Category: EUSDC

ISSDC 2026 Announcement

We are thrilled to announce the students representing the EU this year at the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC).
The ISSDC takes place in Florida and students have the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center and Walt Disney World.

These students have demonstrated outstanding skills in engineering, teamwork, and problem-solving, earning their place in this prestigioglobal competition:

Alessandra Benedetti

Andrei-Paul Marinescu

Artur De Jesus

Carlos Cortés del Río

Daniele Braccia

Diana Matos

Ioana Băiculescu

Iușan Raul-Valentin

Jorge Rodríguez-Viña

Leonor Santos

Lua Afonso

Marcelo Lago

Mihalache Alexandru Ștefan

Mihoc Darius Valentin

Núria  Quero Langreo

Ricardo Mas Cerezo

Sofia Alves

Valentina Silva Fuhr

Vîlcu Teodor Costin

Yilin Ma


In addition, we are pleased to announce our reserves,

Female Reserves–
1st- Nuria Caro Martínez

2nd- Júlia Barros

3rd- María Asejo González

Male Reserves–
1st- Rafael Debouf

2nd- Chicu Ștefan

3rd- Popa Mihai Alexandru


Congratulations to all the students, and we look forward to seeing them take on this incredible challenge!

#ISSDC #SpaceSettlement #STEM #FutureLeaders #NASA #SSEF #EUSDC #United

 

EU Finals announcement

We are happy to announce that the following students have be chosen from the runners up to attend the EU Finals in March.
Congratulations to the following students.
As always, these are listed in alphabetical order.

Bruno Esteves
Catarina Cierco
Daniele Braccia
Francisco Costa
João Pedro Moutinho dos Reis Malheiro
Levi Gomes
Lua Afonso
Lucca Martins Aires de Paula
Martim Machado
Miguel Armindo Nunes
Nimai Alves
Rafael DeBoeuf
Stefano Curtoni
Susana Amaral

Information about the finals will be sent out in the following days.

ISSDC Announcement

We are thrilled to announce that there will be two teams representing the EU this year at the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). The event takes place at the Kennedy Space Center and provides a great opportunity for students to compete on an international stage.

These students have demonstrated outstanding skills in engineering, teamwork, and problem-solving, earning their place in this prestigious global competition:

Team EU

Afonso Teixeira, 
Afonso Silva, 
Catarina Dias, 
Giselle de la Caridad González, 
Grace Emily Cleaton, 
Jorge Rodríquez-Viña, 
Jorge Losada, 
José de la Mano, 
Marcelo Lago, 
Nuria Quero Langreo, 
Rodrigo Miguel Saraiva Ferreira, 
Yilin Ma, 

 

Team ESA

Alejandro Wilt Escribano, 
Alexandru Mereuță, 
Ariana Chilea, 
Cristina Martin, 
Daria Cozma, 
Diego Bermejo González, 
Ioana Băiculescu, 
Margherita Castoldi, 
Maria-Karina Gabor-Naidin, 
Sofia Ferretto, 
Tristiano Rigoli, 
Tudor Budisan, 

In addition, we are pleased to announce our reserves,

Female Reserve– 
María Asenjo González

Male Reserve– 
Achille Miglierina


 

Congratulations to all the students, and we look forward to seeing them take on this incredible challenge! 

#ISSDC #SpaceSettlement #STEM #FutureLeaders #NASA #SSEF #EUSDC #United

ISSDC Winners!

Congratulations!

Huge congratulations to the EU team who were part of Dougeldyne, the winning company at this year’s ISSDC. The ISSDC is a three day event held at the Kennedy Space Center, and the students work in companies consisting of 50-60 students; this year some of the team were working online, which adds to the difficulty of communicating effectively – so to be in the winning team is reflective of an incredibly difficult task carried out amazingly well.

The EU team consisted of the following members (in alphabetical order!):

Adrian Turtulea
Alessandro Salina
Alexandru Teodorescu Druc
Anastasia Ioana Paraschiv
Enrique Jiménez Molina
Guilherme Abrantes Leal
Lorena Terrón Egido
Maria João Lopes
Pablo Asenjo Gonzalez
Pablo Gutierrez Izquierdo
Rita Ferrão Baptista Fernandes
Sara Sofia dos Reis Filipe

Well done to all of you, and thank you to the accompanying teachers Mónica Juárez Jiménez, Óscar Partida and Ricardo Mota, and also the wonderful parents who made this trip of a lifetime possible.

Kennedy Space Center

Team Announcement

EUSDC Team Announcement

We are pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to represent the EU at the International Space Settlement Design Competition to be held at the Kennedy Space Center in July 2023 – congratulations to the following students..(N.B all are listed in alphabetical order)

 

From Kepler Automation

Adrian Turtulea

Alessandro Salina

Anastasia Paraschiv

Guilherme Abrantes Leal

Enrique Jiménez Molina

Lorena Terrón Egido

Rita Ferrão Baptista Fernandes

 

From Earhart Advanced Industries

Maria João LopesPablo Asenjo Gonzalez

Pablo Asenjo Gonzalez

Pablo Gutierrez

 

Reserve 

Juan Barbas Anta

 

From Earhart Advanced Industries

Sara Sofia dos Reis Filipe

Teodorescu Druc Alexandru

 

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