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>> [Background Music] Hi.
I'm Rodger Dyson and I'm an
electric propulsion engineer
at the NASA Glenn Research
Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
NASA Glenn has been
solving difficult scientific
and technological
challenges since 1941.
The Center's researchers
have a proven history
of making air travel safer,
faster and more efficient.
They are continuously working
to meet new aero challenges.
As self-driving vehicles,
flying cars and remotely-piloted
and unmanned aerial vehicles
move out of our dreams
and into our lives, NASA
researchers are looking for ways
to safely integrate them
into the communications
and traffic control systems
of our future cities.
That's where we need your help.
NASA's University Student Design
Aeronautics Challenge gives
teams of full-time junior
and senior undergraduate
students the opportunity to work
with top NASA experts in
designing a suburban city
where flying cars and service
vehicles, deliver commuters
and freight quietly,
efficiently, and safely.
Your team will use gaming and
graphics tools like Minecraft
and SimCity to create a model
for the city of the future.
Consider carefully how your
design concepts for a flying car
and other air vehicles
will affect the lives
of the people living in
or commuting to your city.
How fast will your
air vehicles travel?
What will they carry?
How will they be powered?
At what altitudes will they fly?
And how will flying
vehicles impact your city?
A special emphasis should be
placed on quiet, fully electric
or hybrid electric vehicles.
Make sure you consider all
appropriate metrics: airframes,
power systems, noise profiles,
communications, altitude,
and safety for pedestrians
and surrounding ground
and air vehicles
during congested traffic
and adverse weather.
Vehicles will need to sense and
communicate with each other.
Air and ground traffic
controllers will need a secure
communications network that
remains in constant contact
with pilots, drivers,
remote vehicle operators
and autonomous vehicles.
Broaden your team's
cross-disciplinary reach.
People on your team will
necessarily come from science,
technology, engineering and
mathematics backgrounds,
but incorporating majors
from economics, marketing,
graphic arts and other areas
can strengthen your concepts
and may result in a better,
more livable city design
to benefit a sustainable
future America.
Under the supervision
of a college adviser,
your team will compete
against other college teams.
A team of experts from NASA
Glenn Research Center will
mentor your team as it immerses
itself in NASA-related research
in the communications,
cybersecurity, physics,
aeronautics, power systems
and much, much more.
For a complete list of
project requirements,
be sure to attend the mandatory
virtual aeronautics project
kickoff meetings.
You can also visit
us on the web.
I look forward to seeing
the cities, air vehicles,
and communications
and control systems
that your teams will create.
Thanks for being part of
the NASA team and good luck.
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