- Auburn University
- Project Title: Obtaining Access to Subsurface Ice Sources (OASIS)
- Advisors: Davide Guzzetti, Ehsan Taheri, and Eldon Triggs
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- California Polytechnic State University
- Project Title: Sub-lunar Tap Yielding eXplorer & Surface Telemetry Op. and Next-gen. Excavation System (STYX&STONES)
- Advisor: Peter Schuster
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Award: Most Accurate Digital Core
- Colorado School of Mines (Did Not Complete)
- Project Title: Moon/Mars Ice New Exploratory System
- Advisors: Angel Abbud-Madrid, Mark Florida, and Deep Joshi
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: HYDRATION III: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval And Terrain Identification On New worlds
- Advisors: Jeffrey Hoffman, Olivier de Weck, Martin Culpepper, Herbert Einstein, and Michael Hecht
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Awards: First Place, Most Water Collected, Best Digital Poster
- Northeastern University
- Project Title: PARSEC: Percussive And Rotary Surveying & Extracting Carousel
- Advisors: Taskin Padir and Mark Zolotas
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Awards: Second Place, Best Technical Paper
- San Diego State University with Collins Aerospace
- Project Title: Aztec in-situ Resource Extraction System (ARES)
- Advisors: Scott Shaffar, Saeed Manshadi, and Barry Dorr
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- South Dakota State University
- Project Title: JAMMER: Jackrabbit Automated Moon to Mars Extractor and prospectoR
- Advisor: Todd Letcher
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Award: Clearest Water
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Project Title: Extraterrestrial Robotic Ice Collector
- Advisor: Eric Williams
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Texas A&M University
- Project Title: DRilling and Extraction Automated System (DREAMS)
- Advisors: Eduardo Gildin, Robert Skelton, Sam Noynaert, and George Moridis
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- University of Pittsburgh
- Project Title: Vaporizer of Underground Liquid for Consumption by Astronaut coloNists (VULCAN)
- Advisors: Matthew Barry (University of Pittsburgh) and Ismael Mercier (The Boeing Company)
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
- Awards: Most Innovative Concept, Lightest System Mass
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Project Title: Two-probe AUtomated Regolith Upheaval System (TAURUS)
- Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh
- Team Submissions: Technical Paper, Digital Poster
The 2020 On-Site Competition was cancelled due to COVID-19 and no awards were presented.
- California Polytechnic State University
- Project Title: Sub-lunar Tap Yielding eXplorer (STYX)
- Advisor: Peter Schuster
- Colorado School of Mines
- Project Title: Drilling Rig for the Exploration and Acquisition of Martian Resources (Team DREAMR)
- Advisors: Angel Abbud-Madrid, Mark Florida, and Deep Joshi
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: HYDRATION II: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval And Terrain Identification On New worlds II
- Advisors: Jeffrey Hoffman, Olivier de Weck, Martin Culpepper, Herbert Einstein, and Michael Hecht
- Northeastern University
- Project Title: Northeastern University Probing Regolith and Ice-Extracting System for Mars and Moon
- Advisor: Taskin Padir
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Project Title: Extraterrestrial Robotic Ice Collector (ERIC)
- Advisor: Eric Williams
- Texas A&M University
- Project Title: DRilling and Extraction Automated System (Dreams)
- Advisors: Eduardo Gildin, Robert Skelton, Sam Noynaert, George Moridis
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Project Title: This is Now a Drill (TINAD)
- Advisor: Subhadeep Chakraborty
- University of Southern California
- Project Title: Trojan H2O Extraction System & Evaluation of Underground Surfaces (THESEUS)
- Advisor: David Barnhart
- University of Virginia
- Project Title: Laser-based Extraction of Subterranean Lunar/Martian Ice (LESLI)
- Advisors: Mool Gupta
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Project Title: Aqua Recirculating Integrated Upheaval System (AQUARIUS)
- Advisor: Kevin Shinpuagh
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Project Title: Autonomous Prospecting and Extraction System (APES)
- Advisors: Aaron Johnson, Catherine Pavlov, and Heather Jones
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: Lightest System Mass
- Colorado School of Mines
- Project Title: Team F.I.R.E. Drill (Fluid and Ice Recovery and Evaluation Drill)
- Advisors: David Dickson and Angel Abbud-Madrid
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: HYDRATION: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval And Terrain Identification On New worlds
- Advisors: Jeffrey Hoffman, Martin Culpepper, Herbert Einstein, Michael Hecht, and George Lordos
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Awards: Honorable Mention, Best Technical Paper (TIE)
- Northeastern University
- Project Title: Northeastern University Prospecting Underground Distilling Liquid Extractor (NU-PUDLE)
- Advisor: Taskin Padir
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: Best Technical Paper (TIE)
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Project Title: DEIMOS: Drill-based Extraction of Ice-water and Martian Overburden System
- Advisor: Eric Williams
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Awards: Second Place, Clearest Water, Most Accurate Digital Core
- University of Houston
- Project Title: Planetary Ice Extractor (PIE)
- Advisor: Ralph Metcalfe
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Title: This Is Now A Drill (TINAD)
- Advisor: Subhadeep Chakraborty
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of the District of Columbia (Did Not Complete)
- Project Title: Firebird Ice Rectifier & Extractor (FIRE)
- Advisors: Sasan Haghani and Jianjun Xu
- Note: Team recused themselves from the 2019 MMIP Challenge in March 2019.
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Project Title: Overburden Layer Ice to Vapor Extracting Robot (OLIVER)
- Advisor: Erik Komendera and Kevin Shinpaugh
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: The Mountaineering Ice Drilling Automated System III (MIDAS III)
- Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn and Ilkin Bilgesu
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: First Place
- Alfred University
- Project Title: Sub-Surface Archimedes Screw (SASS)
- Advisors: Seong-Jin Lee, Wallace Leigh, and Jacob Towsley
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Project Title: Tartan Ice Drilling System (TIDS)
- Advisors: Aaron Johnson, Sanjeev Singh, and Catherine Pavlov
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Colorado School of Mines
- Project Title: Team MINERS (Martian Ice New-age Extraction and Recovery System)
- Advisors: Angel Abbud-Madrid, William Finch, Alfred William Eustes III, and Jason Porter
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval Assembly (HYDRA)
- Advisors: Jeffrey Hoffman, Martin Culpepper, Michael Hecht, and Herbert Einstein
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: Best Technical Paper (TIE)
- Northeastern University
- Title: Northeastern University Planetary Articulating Water Extraction System (NUPAWES)
- Advisors: Taskin Padir
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: First Place
- Rowan University
- Project Title: Drill-based Retractable Subterranean Extraction and Unified Separation System (DRSEUSS)
- Advisor: John Schmalzel
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Project Title: This Is Not A Drill (TINAD)
- Advisor: James Coder
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- Project Title: Virginia Tech Ice Extractor (V-TIE)
- Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Awards: Best Technical Paper (TIE), Lightest System Mass
- West Virginia University
- Title: Development of the Second Generation Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System (MIDAS II)
- Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn and Ilkin Bilgesu
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Awards: Second Place, Clearest Water
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: In-Situ Ice Chip Extractor (IS-ICE)
- Advisor: Thomas Evans
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Alfred University
- Project Title: Multi-stage Ice Drilling and Extraction Systemn (MIDaES)
- Advisor: Seong-Jin Lee
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Colorado School of Mines
- Project Title: Project: H.G. WELLS Hidden Ground – Water Extraction Low Load System
- Advisors: Angel Abbud-Madrid, Alfred William Eustes, and Hugh Miller
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: Second Place
- North Carolina State University
- Project Title: Appetite for Ice
- Advisor: Andre Mazzoleni
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Pennsylvania
- Project Title: Mars Water Horizons
- Advisor: Graham Wabiszewski
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Awards: Third Place, Best Technical Paper
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Project Title: FOLGRS
- Advisor: Brett Compton
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Texas, Austin
- Project Title: Deepspace Excavator
- Advisors: Eric van Oort, Pradeep Ashok, and Mitch Pryor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: The In-Situ Resource Extraction System
- Advisor: Thomas Evans
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System (MIDAS)
- Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn and Ilkin Bilgesu
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Award: First Place
- California State University, Long Beach
- Project Title: Gemini Rover
- Advisor: Praveen Shankar
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University at Buffalo
- Project Title: Space Bulls
- Advisor: Kevin Burke and Jennifer Zirnheld
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of California, Berkeley
- Project Title: CAL-Rover
- Advisor: George Anwar and David Auslander
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: Frigg
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Oklahoma
- Project Title: Rovie McRoverface: A Foray into Teleoperations
- Advisor: David Miller
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: Cellular Operated Land Explorer (COLE) VI
- Advisor: Mark Minor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Wyoming
- Project Title: Steamboat and Pistol Pete
- Advisor: Kevin Kilty, Ruben Gamboa, and David Whitman
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: 2016 Mountaineer Mars Rover (MMR-16)
- Advisor: Powsiri Klinkhachorn
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- California State University, Long Beach
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Praveen Shankar
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Olivier de Weck
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- San José State University
- Project Title: Project Feldspar
- Advisor: Ken Youssefi
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University at Buffalo
- Project Title: Astraeus II
- Advisor: Kevin Burke
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: Frigg Remote Exploration System
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: Cellular Operated Land Explorer (COLE) IV
- Advisor: Mark Minor and Jon Davies
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Project Title: Team Vertex
- Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: Mountaineer Mars Rover (MMR)
- Advisor: Powsiri Klinkhachorn
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of California, Berkeley
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisors: David Auslander and Jerry Kim
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Olivier de Weck
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University at Buffalo
- Project Title: Astraeus I
- Advisor: Kevin Burke
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: Persephone Remote Exploration System
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: Cellular Operated Land Explorer (COLE) mk V
- Advisor: Mark Minor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Project Title: Scorpio
- Advisor: Michael Zinn
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Project Title: Team PYREX (PlanetarY Rover EXploration)
- Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Powsiri Klinkhachorn
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Arizona State University
- Project Title: ASU RoboDevil Mk1: A Planetary Exploration Concept
- Advisor: Srikanth Saripalli
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- FAMU/FSU College of Engineering
- Project Title: Space-Hex
- Advisors: Jonathan Clark and Michael Frank
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: Team Demeter
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Project Title: Rover Hawks
- Advisor: Holly Yanco
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Project Title: ROCbot
- Advisor: Shane Farritor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: Cellular Operated Land Explorer (COLE) Mark IV
- Advisor: Mark Minor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University with Blue State College
- Project Title: Experimental Robot Design
- Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn (West Virginia University) and Felica Williams (Blue State College)
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Worcester Polytechnic University
- Project Title: WPI Micro-Rover
- Advisors: Michael Ciaraldi, Bradley Miller, Taskin Padir, Kenneth Stafford
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- California Institute of Technology
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Joel Burdick
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University at Buffalo
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Puneet Singla
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: RHEA II: Remote Harvester Earth Analogue
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Pennsylvania
- Project Title: ENVOY2: Exploration and Navigation Vehicle for geologY 2
- Advisor: Mark Yim
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Texas, Arlington
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisors: Alan Bowling and Brian Huff
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: Cellular Operated Land Explorer (COLE)
- Advisor: Mark Minor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- West Virginia University
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn and Jeremy Anfinson
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Worcester Polytechnic University
- Project Title: ORYX 2.0: A Planetary Exploration Mobility Plaform
- Advisors: Taskin Padir, Kenneth Stafford, and Brad Miller
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Arizona
- Project Title: Exploratory Space Vehicle (XSV)
- Advisors: Jeremy Fergason, Ara Arabyan, and Angel Crespo
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University at Buffalo
- Project Title: The Realization of Tele-Operated Rover for NASA RASC – AL
- Advisor: Puneet Singla
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Florida
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: N/A
- Team Submission: N/A
- University of Maryland
- Project Title: RHEA-1 Remote Harvester, Earth Analog 1
- Advisor: David Akin
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Pennsylvania
- Project Title: ENVOY: Exploration and Navigation Vehicle for geolOgY
- Advisor: Mark Yim
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Texas, Arlington
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisors: Alan Bowling and Brian Huff
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- University of Utah
- Project Title: N/A
- Advisor: Mark Minor
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
- Worcester Polytechnic University
- Project Title: Team Oryx
- Advisor: Taskin Padir and Kenneth Stafford
- Team Submission: Technical Paper
