Team UIU Astro from United International University (UIU) has ranked 3rd in Asia and 11th globally in the CanSat Competition 2024 organised by the American Astronautical Society.
Team Diamonds from DIU won the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2022 with their project "Diamond in the Sky".
These three teams are among the top 38 competition finalists.
The Bangladeshi team Bored Tunnelers, this year, has emerged as the first ever South Asian team to be among those top teams in the finals.
The Anatolian Rover Challenge (ARC) is an international rover competition for university teams.
Bangladesh ranked 20th among 55 participating countries.
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Alumnus Md. Wahidul Hasan, a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at the South Dakota Mines, USA, and his team have won the prestigious NASA EPSCoR grant worth USD 750,000 to fund research into the next generation of lithium-sulphur batteries for use in space technology. The grant follows an innovation leading to the use of corn stalk residues to stabilise battery chemistry and nearly double charging capacity of current technology.
Six students from DPS STS School Dhaka secured first place at the NASA Space Settlement Contest 2023.
DU secured the first and second positions while BUET came in third.
BRACU Mongol Tori from BRAC University (BRACU) and AIUB Robotic Crew from American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB) have ranked 9th and 11th respectively in the International Rover Challenge (IRC) 2023.
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Marketing student Aditya Parvez has won bronze in the Deadlifts category at the Asian Powerlifting Championship 2022.
Three teams from Bangladesh have qualified for the IRC 2023 finals.
“I didn't think I could come this far,” said a beaming Horibol Bonarjee, a student of Moulvibazar Government High School, who passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC).
Anisa Murshed makes the longest thread of beads in one hour.
The winning team is expected to pitch their idea at the World Bank Headquarters.
A self-taught 3D generalist with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts – Tanvir’s skills speak for themselves.
Team EV CHARGESHARE from IUT bagged the gold medal.
The competition seeks to promote astronomy education, recognise bright students, and build worldwide academic relations.