Mars City Design challenge 2017
Call for projects organizer
Mars City Design, LLC is a crowd sourced urban design and innovation platform where the blueprint of sustainable cities are created for our life on Mars.
Description
Mars City Design was born from the vision of Vera Mulyani, who always dreamt of becoming an architect of Mars. Founded in Silicon Beach in Los Angeles, California, Mars City Design has become the action step to realizing not just the exploration of Mars, but making Mars a second home for humans.
Mulyani explains, “It is not enough to just travel to Mars and survive, now we must develop a way in which we can sustainably live and love on Mars. It is essential that we call on a new generation of thinkers and innovators to make this a reality.”
Mars City Design's world renowned team of cross disciplinary experts are here to assist the winning teams to fully develop, finalize and visualize their design projects for sustainable cities solutions on Mars.Jury
ROB MANNING
Rob Manning is a Chief Engineer of Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) and former MSL Chief Engineer at NASA/JPL. He has been responsible in the success of NASA’s Mars missions and deeply involved in the technical design of nearly every US Mars mission that has occurred during the Mars Renaissance of the past 20 years! Mr. Manning has been working space missions at JPL since early 1980s, right out of Caltech. After a decade or so building spacecraft avionics and software, Mr. Manning transitioned to guidance and control and systems design of interplanetary missions. Mr. Manning became Chief Engineer for Mars Pathfinder in the early 1990s. Mr. Manning then volunteered to lead Pathfinder’s Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) team. He found passion in solving the Mars EDL problem and in Mars exploration, finding the joy in working with so many disciplines and human talent.
Rob Manning is a Chief Engineer of Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) and former MSL Chief Engineer at NASA/JPL. He has been responsible in the success of NASA’s Mars missions and deeply involved in the technical design of nearly every US Mars mission that has occurred during the Mars Renaissance of the past 20 years! Mr. Manning has been working space missions at JPL since early 1980s, right out of Caltech. After a decade or so building spacecraft avionics and software, Mr. Manning transitioned to guidance and control and systems design of interplanetary missions. Mr. Manning became Chief Engineer for Mars Pathfinder in the early 1990s. Mr. Manning then volunteered to lead Pathfinder’s Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) team. He found passion in solving the Mars EDL problem and in Mars exploration, finding the joy in working with so many disciplines and human talent.
PIERRE-PHILIPPE MATHIEU
Pierre-Philippe Mathieu is Earth Observation Data Scientist at the European Space Agency in ESRIN (Frascati, Italy). He spent 20+ years working in the field of environmental and ocean modelling, weather risk management and remote sensing. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and M.Sc from University of Liege (Belgium), a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Louvain (Belgium), and a Management degree from the University of Reading Business School (United Kingdom).
Pierre-Philippe Mathieu is Earth Observation Data Scientist at the European Space Agency in ESRIN (Frascati, Italy). He spent 20+ years working in the field of environmental and ocean modelling, weather risk management and remote sensing. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and M.Sc from University of Liege (Belgium), a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Louvain (Belgium), and a Management degree from the University of Reading Business School (United Kingdom).
STEVEN MADGE
Steven Madge is an entrepreneurial technology innovator, a futurist and business development executive, expert in the new disruptive digital age, commonly called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Steven is experienced in contributing to the High Tech, Automotive, IoT, and Future Retail industries to speed their product ideas to market. Focusing on the global Mega Trends including advanced mobility, Smart Cities and the new Experience Economy, by utilizing advanced scientific technologies to radically transform the way we do business in the future.
Steven Madge is an entrepreneurial technology innovator, a futurist and business development executive, expert in the new disruptive digital age, commonly called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Steven is experienced in contributing to the High Tech, Automotive, IoT, and Future Retail industries to speed their product ideas to market. Focusing on the global Mega Trends including advanced mobility, Smart Cities and the new Experience Economy, by utilizing advanced scientific technologies to radically transform the way we do business in the future.
Rewards
MARS CITY DESIGN AWARD 2017
$20 000USD 1,000 CASH for the 1st Winners, for each Transportation and Human Friends’ (Robotics) Category, Exposure to Dassault Systemes Global Gala Event 2018, FREE CATIA Training Class, Chance of Recruitment, Prototype Realization
Timeline
America/New_York
Submission
1-2 Day TEAM WORKSHOP to Submit 1st Stage (At USC, MIT and Skype, register before December 30th, 2016 at info@marscitydesign.com)
Submission ends
DEADLINE 1st Stage
Jury starts
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
Jury ends
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
Event starts
DEVELOPMENT Stage
Event ends
DEVELOPMENT Stage
Submission ends
DEADLINE 2nd Stage
Jury starts
Mars City Design Team selects Finalists
Results
Mars City Design Executive Fundraising Dinner with Digital Hollywood at Skirball Cultural Center. EXHIBITION 2016. Selected FINALISTS 2017 Announcement.
Jury ends
Mars City Design Team selects Finalists
Ceremony
GALA AWARD CEREMONY with Digital Hollywood at Skirball Cultural Center. NEW LAUNCH of MARS CITY DESIGN 2018 . Appointed Jury Team Select & Announce 3 Winners. PUBLIC VOTE FOR THE FAVORITE DESIGN. Exhibition of Finalists 2017
Publications & Exhibitions
Mars City Design at TEDx LA
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