Our Crowdfunding Groups
This Year's Challenge:
IMPACT will be travelling to Huntsville Alabama the beginning of next year (April 11-13, 2019) to participate in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge. This challenge involves designing and building a two-person powered rover to mimic exoplanetary conditions and be able to traverse in challenging terrain. This allows IMPACT with the opportunity to compete competitively in a world-wide competition hosted by NASA in Alabama. The rover along with their two passengers will simulate the Apollo 14 mission and will have a time frame of six minutes to complete a variety of different missions on a 0.5-mile-long course.
Map of competition site for S2019.
Who are We?
We are IMPACT (Innovators Making Positive Advancement in Creative Technology), an engineering club consisting of students at Iowa State University. Our vision is to encompass many backgrounds and skills at Iowa State University and tackle real-world challenges. Our goal is to allow students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to make it tomorrow’s technology. Everything we do is behind one vision: to create an extraordinary world.
IMPACT discussing river drone design in a team round table discussion.
IMPACT at ISU Homecoming Parade showcasing autonomous vehicle using LiDAR.
IMPACT discussing rover suspension system.
Another IMPACT team picture.
9000 B.C. -- Just a copper more of these donations and our rover will be funded! Perks include a handwritten thank you card.
3500 BC -- We are more brains than bronze, but this does not stop us from manufacturing this rover with your help. Perks include a hand written thank you know signed by the team. We are one step closer to our goal, thank you.
3000 B.C. -- Thanks for being our Iron Man/Woman. As thanks for being our hero, we will send you a signed picture of the team during competition, we could not have done it withoug your help(+ all previous perks).
200 A.D. -- Thank you for being our Man/Woman of steel! To thank you for your donation, we will engrave your name on our rover (+ all previous perks).
1800s -- With this donation, you are helping us keep our aluminum can-do attitude! This perk comes with video cam footage of our rover competing at the NASA challenge in Alabama (+ all previous perks).
1900s -- You are a true Titan! And you know what a Titan needs? A flag with your name on it will be planted on 'mars' during our competition underneath the American flag (+ all previous perks).
1800s -- We are biding our time for a sponsor just like you! As a thank you, we will send you a 3D printed model of our rover (+ all previous perks).