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2022 Spaceport America Cup

Competing Teams, Presentation List, and Scores
(see below for winning teams)

2022 Team List
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2022 Presentation Schedule​
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2022 Podium Sessions.pdf
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2022 Final Scores
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Full Res Group Photos
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Official ESRA Videos

2022 IREC: Video Challenge and SDL Payload Challenge Winners


2022 Spaceport America Cup Winner
Team 133 – The University of Sydney

Runner Up: ​Team 14 – Case Western Reserve University


ESRA Technical Awards

Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence

Winner: Team 89 - University of Akron, OH
Runner Up: Team 139 - University of Waterloo, Canada

Dr. Gil Moore Award for Innovation

Winner: Team 119 - University of Michigan – Dearborn, MI
Runners Up: Team 34  - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
                       Team 18 - Cornell University, NY
                       Team 57  - University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Charles Hoult Award for Modeling & Simulation

Winner: Team 26 - The University of Melbourne, Australia
Runner Up: Team 55 - Monash University, Australia

James Barrowman Award for Flight Dynamics

Winner: Team 7 – Boston University
Runner Up: Team 8 – Brigham Young University

​ESRA Team conduct awards

Team Sportsmanship Award

Nancy Squires Team Spirit Award

Winner: Team 81 - Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
Runner Up: Team 8 - Brigham Young University, UT
Winner: Team 125 - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Runner Up: Team 60 - The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition Category Place Awards

COTS = Commercial Off the shelf
SRAD = Student Researched and Developed

10K COTS

1st Place: Team 14 – Case Western Reserve University
2nd Place: Team 137 – The Citadel​

30K COTS

1st Place: Team 133 – The University of Sydney
2nd Place: Team 60 – Norwegian University of
Science and Technology​

10K SRAD Solid Motor

1st Place: Team 65 – Kent State University
2nd Place: Team 41 – Iowa State University of
Science and Technology​

30K SRAD Solid Motor

1st Place: Team 148 – West Virginia University
2nd Place: Team 64 – Oregon State University​

10K SRAD Hybrid/Liquid

1st Place: Team 67 – Polytechnique Montreal
2nd Place: Team 149 – Wroclaw University of
Science and Technology
​2nd Place: Team 49 – McGill University
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30K SRAD Hybrid/Liquid

1st Place: Team 134 – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2nd Place: Team 27 – ETH Zurich

Payload Challenge, sponsored by Space Dynamics Laboratory

1st Place ($1000) ​

Team 133 - The University of Sydney, Australia

2nd Place ($750)

Team 148 - West Virginia University, WV

3rd Place ($500)

Team 42 - The University of Queensland, Australia

Honorable Mentions

Team 35 - George Washington University, DC
Team 27 - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich
Team 139 - University of Waterloo, Canada

Video Challenge Winner

*Video links coming soon*
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​Team Video 1st Place
27 - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich​

Team Video 2nd Place
Team 60 - Norwegian University of Science and Technology 

Top 2 Launch Footage
(GoPro will release footage in October for remaining spot)
Team 90 - University of British Columbia
TBD

Best 360 Footage
Team 83 - Rutgers University
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