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IGLUNA 2020 space initiative
Success for Strathclyde Engineering Students
A team of Strathclyde Engineering students are celebrating their recent success as a winning team in the IGLUNA 2020 space initiative. IGLUNA 2020 aims to pioneer the development of remote controlled technologies to sustain life in a space habitat by offering an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative platform for demonstration of space technologies. The project is open to European students and co-ordinated by the European Space Agency and the Swiss Space Center.
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s PowerHab team (of 6 MAE students and 1 EEE student) was the only UK team participating in the project. During the virtual field campaign (10-19 July 2020), the PowerHab team presented their conceptual designs for the development of suitable methods for the generation, storage and distribution of power to a Lunar Base at the Moon's South Pole. The quality and innovation of their work impressed judges, leading PowerHab to be selected as one of the top three winning teams! Their reward was to share their projects in detail to Jan Wörner (Director General of the European Space Agency) and Johann R. (Swiss Space Office).
The team has been coached and supported by several MAE academics, including Professor Massimiliano Vasile, Dr Andrew Wilson and Mr Gianluca Filippi. Dr Wilson commented that “This great (and very well deserved) achievement is testimony to their tremendous work over the past year in extremely challenging circumstances.”