University Student Contest: Join Airbus Fly Your Ideas Competition for Greener Flight and Win €30,000 Prize

University Student Contest: Join Airbus Fly Your Ideas Competition for Greener Flight and Win €30,000 Prize – University students worldwide can shape the future of flight and win €30,000 in a global competition launched recently by Airbus at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom.

The Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge is open to college and university students from around the world, studying for a degree, Masters or PHD from any academic discipline.

The Airbus Fly Your Ideas (FYI) competition challenges students worldwide to develop new ideas for a greener aviation industry. The biennial contest involves three progressively challenging rounds judged by a panel of Airbus and industry experts. It concludes with a final at next summer’s International Paris Airshow – Le Bourget, France. The winners will share the top prize of € 30,000; the runners-up €15,000.

Students of any age, nationality, gender or discipline – from engineering to marketing; business to science; philosophy to design – are invited to take part. Proposals are welcome on all aspects of the ‘Environmental Life Cycle’ – an innovative approach Airbus uses to improve the environmental performance of an aircraft and its production process. It consists of five stages: design; supply chain; manufacturing; aircraft operations and aircraft end-of-life.

FYI 2011 follows the success of the inaugural contest launched in October 2008. Some 2,350 students from over 80 countries took part with the multinational team COz from the University of Queensland, Australia, judged eventual winners at Le Bourget 2009. Their project focused on the use of a pioneering natural fibre composite – made from castor plants – in aircraft cabins.
To enter FYI 2011 students must register as a team of three to five members on the competition website by 30 November 2010.

Project proposals must be submitted by 10 December 2010. Those shortlisted for Round 2 will develop their ideas into more detailed submissions with support from Airbus staff. Five finalist teams will win a VIP trip to Paris in June 2011 and make presentations to an independent jury – including industry experts – who will announce their decision at the FYI 2011 awards ceremony

For further information please download FYI_FAQs in PDF or visit its website: www.airbus-fyi.com