November 12-13, 2023
Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the Fall 2023 Design Challenge Showcase! Photos from the event are online here.
Top Design Team
Team ATLAS, Texas Woman’s University
Team ATLAS’s project design was an innovative lightweight exercise device that incorporates pneumatic principles and airflow restriction.
Posters, models, and oral presentations were reviewed during the two-day event. Many thanks to the judges for their support and to our opening speaker Mr. Monte Goforth.
Top Design Teams
- Texas Woman’s University – Team ATLAS
- Texas A&M University – Aggie Echo
- Rice University – Space Owls
- Tarleton University – RELLIS Rovers
The top design teams were computed by combining scores for the following categories.
Best Poster
- Texas A&M University – Aggie Echo
- Texas Woman’s University – Team ATLAS
- Tarleton University – RELLIS Rovers
- (Tie) University of Texas-Tyler – Dream Team / Texas A&M University – Vestigo
Best Model/Display
- Texas State – Electronauts
- (Tie) Texas A&M University – Aggie Echo / Tarleton University – RELLIS Rovers / Rice University – Space Owls
- Texas Woman’s University – Team ATLAS
- Texas State – Phonons & Photons
Best Oral Presentation
- Rice University – Space Owls
- Texas Woman’s University – Team ATLAS
- Texas A&M University – Aggie Echo
- Texas A&M University – Vestigo
Best Peer Review
- Texas Woman’s University – Team ATLAS
- Texas State – Electronauts
- Rice University – Space Owls
- Texas A&M University – Aggie Echo
Congratulations to all the students and many thanks to their faculty and NASA mentors! Thank you for your support of Design Challenge.
Competing Teams
Congratulations to the 18 teams that were selected to participate in the program this semester. There are two teams returning from the spring plus sixteen new teams for the fall. The students represent thirteen Texas institutes of higher education including three community college systems. Fourteen of the teams are from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Three teams are dual participants in NASA Artemis Challenges. Two schools are fielding their first ever teams in the TSGC Design Challenge.
| Institution | Team | Design Topic | Poster | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Community College | Team Eagle III | 92 Solubility and Diffusivity of Air in n-Pentadecane | Download | Watch |
| Lamar University | CP3.1 | 87 Luminaire Intelligent Tracking (LIT) | Download | Watch |
| Lamar University | LUEE | 91 Lunar Personal Electric Vehicle (PEV) | Download | Watch |
| Lone Star College System | Cygnus | 100 NASA MITTIC Competition | Download | Watch |
| Prairie View A&M University | Guardians of the Gears | 65 Trade Study for Crew Lunar Ascent | Download | Watch |
| Rice University | Space Owls | 87 Luminaire Intelligent Tracking (LIT) | Download | Watch |
| San Jacinto College | Apollo 24 | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Hand Carrier for Lunar EVA Tools | Download | Watch |
| Tarleton State University | The RELLIS Rovers | 91 Lunar Personal Electric Vehicle (PEV) | Download | Watch |
| Texas A&M University | Vestigo | 85 Crew Tracking for Space Analog Research | Download | Watch |
| Texas A&M University | Aggie Echo | 89 Wearable Ultrasound for Vascular Imaging | Download | Watch |
| Texas State University | Electronauts | 85 Crew Tracking for Space Analog Research | Download | Watch |
| Texas State University | Phonons & Photons | 32 Dual-use Wideband Microphone Array | Download | Watch |
| Texas Woman’s University | Team Atlas | 00 Mitigation of Muscle Atrophy During Long-duration Space Flight | Download | Watch |
| University of Houston Clear-Lake | Team Orion | 86 Integrated Camera & Lighting System Optimal Optimization for Lunar Surface Rover | Download | Watch |
| University of Houston Clear-Lake | Team Vulcan | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Collapsible Lunar Flag Assembly | Download | Watch |
| University of St. Thomas | Cosmic Celts | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Hand Carrier for Lunar EVA Tools | Download | Watch |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Dream Team | 89 Wearable Ultrasound for Vascular Imaging | Download | Watch |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Space City Engineering | 88 Lunar Quick Attach (LQA) System for Artemis Construction Equipment | Download | Watch |