Thanks for all of you who attended the design conference! We saw some great presentations, and hope that the conference was as enjoyable for you as it was for us. As announced in the awards ceremony, here are this year's winners:

Best design: Lia
Best Presentation: Kosmos
Best Display: WARP Corp

1st Place Senior: Lia
2nd Place Senior: Axiom
3rd Place Senior: Green Summit

1st Place Junior: Kosmos
2nd Place Junior: Space Architects
3rd Place Junior: Pleiades

Excited about the upcoming design conference? We certainly are!

The schedule for our conference is now ready to be viewed. Click here to download the latest copy.

The Space Farming Seminar and Communications Lecture held during the Space Design Workshop have been uploaded. You can view them below:

An RFP Supplement document has been created to provide additional details on what's required in your proposal. Click here to download the document as of March 9, 2011.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) document has been updated and revised. Click here for the latest version as of February 19, 2011.

This is a full-day workshop held at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. Along with a keynote speaker from the aerospace industry, professors and industry leaders are present to assist teams with their projects. In the afternoon, teams have individual consultations with a professor to review their progress and to have any questions answered.

• Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011
• Time: 10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
• Location:
  University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
  4925 Dufferin Street
  Toronto, ON
  Map and directions
• Workshop Schedule
• Consent Agreement Form

Due to a steady flow of registrants, we've extended the registration deadline to Monday, February 7, 2011! Please make sure that you've filled out the application form and provided payment by that date. Thanks!

The Astronomy & Space Exploration Society (ASX) at the University of is pleased to announce that our 8th annual Symposium is set to take place on:

DATE & TIME: Friday, January 28, 2011, 7:00 PM
(Doors open at 6:00 PM, reception at 10 PM)

LOCATION: Convocation Hall, University of Toronto (31 King's College Circle, Toronto)

We are honoured to be featuring these world-renowned speakers:

• Prof. Alexei V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, Team Lead of KAIT at Lick Observatory
• Dr. Michel Lefebvre, University of Victoria, Deputy Team Leader of ATLAS detector at LHC
• Prof. Gilbert Holder, McGill University, Canada Research Chair in Cosmological Astrophysics

ADMISSION:
Students: FREE with ID and pre-registration: http://asx2011symposium.eventbrite.com/
General Public: $15 until Jan 6, 5pm ($20 late purchase):

Purchase online: http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=729

Purchase by phone: +1 (416) 978-8849

ABOUT: The quest to understand the universe has been an endeavour of humans for centuries. In recent years, scientific research and discoveries in the astrophysics and particle physics arena have been increasing in numbers and gaining much popularity. Recognizing this, ASX is pleased to present a line-up of prominent speakers and relevant talk topics relating to the 'unraveling of the universe'. The talks feature phenomenon relating all the way from quarks to quasars - from latest particle physics research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to Galaxy clusters and gravitational lensing, to supernovae, dark energy, and black holes.

More info: http://asx.sa.utoronto.ca/symposium/

The registration fee is $90 per contestant before December 13, 2010 and $100 afterwards, so don't forget to take advantage of this early bird special. This fee includes all transportations, admissions, meals and accommodations for all three nights during the Design Fair and Conference.

If you've filled out the registration form but have yet to pay, please refer to our Payment Page to complete the registration process before the Early Bird deadline to take advantage of this offer.