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Aerospace Jam
Aerospace Jam
About the Program
The Aerospace Jam is a competition for high school teams across the state to use drones on a NASA Artemis-inspired simulated moon mission. The program is co-sponsored by the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and the Milwaukee Bucks. Our goal is to recruit students from diverse backgrounds and cultivate a welcoming and inclusive event that will foster meaningful interactions among teammates and teams.
Registration and Commitment to Participate Application
Aerospace Jam registration is open today and the event is open to public and private high schools in Wisconsin. High Schools that are interested in participating in the competition will need to register using the “Register for Aerospace Jam” submittal form located on this web page. The “Commitment to Participate Application” will be due on August 2, 2021. Teams need to have a committed faculty leader, 5-8 students, and approximately 2 hours per week to commit to the program.
Teams will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Challenge
In September, teams will be provided with a drone and sensor kit to design and build a data-acquiring platform for a “landing” on the South Pole of the Moon. Monthly meetings and technical support will be provided throughout the fall and early spring semesters. In spring 2022, teams will compete in a day-long event at the Milwaukee Bucks’ Fiserv Forum. All team members will be provided free tickets to the Bucks game later that same day. Parents will be able to purchase tickets to attend the game with their students participating in the program.
Specific team challenges may include:
- specific drone maneuverability tasks
- sensing and locating objects within the flight area
- measuring objects within the flight area
- mission planning
- communicating team progress and goals to public via social media
- providing technical support to other teams
Goals
The goal of the sUAV Challenge it to demonstrate the utility of drones for data acquisition and maneuverability, particularly those applications that use lightweight sensors to measure specific properties and objects within a flight area. Student teams will be scored on a series of challenges within a complete set course with different levels of difficulty and within a specified timeframe.
Calendar/Schedule
August 2, 2021
Commitment to participate application due from final set of teams
Waitlisted teams notified about their participation
September, 2021
Teams receive their drone and sensor kit
Start of regular monthly meetings and training sessions
Program #1 - Introduction to the program, overview of competition, starting point for teams and training, basic drone flight, where to get help
October, 2021
Program #2 - Guest presentation from aerospace professional, focus on arduino programming, first sensor code
November, 2021
Program #3 - Guest presentation from aerospace professional, focus on arduino wireless communication
December, 2021
Program #4 - Guest presentation from aerospace professional, focus on mission planning and communication
January, 2022
Program #5 - Guest presentation from aerospace professional, focus on debugging and platform robustness
Start of team “check-ins” – scheduled individually with each team
February, 2022
Program #6 - Preparations for competition day; additional details about rules and scoring
Continue with team check-ins
March, 2022
Likely month of the competition
Continue with team check-ins and support
April, 2022
Follow-up with teams on competition outcomes
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