Sayeed Khan among four from three Indian institutes
to bag NASA award
Friday October 14, 2011 10:26:52 PM,
IANS
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Chennai: Students of
three Indian education institutions, which designed and launched
their own satellites, have won a US space agency's student
competition (foreign category) challenge.
The three institutions are Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K),
Anna University of Chennai, and SRM University located near here,
according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
website.
The students won the environmentally responsible (green) aviation
college student challenge in May 2011.
According to a statement issued by SRM University here Friday, a
four-member student team -- Akshay Garg, Surya Kiran Peravalli,
Abdul Sayeed Khan and Pate Sweety Prakash -- under the guidance of
G. Mahendra Perumal, assistant professor in the Department of
Aerospace Engineering, participated in the contest.
"They developed a conceptual aircraft named SERA (SRM
Environmentally Responsible) Airliner".
The team designed an airplane for 200 passengers incorporating
efficient technologies in many aspects like fuel efficiency,
aerodynamic performance with small take-off and landing distances.
NASA's Langley Aerodynamic Research Centre, located in Virginia,
is organising a student forum during Nov 15-16 and the SRM
University team has been invited to make their presentation, the
statement said.
IIT-K and SRM University launched their small satellites -- Jugnu
and SRMSAT Wednesday -- using an Indian rocket Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
City-based Anna University became the first Indian university to
have launched a satellite Anusat in 2009.
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