SEAS EXEMPLARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2018

UDC Steel Bridge Team from ASCE Student Chapter selected to compete in the National Steel Bridge Competition:

UDC School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Steel Bridge Team placed second position in the Regional ASCE Virginia Conference and participated in the National Steel Bridge Competition. The UDC team successfully reached the national competition after only three tries.    

NASA and Partner Announce Finalists in the 2019 Mars Ice Challenge (December, 04, 2018): 

NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) selected 10 university teams to participate in NASA’s 2019 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge. The finalists will design, build and test prototype systems capable of extracting water from ice deposits buried beneath simulated lunar or Martian soil. University of the District of Columbia, School of Engineering and Applied Science Team will design Firebird Ice Rectifier and Extractor (FIRE) along with other universities including Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Boston, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Houston, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and West Virginia University.