[EricH]

If I wanted to see quadrotors (or hexarotors) built by college students flying through an obstacle course or something like that, I'd join my college's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team. Their objective is to autonomously enter a building, navigate through it to a particular room, and replace a thumb drive with a dummy one--while avoiding security cameras and other devices. Oh, and they're starting their second year of this particular challenge. Nobody got it last year...

I'm with the others here. There are literally dozens of college-level engineering challenges in any number of majors. If you're going to add one more, you'll have to get it accepted by somebody at several different schools.

BTW, if you are going to use quadrotors or something like that, safety, safety, safety. Prop guards should not be an optional item if you're flying near crowds, and safety zones ("no-walk" zones) need to be established. I'd also get in touch with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) if it's a flying competition--they'll a) want to know that it's happening, b) possibly support the event, c) provide safety tips, d) they know what they're doing when it comes to flying things.