Category: Competitions

Astro-Huskies Take to the Moon in NASA Lunabotics Challenge

The MTU Astro-Huskies team poses in front of a NASA logo statue with their fourth place award at the Kennedy Space Center. The team is wearing gray Astro-Huskies polos and blue jeans.
10 members of MTU’s Astro-Huskies traveled to Florida to compete in the 2025 NASA Lunabotics Challenge, including Asher Zeyl, Connor Eddy, Joshua Prall-Stankewitz, Kade Nielsen, Katherine Rauscher, Ben Christians, John Dagg, Braeden Moore, Drew Knutson, Tanner McLean and faculty advisor Paul van Susante. (Photo courtesy of Astro-Huskies)

Michigan Tech students have a long history of shooting for the moon—and some Huskies get very close. This May, Multiplanetary INovation Enterprise’s (MINE) Astro-Huskies team placed fourth in the 16th annual NASA Lunabotics Challenge. Developed to highlight NASA’s systems engineering principles, the annual challenge tasks student organizations from universities around the country to design, build, and test a prototype off-world construction robot. 

Student groups spend a full academic year working on their prototype while meeting technical milestones and submitting materials to NASA ahead of the qualifying rounds at the University of Central Florida. The top ten teams from qualifying rounds go on to compete in the finals at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Design Expo Seeks Judges for 25th Anniversary

Overhead photograph of the atrium in the Van Pelt Opie Library with student project presentation on display
Design Expo is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Be a part of the historic event and become a judge!

Since it began in 2000, Michigan Tech’s Design Expo has been a nexus of student innovation and industry collaboration. This year’s event marks the 25th anniversary of more than 1,000 Enterprise and Senior Design students showcasing their designs and demonstrating their real-world problem-solving skills to the community, industry partners, and Michigan Tech faculty and staff. The Enterprise Program is looking for individuals to volunteer as distinguished Design Expo judges.