Previous Winners
2024 Winners
1st Place ($10,000)
Anant Telikicherla - University of Alberta
2nd Place ($7,500)
Alexandre Florio - Space Flight Laboratory
3rd Place ($5,000)
Edward Zhang - University of Washington
Honorable Mention ($3,000)
Carter Hyndman - Queen’s University
Honorable Mention ($3,000)
Bartlomiej Koszek - Ku Leuven University
Honorable Mention ($3,000)
Ganesh Danke, Rajiv Iyer - Northeastern University
2023 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Abigail Lee - Queen's University
2nd Place ($7,500): Alex Meredith - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3rd Place ($5,000): Kentaro Taniguchi - Waseda University; Miwa Tsurumi - Aoyama Gakuin
University; Ryusei Komatsu – The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Honorable Mention ($3,000 each): Mason Starr - Georgia Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention ($3,000): Willard Farmer - Space Flight Laboratory
Honorable Mention ($3,000): Mark Polyakov, Edward Zhang, Karen Haining - University of Washington
2022 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Atilla Saadat; University of Toronto
2nd Place ($7,500): Sobia Nadeem; McMaster University
3rd Place ($5,000): Sophia Vlahakis; Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Honorable Mention ($1,500 each): Kevin Guan, Eric van Velzen; University
of Toronto
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Dillan McDonald; Georgia Tech
Honorable
Mention ($2,500): Natalia Piotrowski; Technical University of Munich
2021 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Jason Powell; Utah State University
2nd Place ($3,750 each): Luciana Schement, Caroline Dixon; University of
Colorado Boulder
3rd Place ($5,000): Christine Page; University of Idaho
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Carlos Carrasquillo; University of
Florida
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Narottama Esser; University of Florida
Honorable Mention ($850 each): George Zhang, Aaron Flowers, Saleem Ali;
US Military Academy at West Point
2020 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Rachel Morgan; MIT
2nd Place ($3,750 each): Kyle Craft, Grant Hecht; Missouri University of
Science
3rd Place ($5,000): Philip Hampton; University of Toronto
Honorable Mention ($850 each): Madeleine Schroeder, Christopher Womack,
Amelia Gagnon; MIT
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Michael Wilson; University of Michigan
Honorable Mention ($850 each): Niklas Wendel, Tilman Hoffbauer, Louisa
Gerhard; University of Applied Sciences Aachen
2019 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Robin Aucoin, University of Toronto
2nd Place ($7,500): Aaron Aboaf, Nicholas Renninger, Lara Lufkin,
University of Colorado Boulder
3rd Place ($5,000): Alexander Reynolds, Missouri University of Science
and Technology
Honorable Mention ($3,000): Fatak Borhani, Niranjan Ravichandra,
University at Buffalo
Honorable Mention ($3,000): Sarthak Srivastava, Anant Kandala, Glenn
Gacal, Nanyang Technological University
Honorable Mention ($3,000): Noah Acosta, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2018 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Robert Magner, University of Toronto
2nd Place ($3,750): Nathan Cole, University of Toronto
2nd Place ($3,750): Starla Talbot, University of Toronto
3rd Place ($5,000): Christian Haughwout, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Jennifer Gubner, Wellesley College
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Mandar Phadnis, University of Colorado,
Boulder
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Nicholas DiGregorio, University at Buffalo
2017 Winners
1st Place ($5,000): Julian Brown, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
1st PLace ($5,000): Keaton Stubis, Johns Hopkins University
2nd Place ($7,500): Rachel Morgan, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
3rd Place ($2,000): Frank Rutherford, University of Florida
3rd Place ($2,000): Erica Jenson, University of Florida
3rd Place ($2,000): Kieran Wilson, University of Florida
Honorable Mention ($1,250): Victor Hernandez, Arizona State
University
Honorable Mention ($1,250): Aaditya Ravindran, Arizona State
University
Honorable Mention ($1,250): Bradyn Morton, Missouri University of
Science and Technology
Honorable Mention ($1,250): Shannah Withrow-Maser, Missouri University
of Science and Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Andrew Tennenbaum, The State University of
New York at Buffalo
2016 Winners
1st Place ($10.000): Kareem Omar, University of Alabama in Huntsville
2nd Place ($7,500): Seamus Lombardo, University at Buffalo
2nd Place ($7,500): Elias Solorzano, University of Toronto
3rd Place ($5,000): Jim Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Ariel Sandberg, University of Michigan
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Christine Gerbara, Georgia Institute of
Technology
2015 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Josh Newman, University of Toronto
2nd Place ($7,500): Kathleen Riesing, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
2nd Place ($7,500): Christian Fuchs, Technical University Munich
3rd Place ($5,000): Tam Nguyen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500 each): Adam Snow, Angela Den Boer, Luke
Alexander; Georgia Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500): Sanny Omar, Auburn University
2014 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Sreeja Nag, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
2nd Place ($7,500): Iverson Bell, University of Michigan
3rd Place ($5,000): John Hwang, University of Michigan
Honorable Mention ($2,500 each): Jeremy Castaing, University of
Michigan; Thomas Sears, University of Toronto; Tam Nguyen, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
2013 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): John Springmann, University of Michigan
2nd Place ($7,500): Keith LeGrand, Missouri University of Science and
Technology
3rd Place ($2,500): Levi Malott, Missouri University of Science and
Technology
3rd Place ($2,500): Pasha Palangpour, Missouri University of Science and
Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,500 each): Noam Leiter, Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology; Sreeja Nag, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sanny
Omar, Auburn University
2012 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Luke Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology
2nd Place ($3,750): Ved Chirayath, Stanford University
2nd Place ($3,750): Brian Mahlstedt, Stanford University
3rd Place ($2,500): Lauren Blum, University of Colorado
3rd Place ($2,500): Quintin Schiller, University of Colorado
Honorable Mention ($1,500 each): Philipp Reiss, Technische Universitat
Munchen; Samir Rawashdeh, University of Kentucky; Takayuki Hosonuma,
University of Tokyo
2011 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): John Springmann, University of Michigan
2nd Place ($7,500): Erik Babcock, University of Illinois
2nd Place ($7,500): Tursunjan Yasin, Utah State University
3rd Place ($5,000): Charlotte Lücking, University of Strathclyde
Honorable Mention ($1,500 each): Kevin Schillo and Christopher Valle,
University of Central Florida; Samir Rawashdeh, University of Kentucky
2010 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Ryan Pahl and Christopher Tutza, Missouri
University of Science and Technology
2nd Place ($7,500): David Gerhardt, University of Colorado, Boulder
3rd Place ($6,500): Quintin Schiller and Abhishek Mahendrakumar,
University of Colorado, Boulder
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): Nasir Adeli, Surrey Space Centre,
University of Surrey; Jeffrey Boulware, Utah State University; Erik
Stromberg, Utah State University
2009 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Marcin Pilinski, University of Colorado, Boulder
2nd Place ($7,000): Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz, Carnegie Mellon
University
2nd Place ($7,000): Bruce Davis, University of Colorado, Boulder
3rd Place ($3,000): Jeffrey Boulware, Utah State University,
Logan,Utah
Honorable Mention ($1,500 each): Mahmoud Mahmoud, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah; Justin Koeln, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2008 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Ryan Hoffmann, Utah State University
1st Place ($10,000): Daniel Kwon, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
2nd Place ($5,000): Rashied Amini, Washington University in St. Louis
3rd Place ($3,000): Takaya Inamori, University of Tokyo
Honorable Mention ($1,500 each): Marit Meyer, Washington University in
St. Louis; Tyson Smith, Utah State University
2007 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Michael Dancer, Jason Searcy – University of
Missouri – Rolla
2nd Place ($7,500): Patrick Jolley – Utah State University
3rd Place ($6,000): Erin Beck – Washington University in St.
Louis
Honorable Mention ($2,500 each): Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz –
Washington University in St. Louis; Phelps Williams – Santa Clara
University; Junichi Nishida, Yoshihiro Tsubuku – Tokyo Institute
of Technology; Scott Jensen – Utah State University
2006 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): David Bamber - University of Surrey
2nd Place ($8,000): Jeremy Neubauer - Washington University in St. Louis
3rd Place ($6,000): Andrew Strange - Taylor University
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): Joshua Zapf - Purdue School of
Engineering & Technology; Kgabo Mathapo - University of
Stellenbosch; Jared Clements, Josh George - Utah State University
2005 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Aaron Dando - Queensland University of
Technology
2nd Place ($8,500): Eric Caillibot, C. Cordell Grant, Daniel Kekez -
University of Toronto
3rd Place ($5,500): Shaun Stewart, Greg Holt - The University of Texas
at Austin
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): Dante Buckley, Thomas Cowen, James Van
Pelt II - University of Florida; Erik Henrikcon - Arizona State
University; Shazia Maqbool - University of Surrey
2004 Winners
1st Place ($10,000): Ryan Angilly - Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2nd Place ($7,500): Joel Quincieu - Utah State University
3rd Place ($5,500): Chris Rampersad - University of Toronto
3rd Place ($5,500): Robert Weyer - University of Stellenbosch
Honorable Mention ($3,000 each): Jung-Kuo Tu, Shi-Hua Wu, Chen-Chi Chu
– National Cheng Kung University;
Peter Cipollo, Brendan Surrusco - Pennsylvania State University
2003 Winners
1st Place ($9,000 - donated back to fund): Fred Kennedy - University of
Surrey
2nd Place ($7,000): Jeremy S. Neubauer - Washington University in St.
Louis
3rd Place ($5,000): Patrick Shriver - University of Colorado at
Boulder
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): John Crowley, Virgil Hutchinson, Alex
Keisner, Dave Young - Georgia Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): Kyle Doerksen, Jean-Francois Levesque,
Ignacio Mas - Stanford University
Honorable Mention ($2,000 each): E. T. Sæther, J. Otterstad, K. M.
Fauske, O. E. N. Eriksen, F. M. Indergaard, A.G. Riise, B. C. H.
Samuelsen, N. Sokolova - Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Narvik University College
Honorable Mention ($2,000): Klaus Krogsgaard - Technical University of
Denmark
Alternate ($1,500): Valerie F. Mistoco, Robert D. Siegel, Brendan S.
Surrusco, and Erika Mendoza - Pennsylvania State University
2002 Winners
1st Place ($8,000): Jake Schaffner - California Polytechnic State
University
2nd Place ($5,000): Todd Humphreys - Utah State University
3rd Place ($3,000): Vaios Lappas - University of Surrey
Honorable Mention ($1,000 each): James Wells, Luke Stras, Tiger Jeans -
University of Toronto; Kyle Ressler - Washington University in St.
Louis; Jan Hales & Martin Pedersen - Technical University of Denmark
Alternate ($500): Blake Moffitt - Utah State University
2001 Winners
1st Place ($7,000): Brian Shucker - University of Arizona
2nd Place ($5,000): Anuradha Chandrasekaran, James Gutshall - Utah State
University
3rd Place ($3,000): Eric Morrow - University of Toronto
4th Place ($2,000): Hans Carlson - Meredith Fitzpatrick - University of
Texas at Austin
Honorable Mention ($1,000 each): Elizabeth Butt - Washington University;
James Gutshall & Anu Chandrasekaran - Utah State University
2000 Winners
1st Place ($7,000): Rachel Haines - University of Birmingham (UK)
2nd Place ($5,000): David Meller - University of Washington, Kristin
Makoveck - Virginia Tech, Prapat Sripruetkiat - Utah State University
3rd Place ($3,000): John Jensen - Utah State University
4th Place ($2,000): Hans Carlson - Arizona State University, Yosuke
Nakamura - Kyushu University
Honorable Mention ($1,000 each): James Cutler, Gregory Hutchins -
Stanford University; Badri Shirgur, Derek Shannon - University of
Central Florida
1999 Winners
1st Place ($6,000): Barry Goeree, Brian Shucker - University of
Arizona
2nd Place ($5,000): Amy Slaughterbeck - Santa Clara University
3rd Place ($3,000): Derek Shannon, Chrishma Singh-Derewa, Sanjay Jayaram
- University of Central Florida
4th Place ($2,000): Joyce Wong - Arizona State University
Honorable Mention ($1,000 each): Brian Engberg, Freddy Pranajaya -
Stanford University
1998 Winners
1st Place ($6,000): Johan Carlson, Roy Gladden - Utah State
University
2nd Place ($5,000): Jeffrey Lin, Francisco Soriano, Michelle Schoenman -
San Jose State University
3rd Place ($3,000): Christopher Kitts - Stanford University
4th Place ($2,000): John O'Boyle, Pascal Stang, Nick Woods - Santa Clara
University
Honorable Mentions ($500 each): Nicholas Seet - Harvey Mudd College and
Christopher Lewicki - University of Arizona
1997 Winners
1st Place ($4,000): Shea Ferring, David Waller - Arizona State
University
2nd Place ($3,000): Ellen Riddle, Jennifer Owens - University of
Colorado at Boulder
2nd Place ($3,000): Allison Floyd - Stanford University
3rd Place ($2,000): Carlos Guadimos, Brian Menges - San Jose State
University
1996 Winners
1st Place ($4,000): Dino Milani - University of New Hampshire
2nd Place ($3,000): Rick Lu - Stanford University
3rd Place ($1,500): Ellen Riddle - University of Colorado
3rd Place ($1,500): Scott Jensen - Utah State University
Honorable Mention ($500): Christopher Kitts, Michael Swartwout -
Stanford University
1995 Winners
1st Place ($3,000): Charles Hewett - Arizona State University
2nd Place ($2,000): Alison Nordt - Stanford University
3rd Place ($1,000): Brian Engberg, Jeff Ota, Jason Suchman - Stanford
University
4th Place ($1,000): Steve Lynch, Glenn Forrest - University of New
Hampshire
1994 Winners
1st Place ($2,500): Charles Hewett - Arizona State University
2nd Place ($2,000): Lilac Muller - Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Honorable Mention: Christopher Kitts, William Kim - Stanford
University
Honorable Mention: Minghu Lu, Keshi Chen - Iowa State University
1993 Winners
1st Place ($3,000): Darby Cooper, Sean Olin - Iowa State University
2nd Place ($2,000): Brenda Paul - Brigham Young University; Robert
Jacobs, Kathryn Chevalier - Utah State University; Kathleen Blizard -
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University