Big Idea Challenge
Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering entry
The Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge is an initiative supporting NASA’s Game Changing Development Program (GCD) efforts to rapidly mature innovative/high impact capabilities and technologies for infusion in a broad array of future NASA missions.
The BIG Idea Challenge also offers real world experience for university students in the development of the systems needed to support NASA’s exploration goals. For this reason, the Space Grant Consortium is supporting this year’s challenge. In FY20, Space Grant is leveraging funds to help develop the next line of a STEM-trained workforce with skills and experience aligned directly with STMD technology focus areas and capability needs. More on the BIG Idea Challenge website
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth's entry in NASA's BIG Idea Challenge. SHREW: Strategic Highly-compliant Roving Explorers of other Worlds, a lightweight, modular, extremely mobile and maneuverable remote vehicle.