Indian students bag 2nd prize in NASA competition

Agencies Posted online: Tuesday , July 08, 2008 at 09:29:13 New York, July 8: Two Indian students have won the second place for their Design of Transport Aircraft for the Future sponsored by American space agency NASA. R Anusha and S Srinath from College of Engineering under Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, have won the second place for their Design of Transport Aircraft for the Future. The design was overseen by faculty advisor Dr E Natarajan. Gary Redman of Australia's University of Technology won the first place for his "conceptual aircraft for 2058." Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities from across the world had prepared the imaginary design of the next generation of airliners and cargo planes. Fourteen teams and two individual students submitted their designs in the annual competition sponsored by NASA's... [read full story]