thesis Projects for the DAAPworks_ID awards for the second year in a row. I spent about 2 hours of time reviewing projects on Behance and selecting winners for the following categories:

1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, Best sketching, Most innovative visualization, Most manufacturable, Best use of technology, Most sustainable, Best user experience, Most socially responsible, Best future vision

Thanks to IDSA OHS Chair Caterina Rizzoni for inviting me. The winners were announced at their Zoom Virtual Awards Ceremony. The students projects can be reviewed at here.

Here are the results:

1st Place: Hunter Elmore, Eclipse Prosthetics

2nd Place: Maggie Macleod, Four Postpartum Wellness

3rd Place: Connor Adams, Nav Smart Helmet

Best Sketching: Hunter Elmore, Eclipse

Most Innovative Visualization: Cody Caldron, Project Agitate

Most Manufacturable: Ellora Jaggi, Shirudo

Best Use of Technology: Parth Kashikar, The-FPV-X-RC-Camera-Car-for-Filmmakers

Most Sustainable: Justin Hiles, Loop

Best User Experience: Mikayla Hounchell, hd&me mobile app

Most Socially Responsible: Justin Meyer, Canary

Best Future Vision:  Griffin Christensen, Come to Roost

IDC 2020

This years International Design Conference hosted by IDSA was converted into a 24 hour nonstop Virtual Format.

Although I missed the in-person conversations at the coffee bar, it was highly inspirational to see the presentations. Also the Emcees were entertaining. Additionally, engaging in chats and conversations on discord app added to the experience. Still have to go back to see recorded sessions that I missed during the night.

Invited Judge UCID20 Thesis Show

It was a lot of fun volunteering to review Thesis Projects for the UCID20 awards. The projects are on Behance, which allowed to provide feedback directly. I spent about 2 hours of time reviewing and selecting winners for the following categories:

1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, Best sketching, Most innovative visualization, Most manufacturable, Best use of technology, Most sustainable, Best user experience, Most socially responsible, Best future vision

Thanks to IDSA OHS Chair Caterina Rizzoni for inviting me. The winners were announced at their Zoom Virtual Awards Ceremony. The students projects can be reviewed at https://ucid20.com/.