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2009 Awards AIAA Southeastern Region Team Competition: 3rd Place in the Team Division The team presented its project, in an 11-page technical paper and with a 20-minute slideshow presentation in Huntsville Alabama at the 2009 AIAA Region 2 Conference. The team placed 3rd in its division for its performance and work. The Paper and Presentation from that conference can be viewed Here. 2008 Awards AIAA Southeastern Regional Team Competition: 2nd Place in the Team Division The team made a presentation on its project, entitled "Rocket-Launched UAV" at the southeastern regional AIAA conference, in the Team Division. The team won 2nd place in its division, and was awarded a plaque and a cash prize. 2007-2008 NASA USLI Competition: Closest to Altitude In the 2008 competition launch, the 10"-diameter, 14'-tall rocket flew to an altitude of 5,264'. Part of the competition is to fly as nearly as possible to exactly one mile high. Confirmed by four independent altimeters, the Vanderbilt USLI team's rocket achieved the desired altitude more precisely than any other team. Tennessee AIAA Special Award and Individual Honors Following its outstanding performance in both the USLI competition and the AIAA regional conference, each member of the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club was presented with a personalized plaque praising "outstanding teamwork in achieving an ambitious goal" at a special awards ceremony at the UTSI. Tennessee AIAA Faculty Booster Award Dr. A.V. Anilkumar, the faculty advisor for the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club, was awarded the 2008 Faculty Booster Award by the Tennessee Chapter of the AIAA for his work in cultivating and guiding the team. 2007 Awards 2006-2007 NASA USLI Competition: 3rd Place Overall In its first year of existence, the Vanderbilt USLI team, flying a 2.6" Public Missiles Quasar rocket equipped with a R-DAS electronics package and two thermocouples - one measuring static temperature, and one measuring stagnation temperature - won 3rd place at the NASA USLI competition. In The News Vanderbilt Register 3/19/2007: Having A Blast  Engineering Vanderbilt, Fall 2007: One Giant Leap  VUME News, Spring 2008: Vanderbilt Wins USLI Closest to Altitude  VUSE News, Spring 2008: Vandy Aerospace Club Gets Big Lift from Launch Win  Engineering Vanderbilt, Fall 2008: Great Altitude - Aerospace Club Takes Off  VUME News, Fall 2008: Vanderbilt Aerospace Club Receives Top Honors from Tennessee AIAA  Inside Vandy, 10/29/2008: Great Altitude - Aerospace Club Takes Off  VUSE News, February 23rd, 2009. Aerospace Club Among 20 Teams Picked By NASA...  |