Waste Limitation, Management and Recycling (WLMR) Engineering Design Challenge

NASA education opportunities provide students an enhanced understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Program Summary: The WLMR Design Challenge is a competition in which students must create a water recycling system that can be used by astronauts living on other planets. Twenty-one middle school teams competed in the challenge’s inaugural year.

Objective: Teams must design, construct and test a water recycling system on a simulated wastewater stream. They then submit a proposal and their results to NASA for review.

Time Frame: After nearly nine months of competition, NASA judges selected the team from the West Fargo School District team from North Dakota as the winner.

Application: The WLMR design challenge gives students the opportunity to apply critical thinking skills to solve a problem, just as a NASA scientist would, preparing them for future STEM education and careers.

More Information:
› WLMR website
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