Celebration
02/06/2010

The astronaut Marcos Pontes supports EESC-USP Team, in a comemorative event placed at the campus of USP São Carlos, due to the excellent results achieved by the team in the Aerodesign Brasil 2009 competition.

Globo University Program
24/11/2009

The EESC-USP Team is highlighted in the Globo University TV program!

The report, of about 20 minutes, in one of the best ever made about the AeroDesign, since it shows to the public details of the students work. It also emphasizes the sucess of the EESC-USP Team, considered "the great champion" by the program producers.

The program was exhibited in the November 21st, in the chanels Globo and Globo News, and in November 22nd in Futura. To see the video, click the image below.

aerodesign
EESC-USP wins again!

The EESC-USP team has just achieved the best result in its entire history of successful flights: 3 great prizes in the SAE Brasil AeroDesign 2009 Competition.

The Alpha team finished runner-up in the Regular Class, and the teams Mike and Charlie were champions of Micro and Open Classes.

Besides adding two more stars to its blazon, the team will take part in the 3 categories of the SAE East 2010 Competition, in the USA, where we've already won 4 times in 7 participations.

Furthermore, the EESC-USP teams have acquired 6 honorable mentions (awards) of the 18 we disputed:
Regular Class - Higher Structural Eficience (EESC-USP Alpha)
Open Class - Best Project and Most Payload Lifted (EESC-USP Charlie)
Micro Class - Best Project, Best Oral Presentation and Highest Acuracity (EESC-USP Mike)

We thank the pilot Flademir Cesarin, who since 2003 has been a great partner of the team, providing his aid with reliance and ability.

We also thank our sponsors, OPTO and Ferrametal, as well as those who have supported us : the enterprises Alltec, Politeconaço and NSK. Finally, to the Aeronautic Engineering Course, the São Carlos Engineering School (Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos), the professors and staff from the Materials, Aeronautics and Automotive Department. They were all of extreme importance for our success!

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