NASA and RHDO challenged the GRILL® to create a highly realistic and immersive virtual model of the Lunar south pole in preparation for NASA's Artemis 3 mission. 

Using Unreal Engine 5, QGIS, Oculus, and JPL SPICE, the students created a simulation to capture the intricate details of the lunar surface, while emphasizing the specific lighting conditions characterized by low sun angles and elongated shadows.

The 2020 I/ITSEC IronDev challenged teams to make a collaborative, distributed virtual environment to showcase augmented and virtual reality technology. 

To meet the challenge, the GRILL® team chose to create a distributed, collaborative UAV search and rescue simulation. 

The simulation allows for the operation of multiple UAVs, the visualization of each drone feed in the operation, collaborative mission planning, and it provides situational awareness information through target recognition and live positional data.

Create an application and virtual environment for humans to control multiple UAVs at once.

Students created a fully functional level with 4 independent UAVs which recognized and differentiated enemies from friends.

USAFA, the Air Force Academy tasked students to build a satellite maneuvering simulation to help familiarize students with satellite behavior.

Using Unreal Engine 4 and a orbit/gravity plugin to simulate Kepler physics, the Wright-Scholars created a simple satellite simulation scenario where trainees practice docking maneuvers; scores are tracked in a leaderboard.

Students in the Summer STEM 2021 program built a drone simulation prototype for the Wright-Brothers Institute.

Students used software in the loop methodologies to develop a search and rescue scan to find a lost hiker.

The UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) simulator was created to simulate different levels of drone automation to see how autonomous drones can become.

The UAV flight simulator had realistic flight physics and operations as well as real map image integration.