Dr. Liceo Scientific Students Miguel Canela Lázaro, of the province of Hermanas Mirabal, is one of the winners in the prestigious International Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) International Competition Edition.
The girls won the secondary division in the Taakuitdaging category thanks to the design and construction of a 3D printing tool for collecting water samples.
“The 3D impression is fundamental to the special human exploration and #HERC. The teams need to design and build a 3D printing tool to collect liquid samples. Son ganadores son: Liceo Científico in the division of secondary schools and Trine University in the division of universities “, announced the calendar of these fours traversed by his Twitter account the program Rover Challenge of NASA.
Competence awards, which, as the past year has taken place in the virtual form of the pandemic, are being implemented in different categories, in addition to the reconnaissance provided to the General Prosecutors.
3D printing is critical for the exploration of human spaces and #HERC. Teams had to design a 3D-printed instrument to collect liquid samples. The winners are: Liceo Cientifico High School in the high school department and Trine University in the college department. pic.twitter.com/GU3ymJ2Ea5
– NASA Rover Challenge (@RoverChallenge) 16 April 2021
The Dominican team is integrated by Ashley Severino, Javier Mordan, Yerlin Duarte, Eydan Peña, Enmanuel Solano, Christopher Mercado, Guadalupe Bonilla, Darla Castillo, Melvin Núñez and Ilhen Duarte. The young girls as mentors to the professors Ender Araujo and Waldu González.
El Liceo Científico Dr. Miguel Canela Lázaro participates in the international competency from 2018. In this quarter participation is held in the first team of Dominican bachelor to win a prize.
In 2020, a team from the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (Intec) won the university division in the System Safety Challenge category.
NASA’s Rover Challenge is an annual competency for university and secondary students that focuses on research and development of new technologies for the planning of triple space missions.