U.S. and German Teams Awarded Top Prizes in AGI Competition

EXTON, Pa., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI), producer of software applications and development kits for integrated analysis of space, defense and intelligence systems, announced the winning teams in the inaugural spring 2010 AGI University Grant Competition. AGI challenged college students to propose real-world problems and show how they would use AGI's analysis and simulation software to solve them. Applications were received from nearly 50 teams and individuals from 10 different countries.

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• First place ($1,000 grant, speaking opportunity): "ISR firefighting simulation" from the ISR Firefighting team, Purdue University, USA, led by team captain Shashank Tamaskar.
• Second place ($500 grant): "Earth gravity-assist trajectory to Mars" from Martin Loscher, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
• Honorable mentions:
  • "Jovian gravity-assist trajectory design" from Cynthia Chodkiewiez, EcoLe d'Ingenierie des Sciences Aerospatiales, France.
  • "Archaeoastronomy effort to analyze ancient monuments' astronomical alignments" from Jason Cordova, the Metropolitan State College of Denver, USA.
  • "Low-cost transfer trajectories to the Moon" from Erwin Dekens, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

"This competition gave students creative license to propose a problem that interests them and see it through from conception to execution. They then gained the experience of professionally presenting the full application," said Dan Kane, AGI strategic marketing manager. "In turn, we at AGI were particularly impressed by the original ideas and applications proposed, such as using STK for firefighting and archeological digs."

For more information on the winning entries go to agi.com/edugrant or e-mail [email protected].

About AGI

Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) develops physics-based software that computes and depicts the relationships among moving objects over time. Space, defense and intelligence analysts use it to design, model and operate Earth- and space-based systems. The software can be purchased as ready-to-use applications or software development kits with flexible pricing and licensing options. For more information visit agi.com.

SOURCE Analytical Graphics, Inc.

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