Winners of the 2018 RASC-AL Special Edition:
Mars Ice Challenge
1st

Northeastern 2018 MICNortheastern University
Title: Northeastern University Planetary Articulating Water Extraction System (NUPAWES)
Faculty Advisors: Taskin Padir

2nd; Clearest Water

WVU 2018 MICWest Virginia University
Development of the Second Generation Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System (MIDAS II)
Faculty Advisors: Powsiri Klinkhachorn and Ilkin Bilgesu

Best Technical Paper (TIE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High Yield Dihydrogen-monoxide Retrieval Assembly (HYDRA)
Advisors: Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Martin L. Culpepper, Michael Hecht, Herbert H. Einstein

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Virginia Tech Ice Extractor (V-TIE)
Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh


Lightest System Mass

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Virginia Tech Ice Extractor (V-TIE)
Advisor: Kevin Shinpaugh