National \, ¢ - Students’ Space Challenge Sth to 7th October, 2018 A “Where Curiosity meets Opportunity”ut NSSC Since the ofgin of time, expering he universe has always been one ccivty that humankind hor remained enchanied with, Advancing in ths drecton, Space Technology Studens' Socely IT Kharagpur presents lo you India’s fst and forges! space lecmnalogy fest National Students’ Space Challenge. tiated in 2011, National Students! Space Chalengeisthe premier space science and technology festival of india, encouraging Ihe shudent commurly to siowcose thor metic in The vatlous tel of space science ond Technology. {nthe National Studenis’ Space Challenge, sliden's of any uriversty and cscipline can participate. I consists of several sels of brainstorming compotions which Cchallnge the student's enginesting ond innovation sls. Participants ge to learn ‘rough application ia various edvanced worshopsin the ld ot space sclence and fechnology. Ailend Guos'leciures by eminent professor, sont ond estronomers fom deemed insittions actos he globe. Enjoy the exhibition by various insittions Inthe Bet of science ond technology. the fur-packed three days wih mary onspat fun activiiesin te 2200-acre campus fit Kharagpur The previous seven eations mark a grand successin achieving our goo! of spreading ‘warenees on space sclonca ond technology through generating curiosity in the Student community. Over the years, participation has increased exponential from ‘565 in 2011 to 1928 in 2016 and 2197 n 2017,NSSC'18: Where Curiosity meets Opportunity The upcoming ection the’ eight edlion Is dedicated to Mars exploration as Mars provides an idea! landscape fer understanding the say history at the sole system fond how small plonets ransom over iene. Over the years, we have gone trom “Folow the water’ to “Explore Habitat" fo "Seek Signs o Life his endeavour ako serv to inspire the next generation of explores and dramaticaly expand human knowledge. ‘And 08 0 wise man once sod. "Nothing is more fatal o the progress ofthe human find than fo presume that out views of science are ulimate, that ou tiumphs ore Complete, tha! Inere xe no mrtotes in nate, and hat nero are no new world 10 cconaver “We are space Technology Students! Society. a group of space enthusiosts who work inthe field of astronomy and space technology. We are dedicated fo spreading ‘awareness on space technology across the nation. We work under the Kalpana ‘Chawla Space Technology Cet IT Kharagpur which fhe contact point of $80 and I Kherogpur. We hold mony activities fo foster the interest of the nation’s student ‘community in space science and technology. These actives include the Space Technology Awareness Camp, National Students’ Space Challenge. We also hold ‘various in-campu actviis forthe student community of IT Kharagpur which incude ‘sky gazing sessions, quest lecttes, space quizzes, Moonwak (Btsemester official newsletter. tc. Techno Students’ Society~~ i Notional students’ Space Challenge 2018 Best Contingent Trophy Presenting Asia's ‘largest space-science and technology festival, National Students’ Space Challenge 2018 a baile among young enthusiasts to prove thelr mettie at the vanguard of technical ‘competion. I's where the stage is set for the spotlight. Here is a chance fo be champions, a.chance to spark up things and win that victory fille. Break loose! Crown your institute with shining piece of metal to skyrocket the name ‘and fame of your college. The most consistent squad will be awarded ‘he prestigious NSSC'18 Best Contingent Trophy._ a Compton sone an basthone NSEC by in mst of sreadg c- Savon ancs Gra ocho. =i oft LM sth rat von BI ste ota ot ne Halon sent Soce Cotenoe. abesed to bmg ne moun pericpoten ot test he y Candidate's corodyrame rocket deagaing wl long with he latest action ot op. G plcoton proce payment meer Prize money: INR 20.000, ut of Hoverped + Hoverpod: Bul a manually contoled, wireless, hovercraft that can move rough a predefined path, The path would const of varied fenain, having potholes, water and other Kins ®t grounds os spectied in the erena below. The poricioan cis fo rack up the max ‘mum points fo win the task, Prize money: INR 20,000,= ‘his brcinstorming event requires students to engineer a fully autonomous line follower which determines its course based on coloured checkpoints ‘and frequency sources placed at different stations within the arena. Prize money: NR 30,000 The Braitenberg Challenge: {san Arduino based Extempore Hardware Programming even! in which the parlcipants wil be provided wih smaliraboticplaerm which they nave to rogram according to the problem statement which will be revealed to them just before the event starts. Prize monoy: INR 16,000 Voyager: {A troveller robo! which trails through rugged terrains, sandy sols, mud pools, ‘ater tubs carrying building blocks for constructing o stockpile Prize money: INK 28,000, ‘Aclequor ‘The Braitenberg Challenge Voyegerixelation : ‘An autonomous labyrinthine which uses a combination of image processing ‘and path planning algorithms to averse through a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages using overhead-comera teed. Prize money: INR-25,000, Paper presentation: This is whore NSSC 2018 gives you on opportunity fo express your ideas, views, opinions and solutions fo various space-related issues. Topics range {rom ihe problems of outer space with the potential fo save the humanity 10 the development of fulure space technology ideologies. Prize money: INR 16,000 Case Study: Case Study is an attempt to kindle the fire for space study in the student by aiving them the opportunity to aive presentations in major space scione and technological events and missions. the team with the best presentation and research skis wins, Prize money: INR 18,000, E »)) Pixelation —=_ oO seeitet proper rresentotion 3 Cate study. sojudex: IIs India's most significant space innovation challenge and exhibition, where teams have 10 apply thelr science and engineering skis to come up ‘with an innovative model and product Prize money: INR-25.000 Amateur Astrophotography: ‘A very prominent event hosled on Facebook inspired by Astronomy Pictures of the Day (A.?.0.0,) of NASA. This event Is open for amateur photographers from all aver the country who love fo capture the elegance of the night sky. Winning photos will aso be cisplayed in an exhibition in NSSC "18. Prize money: INR 10,000, Design Pattcipation of those who are masters in the CAD ski. Prize money: INR 10,000, itt ® ‘Amateur ‘Astrophotography Designeercience of Paper Folding Exploring © contemporary branch of mathematics that is 05 tangible and physical using only @ sheet of paper and just straight folds which inspired [rf humerous space-lechnology inventions ENG eeetoay q Space Quiz Quizzes not only increase the patlcipation of space enthusiasts by giving them 6 challenging atmosphere bu! also helps fo inculcate interest of other Spaced peopl in the field of space and astronomy. This idea paved the way for our first session which was held during NSSC "14 Prize money: INR 10,000, T-shirt Designing ‘Your designing skills may be fantastic, but to get a chance to participate in Taal Detoued, an online T-shit design competion of @ Nalionalievel space-tech fest it Something that you dont gel 10.406 every day. Grab on opporiunly 10 Gdsplay yout fantastic design sili hs online shirt design competion Prize money: INR 10,000,EVENTS Magneteer Magnetee: Was manual event of NSSC 2017 in which the bot was supposed to differentiate between magnetic and non-magnetic biocks of aifferent shapes and separate them info diferent boxes. Being @ manual event, it attracted lots of robotics enthusiasts, Firoceous This outonomous even! brainstormed the mind of oll the participants to engineer @ bot which can multitask. Detection of heat, traversing a path ‘and splashing water to blow away candles indeed was @ challenge! it tested the bes! of the sls of the participating teams Lift off This was one of the most interesting event that took place in NSSC 2017. ‘wos @ water rocketry challenge. designed fo test the best aerodynami minds amongst the students of India. Ths trademark event of NSSC received @ participation of morethan 130 students.Braitenberg-Challenge This event was the ultimate coding event of NSSC 2017. Making bots work by coding onspot was an adventerous challenge and gained alot of participations Colonizer It was @ none of « kind image processing event in which one has to tind the shortest route in terms of distance for visting every coloured planet exacily once. Video feed of the orena will be provided through an over head camera, Hoverpod This manual event involved @ very interesting task of making @ hover-pod that traversed on land as well os water with equal fli, Designeer This was an over night event where parlicipants had to give an optimized CAD design of the given problem statement thal wos released jus! before Ihe event, they had fo submit @ design report on their CAD fo validate their esion. “A Studex: ‘Aimed 0! promoting interes in Science and Technology among the younger ‘generation. ll provides exploratory experiences, encouraging creotive ‘thinking and supporting psychomotor sks among school students through sell-designed models or simple opporatus. It stimulates problem-solving ‘epproach for develobing appropriate technologies. especially for rural ‘ores ond integrating and applying scientific ideas in daly ie situations i is @ huge platform tor popularsing Science and technology among masses ‘and creating awareness regarding its impact on the socio-economic and sustainable development of the countryWORKSHOPS Gravitational Waves With LIGO's fst detection of gravitational waves in 2015, we leaned thot everything, including Earth and our whole bodies, Is being worped all the time, This session provided @ deep insight into wrinkles in space-time and hands-on experience of analysing raw signal of gravitational waves as interpreted in the LIGO observatory Waterbotix ‘A robotics workshop, where students designed & developed a remote-controlled ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle} and learnt « lot about tackling the problems of monoeuviing underwater, waterproofing, properties of water as a medium, etc. igh Altitude Ballooning ‘This workshop gave a deep insight info big latex balloons that ore capable of corrying @ bunch of abjects to near space. Also, necessary framework for designing payloads and launching them to ascend through Earth's ‘atmosphere,This workshop helped sludents to construct a remote-controled model ‘eroplane okin fo that of @ bitd, From the basics of aerodynamics to the monoeuvring of light, everything was meticulously covered. This workshop was most sought alter In NSSC'I7. Exhibition ISRO SAC exhibition NSSC'I7 hosted Vikram Sorabhal Space Exhibition by ISRO Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad who has dedicated its efforts to bring the eneliis of space technology by developing ond deploying sotelite communications and earth observations systems which can enable and ossis! envionment.tiendly and socially equiteble development. Thi exhibition showcased prototypes of vatious Indian satolites, launching systems ond detailed presentations of multiple missions af “india in space"Astro-photography exhibition Exhibiting specitic type of photography forrecoraing photos of astronomical objects, celestial events, and lorge areas of the night sky, 100 bes! entries of cesthetically pleasing images from the participants of Astrophotography compatilion wore presented, Which consist of various nebulas, galaxy and stor trails VR and Drones ‘A spectacular show of manuclly controlled, autonomous and gesture Controlled elecii¢ remotely operated navigation equipment. more commonly known at @ dione capable of mapping the wold in stunning dotall was presented. ‘ine exhibition algo included @ fun ride of an avtonomously powered personal levitator. overboard and an experiencing A bellevable, interactive 30 compuler-created world that you can explore so you feel You ore there, both mentally and physically using high-performance computers fond sensory equipment, lke headsets and gloves. NGuest Lecture The sheer volume of knowledge and ideas that ore spread through these talks is immense ond unimaginable. the plattorm provides the opportunity of interacting with eminent personalities and share thoughts and interest. The previous edition of NSSC encountered various dignitaries trom deemed institutions across the globe namely. Dr AS Kiran Kumar, on Indian space scientis! and choitman of the Indian space Research Organisation, Dr Sandip Chakrabatl, Jooding Indian Asliophysicist ond senior Professor & Head of Department of Astophysics and Cosmology at S.N. Bose National Contto for Bosie Sciences, Daniel Eisenstein, an American cosmologist and academic. now serving os Chait of the Notional Science Foundation Aslronomy Portfolio Review committee Suchitta Sebastian is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in condensed matter physics at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. ~~PREVIOUS PARTNERSead of Public Relations Hima Swetha Tanishq Garg +918985240458 +917477858668 hima@nsse.in fanishqgarg@nssc.in Visit us at CONTACTS nsse.in EE t&.comynsse.ity instagram.com/spatsiitkap — (B)_youtube.com/spatsiitkap mail us: info@nsse.in WZ iwitter.com/spats_itkap Ok OSs google+/spacetech4uGALLERY