MARS ROVER DESIGN TEAM

WHO WE ARE

A group of passionate students building cutting-edge martian rovers.
Hands-on experience,
Real-world engineering and science solutions
  • Multidisciplinary

    Our projects require and utilize a diverse range of skills and interests which is reflected in our team's diversity. MRDT consists of students representing 20+ majors at S&T.

  • Worldwide Competition

    We compete against teams from around the globe, from India, Australia, and many here in the United States.

  • Engineering & Business

    In addition to designing and building the rover for competition, our team members compose competition documentation, create and edit videos for competition and outreach purposes, maintain a budget and procurement system, organize socials, develop sponsor relationships, and communicate with the university and other design teams. Members of MRDT develop the skills they need to thrive in their future careers.

  • Strong Alumni

    Alumni of MRDT are working across the country, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to Amazon Robotics to Boeing.

OUR MISSION

To provide students with the expertise to overcome today’s challenges, become tomorrow’s visionaries, and to keep humanity forever curious.

Today

Today, we challenge ourselves to compete in competitions designed to prepare humanity for the challenges of making the Red Planet our home. We challenge ourselves to build a rover able to perform complex tasks and movements under real-world constraints, such as time, weight, and budget, to gain a competitive advantage among the cutting edge of student designers and makers.

Tomorrow

We teach our members technical, communication, and leadership skills that can only be learned through experience, and prepare our members to move beyond their roles as today’s students to become tomorrow’s critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, and leaders.

Forever

Our team strives to inspire people and encourage them to be forever curious. Whether that curiosity leads to breakthroughs that extend our species to the stars, or increase the efficiency of the rapidly expanding workplace. We strive to forever inspire people to explore areas of innovation and improvement so that one day every problem we discover will be a solvable one.

Join Us



Check this page closer to the start of semester for instructions on how to join.
In the meantime, we encourage you to browse our Design Fest page and social media.
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