The AIAA Foundation Announces the Winners of Its 2013 - 2014 Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition Written 24 September 2014

September 24, 2014 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation has announced the winners of its 2013 – 2014 Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition.

. The 2013 – 2014 competition required teams to design an advanced, turbo-prop powered passenger aircraft.

The winners are:

• First place: “Team University of Kansas,” Lawrence, Kansas (Kan.), for their design “Jayhawk Economic Turboprop Transport (J.E.T.T).”Team members: Brandon Basgall, Katie Constant, Alejandra Escalera, Eleazar Lachino, Adrian Lee and Emily Thompson. Ron Barrett, faculty adviser.


• Second place: “Team Efficient Regional Aircraft,” California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly State Univ.), San Luis Obispo, California (Calif.), for their design “The Aeolus.” Team members: May Chauvin, Michael Duffield, Michael Labdon, Cameron Law, Juan Lazarin, Kyle Rom and Connor Sousa. Nicholas Brake and Bruce Wright, faculty advisers.


• Third place (tie): “Team University of Kansas,” Lawrence, Kan., for their design “Dragonfly.” Team members: Ryan Evans, Luiz Toledo, Nathan Smith, Ryan Su and Yinglong Xu. Ron Barrett, faculty adviser.


• Third Place (tie): “Team Eta Aviation,” Cal Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo, Calif., for their design “Aria.”Team members: Victor Hernandez, William Hilgenberg, Doug Howe, David Kuratomi, Tyler Swope and Robert Weinberg. Nicholas Brake and Bruce Wright, faculty advisers.