The team recently traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to attend the 14th ASCE International Conference on Engineering, Science,Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments.

Plenary talks were given by Astronaut Dr. Don Pettit and Gregg Maryniak (Google X Prize and Singularity University). Technical presentations were given by lead engineers and designers in the field- including NASA’s SWAMPworks team working on space settlement and space mining. Anthony and Stella plan to incorporate what they learned at the conference into their senior design project and lead underclassman in continuing interdisciplinary projects in this exciting field of civil engineering.

Anthony (front right) and Stella (2nd, front left) standing next to Astronaut Dr. Don Pettit (2nd, front right) after his presentation on “Techno-Stories from Space.”