For the fourth consecutive year, the Career and Technical Education pre-engineering students have been selected as one of 60 winning teams in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest administered by Future Engineers.
Students were challenged to develop a science or technology experiment idea for this year’s NASA TechRise flight vehicle: the high-altitude balloon. Prior to planning their experiment, they learned about high-altitude balloons, the conditions in the Earth’s atmosphere and the types of data that can be collected between 70,000-90,000 feet.
Sewanhaka’s team then brainstormed experiment ideas, planned the design and submitted a proposal for judging. Their project is titled, “C.R.A.T.E.R.S. (Cosmic Radiation Across Two Energy Resistant Substances).”
Each winning team receives $1,500 to build their experiment, a flight box in which to build their experiment, and an assigned spot for the winning experiment on a NASA-sponsored high-altitude balloon flight. The winning teams will also have access to technical support and office hours with Future Engineers experts during the experiment build period.