The Fall 2002 TSGC Design Challenge is considered the “test bed” of the present-day program. Three teams from three Texas institutions developed and brought their own design topics to TSGC to help give the program its start.

Meet the Fall 2002 Design Challenge Teams and read a profile of each design project.

TSGC STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE TEAMS – FALL 2002
Texas Christian University FROGS IN SPACE	Research Area: Tethers Design Topic: Development and Testing of a Tethered Satellite System for Creating Artificial Gravity Tethers Team Leader: Tyler Summers Team Members: Justin Hussey, Tyler Smith, Tyler Summers Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andre Mazzoleni, Department of Engineering Mentor: Jason Dugas, NASA JSC Energy Systems Division
Texas Tech University TUMBLEWEED	Research Area: Mars Rover. Design Topic: Mars “Tumbleweed” Rover Team Leader: John Foster Team Members: John Foster, Griffin Phillips, Billy Royal Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan Barhorst, Department of Mechanical Engineering Mentor: None.	team patch
University of Texas, San Antonio UNI-ARM COLLECTOR	Research Area: Robotics. Design Topic: Image Recognition on Mobile Arm Gripper – Uni-Arm Collector Team Leader: Juan Portillo Team Members: Chris Harper, Fernando Hernandez, Rebecca Martinez, Juan Portillo, Adam Wolf Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Frazer, Department of Electrical Engineering Mentor: None.