MANIPAL: An unmanned aerial vehicle designed by AeroMIT, a student team from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, has won laurels from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) AeroDesign 2011 competition held at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Georgia, USA.On Tuesday, students displayed the unmanned aerial vehicle at the Innovation Centre of MIT.“Let the spirit of innovation, adventure and craving for something new take you to greater heights,” Vice- Chancellor of Manipal University Dr K Ramnarayan advised the students.Ibrahim Kaleel, a third year aeronautical student, said that the team came 13th in oral presentation and 15th in the design round out of 75 teams.The overall position was 29th after the flight rounds.The team received critical appreciation from NASA’s next-generation transport aircraft engineers for its systems engineering report and was one among the top five teams and received a Certificate of Completion from NASA Headquarters.The competition features 3 classes: Regular, Micro and Advances.The team entered the Regular Class, where the aim is to carry maximum payload.Seventy-five teams from across the globe took part.The AeroMIT team started on a high note with successful test-flights.The competition kickstarted with technical inspection and design presentation at Hilton Conference Centre, Marietta, which the team cleared with ease.The plane was evaluated by judges from US space agency NASA, aircraft manufacturers Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream and Dassault Systems.The team comprised Parth Khare (leader), Shekhar Jha, Samdarshi, Karan Bhise, Ibrahim Kaleel, Kumar Mrityunjay, Katayan Sinha and Arun Kumar.Sheikh Adil Anwar, Pratik Mukherjee and Akash Budhia looked into the management aspect.Aditya Birla Group and Anu Projects Consultants and Engineers sponsored `2.5 lakh and `1 lakh respectively.The team is working to take part in SAE AeroDesign West 2012 to be held at California from March 16-18, 2012.
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