EUSDC
EUSDC 2021 & ISSDC Qualifiers
Congratulations and well done to all participants of the first continent-wide European Space Design Competition, EUSDC 2021!
68 dedicated participants, 7 European Nations, 3 competing companies, 28 invaluable volunteers.
The challenge presented to Kepler Automation, DaVinci Meccanica, and Earhart Advanced Industries was to design a preliminary research base to be constructed in Earth orbit before heading off to Jupiter’s moon, Europa. The purpose? To explore the potential for life.
The incredible efforts put in by all across the three companies has made judging a difficult task. Alas, one company must be selected as the champions of the competition. This year, the title of the EUSDC winning company is Kepler Automation. Well done to all 23 students for convincing the judges with your winning design proposals!
| Nathan Besch
President |
Isabel de Avillez
Structures |
| Thomas Schlesser
Vice President — Engineering |
Bernardo Rodrigues
Structures |
| Mário Daniel Soares Vilas
Vice President — Marketing & Sales |
Süleyman Emre ISIK
Structures |
| Guillermo Baselga Gómez
HoD Structures |
André Costa
Structures |
| Mathilde Dziechciarz
HoD Operations |
Arthur Nogueira
Structures |
| Mafalda Gaspar
HoD Human Factors |
Rafael Pereira
Automations |
| Ricardo Horta
HoD Automations |
Alejandro Soriano
Operations |
| Marina Guerra Alonso
Human Factors |
Yannis Kühn
Operations |
| Sara Evangelio Motilla
Human Factors |
Álvaro Cameo Hernanz
Systems Engineer |
| Lucía Madonar
Human Factors |
Guilherme Sousa
CAD |
| Joana da Conceição Ferreira Piçarra Human Factors | João Lourenço
Business |
| Duarte Rito Marques
Business |
From all participants, only 12 entrants can qualify for the World Finals this summer. From 30th July – 2nd August 2021, qualifiers from around the world will gather in person and online at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to take part at the 2021 International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). Through a rigorous selection process, the EUSDC is proud to congratulate the following 12 students who will be representing Europe at this year’s ISSDC:
| Nathan Besch
Kepler — President |
Mafalda Gaspar
Kepler — HoD Human Factors |
| Thomas Schlesser
Kepler — VP Engineering |
Mário Daniel Soares Vilas
Kepler — VP Marketing & Sales |
| Guillermo Baselga Gómez
Kepler — HoD Structures |
Marina Guerra Alonso
Kepler — Human Factors |
| Isabel de Avillez
Kepler — Structures |
Yannis Kühn
Kepler — Operations |
| Mathilde Dziechciarz
Kepler —HoD Operations |
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Traditionally, participants with the highest number of votes from the challenging companies join the representatives of the winning company. In recognition of their outstanding effort, the following students have been selected:
| Maria João Lopes
DaVinci — HoD Human Factors |
| Ioana Barbu
DaVinci — HoD Structures |
| Leeloo Schindelhauer
Earhart — HoD Structures |
The following individuals have been selected as the ISSDC 2021 reserves in the stated order:
| Sara Evangelio Motilla
Kepler — Human Factors |
| André Mota
Earhart —HoD Operations |
| Felipe Abengózar
DaVinci — Structures |
Once again, congratulations! Not only to the ISSDC qualifiers, but to all taking part for making this year’s edition of the EUSDC other-worldly. Special thanks to International Space University for digitally hosting, PTSpace & Ciência Viva for their outreach and enthusiasm, and to all the volunteers from across the world for supporting us.
Watch this space! Last year the SSEF was offered a few last-minute spaces to even up team sizes; we will allocate these to the reserves and those nominated for ISSDC selection.
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