{"id":51172,"date":"2018-10-24T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=51172"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:45:49","slug":"carleton-hosts-nasa-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/carleton-hosts-nasa-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Hosts NASA Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Hosts NASA Hackathon\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Forty-six Ottawa competitors took one big step for hack-kind at NASA\u2019s international 48-hour hackathon over the Oct. 19 to 21 weekend. Using NASA and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) data sets, participants collaborated, conceptualized and crunched out a prototype app designed to tackle one of 26 challenges provided by the agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa was one of 212 locations worldwide participating in the hackathon. Organized by Carleton\u2019s Technology Innovation Management Program (TIM) and Mission Control Space Services, competitors had from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Sunday to form teams, pick a challenge, build a prototype, and present to a panel of four professional judges for the regional round of NASA\u2019s Space Apps Hackathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For NASA challenge winner William Lam, it was a weekend well spent. \u201cWe accomplished a lot within a small time frame,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pitching Prototypes to NASA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lam and his team, Launch Squad, created a mobile app that provides all the information users need if they\u2019re interested in watching a rocket launch. The team will spend the next week working on a video to pitch their prototype to NASA, competing against regional winners worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prize is a visit to a NASA facility that could coincide with a national spacecraft launch and, of course, \u201cbragging rights no matter what,\u201d said Nick Kellett, CEO of Deploy Solutions and co-organizer of Space Apps Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel of judges featured Viqar Abbasi, simulation engineer at the Canadian Space Agency, Eva Jane Lark, a Space Angels investor, Marin Lihou, director of space systems at ADGA Group, and Carleton TIM Prof. Steven Muegge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was open to anyone, and although Kellett admits there\u2019s a \u201ctechnical slant\u201d in competitors, Ryan Anderson, also a Space Apps Ottawa co-organizer and a Carleton Master\u2019s of Aerospace Engineering grad, said a well-rounded team can aid in driving home the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nature of this is really to build a bit of a business case for your solution,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cSo business students, marketing, communications – those are all skills that are required to really succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Networking Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of individual skill sets, \u201cit\u2019s giving them a networking opportunity,\u201d said TIM Administrator Emily Byron. \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic way to get their foot in the door with CSA, NASA and the space community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton TIM students are getting established within in the industry as co-op students, and Kellett highlighted the opportunities that Space Apps provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is high visibility and obviously something to put on your resume. As well, you can actually share the code you\u2019ve developed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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