Project Name:
Propelling Low-Altitude Economy: Advanced eVTOL Platform Powering Archipelago Logistics

Team Members:
Alexander Zwenig, Dominik Heimsch, Hangxu Li, Zhidong Lu

Advisors:
Hong Haichao, Florian Holzapfel, Chen Xuanyu

Project Description:
Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft are key enablers of the low-altitude economy and are driving transformative changes in future transportation and logistics systems. The team members and advisors, hailing from the Institute of Flight System Dynamics at the Technical University of Munich and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, have engaged in sustained collaboration in recent years on applications of flight dynamics and control, trajectory optimization, and other areas within the low-altitude economy. Addressing the challenges of archipelago logistics, the team leveraged their expertise in advanced eVTOL design, robust flight control systems resilient to wind disturbances, high-fidelity hardware-in-the-loop testing platforms, and systematic airworthiness certification methodologies and practical experience. They proposed an innovative eVTOL solution for archipelago logistics that emphasizes high efficiency, low cost, and minimal infrastructure dependency, offering a new pathway for eVTOL applications in the low-altitude economy.

Project Name:
LuminaraCube - Illuminating the Path to Satellite Excellence

Lead Student:
Ostanaqulov Khojiakbar

Team Members:
Raimbek Zhumake, Kozimov Bekzodbek, Khakimov Akbar, Abdulkhakimov Nasobiddin, Abduraufjonov Asilbek, Maria Aouani, Temirkhan Adilet, Inayat Baltabaev

Advisors:
Wu Shufan, Aliev Sukhrob, Murodbek Sherboyev, Li Zheqin, Odiljon Atabaev, Geng Ziyao, Song Ziyang, Tu Fanqing, Zhuang Hongji

Project Description:
Micro-nano satellites represent a significant growth area for the future of commercial aerospace. The Intelligent Satellite Technology Center at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has deeply collaborated with Andijan State Technical University in Uzbekistan. Leveraging the former's research and development capabilities in satellite engineering, the partnership has overcome payload capacity limitations to jointly develop a new generation of open, scalable, and intelligent general-purpose platforms for micro-nano satellites, meeting demands for low cost, short development cycles, and high reliability. In this collaboration, students from Central Asia actively participated in core development processes, taking responsibility for the optimization of onboard software and providing critical support. Guided by the educational philosophy of "fostering virtue and nurturing talents," the team provided hands-on mentorship to help Central Asian students enhance their capabilities and achieve personal growth. To date, the team has successfully developed and launched the SSS-2A and SJTU-2 satellites, which serve countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, fully validating the platform's application capabilities and highlighting the value of talent cultivation.

         The China International College Students Innovation Competition (2025) is a skills competition jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, various governmental bodies, and universities. Actively promoting international exchange and cooperation, the competition has established a global platform for innovation practice among college students and has become the world's largest innovation competition in terms of participation scale. This year's competition, under the theme "I Dare to Venture, I Excel in Innovation," provided a platform for young college students to hone and showcase their talents. It promoted goal-oriented and problem-driven scientific research, accelerated the integration of scientific discovery and technological innovation, and ignited the boundless innovative vitality of young talents.