Competitions
1. Aero-India 2019
Application of Aerospace Technologies for the Betterment of the Billion lives
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Civil Aviation are proud to announce a student competition to exhibit products/ concepts/ innovative ideas on aerospace technologies at Aero India 2019, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru during February 20-24, 2018.
In keeping with the theme of the conference / show, students from all over India are invited to present products/ concepts on the Application of Aerospace Technologies for the Betterment of the Billion lives (AABB). All the finally selected entries will be exhibited at the “Student Pavilion” at Aero India 2019. It is a great opportunity to the students for global exposure and also to win awards. Proposals can cover (a) futuristic research (b) exhibition of new emerging technologies in form of prototypes / models (c) demonstration of innovative applications / products of existing & proven technologies.
The Concept Paper submitted by Team Garuda has been been accepted & presently, the team is working on the Full Report, Executive Summary and Poster making for Aero-India 2019 whose deadline to submit is Jan 24, 2019.
2. AHS – Vertical Flight Society’s 35th International Student Design Competition
The Vertical Flight Society's annual Student Design Competition challenges students to design a vertical lift aircraft that meets specified requirements, provides a practical exercise for engineering students at colleges and universities around the world and promotes student interest in vertical flight technology.
The Student Design Competition sponsorship rotates between AgustaWestland, Airbus Helicopters, US Army Research Lab, Boeing, Bell Helicopter Textron and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Through this partnership, VFS is able to reach the best and brightest students in the world and encourage them to pursue education and careers in vertical flight.
BITS Pilani Student Team Garuda wins 'Best New Undergraduate Entry' at American Helicopter Society 35th International Student design Competition 2018. Team Garuda designed Druta, a reconfigurable VTOL for mega-city type environment having variable diameter coaxial tilt rotor and span-wise adaptive wings
This is the first time any BITSian team has participated in the competition and the only Indian team to win this competition since 2011 in the undergraduate category. The team has been awarded $500 as prize money.
3. APOGEE Innovation Challenge: APOGEE 2018
Apogee Innovation Challenge is an event conducted during Apogee, International Technical Festival of BITS Pilani. It's a kernel event of the fest where we are inviting companies of various disciplines to pose a design challenge pertaining to their interest. It provides the students of the country a stage to showcase their skills, talent and technical expertise. The Apogee Innovation Challenge is one of its kind event that allows companies to get innovative solutions to real life challenges faced by the company from students.
Teams of students, across the country, get around 1-1.5 months to solve this challenge and submit the solutions to the companies of their desired preference. The companies will decide the best 5 solutions pertaining to their requirements and those teams get a chance to present their idea in front of the company representatives during Apogee. The winners are awarded a cash prize, a summer/winter internship at their company or any goodies that the company may seem fit to felicitate them with.
Rolls-Royce is a global company providing highly-efficient integrated power and propulsion solutions. Their power systems are predominantly used in aerospace, marine, energy and off-highway applications.
Team Garuda proposed a preliminary design of a hybrid powered airliner, having passenger capacity of more than 100 which use existing gas turbine engine to generate electricity, which will be used to power the electric motors.
The design was be graded based on following parameters:
1. Use of system engineering approach in design phase: The design should include aircraft system architecture (placement of passengers, fuel and cargo), power system architecture (gas turbine, generator and electric motors)and engine-airframe integration.
2. Preliminary aircraft design calculations.
3. Case study for the aircraft size and improvement predictions.
Team Garuda bagged Runner-Up position in this challenge witnessing 50+ entries