TSGC welcomes 17 new teams that have been selected to compete in the challenge this semester. Congratulations and good luck to them all!

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Fall 2021 Design Challenge Showcase – Top Teams

1. Texas Woman’s University – The Oneiroi
2. San Jacinto College – Hyperion
3. Houston Community College – Team Eagle
4. University of Texas at El Paso – MME
5. University of Texas at Tyler – HEC 7: Callisto
6. University of Texas at Tyler – HEC 5
7. Texas State University – Sonus

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Fall 2021 Design Teams [* denotes team leader]

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	HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE – TEAM EAGLE
Initial Mars Base Semester I of II
Institution: Houston Community College
Department Represented: EE
Team: Bryant Hurtado*, Cyrus Abbasi, Yasmin Soltani, Talha Iftikhar
Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Stear
Mentored By: Dr. Hum Mandell, Center for Space Research & NASA JSC
	LAMAR UNIVERSITY – ATLAS (All Terrain Landing Antenna Structure)
Antenna Mounting Structure for Lander or Zero Gravity Crewed Environment Semester I of II
Institution: Lamar University
Department Represented: ME
Team: Lisseth Aguilar*, Mason Munoz, Jorge Magana, Adrian Galvan, Adrian Espinoza, Alexandra Villanueva
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jenny Zhou
Mentored By: Chatwin Lansdowne, NASA JSC
	LAMAR UNIVERSITY – TEAM VULCAN
Vehicle Interchangeable Electronic Controller (VIEC) Network System Semester I of II
Institution: Lamar University
Department Represented: EE
Team: Bradley Gray*, Matthew Johnson, Jordan Lake, Tai Nguyen, Alexander Bahrim
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cagatay Tokgoz
Mentored By: George Salazar, NASA JSC
	LONE STAR COLLEGE – CYFAIR – CYLLUS
Micro-g NExT: Lunar Surface Reusable Anchoring Device Semester I of II
Institution: Lone Star College – CyFair
Department Represented: ME
Team: John Lentz*, Minh Thu Nguyen, Alma Gallardo Campa, Melanie Berg, Marcelo Carrizales, Alexis Gracia
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yiheng Wang
Mentored By: Micro-g NExT
	SAN JACINTO COLLEGE – HYPERION
Novel Non-Tracking Fiber Optic Solar Concentrator System Semester I of II
Institution: San Jacinto College
Department Represented: ME
Team: Daniel Guerra*, Jordyn Sibert, Jeffrey Gleasman, Luis Rosario, Luisana Padron
Faculty Advisor: Nathanial Wiggins
Mentored By: Christopher Mendell and Houston Green, Jacobs Technology/NASA, JSC
	TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – 12TH ASTRONAUT LAB
NASA SUITS (Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students) Semester I of II
Institution: Texas A&M University
Department Represented: AE
Team: Israel Gomez*, Jaime Vives, Kevin Mayorga, Erin Cana, Lauren Brady, Manuel Carrea
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles and Dr. Greg Chamitoff
Mentored By: NASA SUITS
	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY – SONUS
Dual-Use Wideband Microphone Array System Challenge Semester I of II
Institution: Texas State University
Department Represented: EE
Team: Nicholas El-Takach*, Nicholas Garrard, Mason Huebner, Olivia Salazar-Mendez, Jessie D. Smith
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rich Compeau
Mentored By: George Salazar, NASA JSC
	TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY – THE ONEIROI
Choose Your Own Adventure: Circadian Rhythm Desynchronization Semester I of II
Institution: Texas Woman’s University
Department Represented: Kinesiology
Team: Natalie Wilkinson*, Melanie Meek, Andrea Kim, Casey Rice, Andrea Martinez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. B. Rhett Rigby
Mentored By: Dr. Benjamin Easter, NASA JSC
	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – R.E.D.
Micro-g NExT: EVA Sample Size Location Calibration Marker Semester I of II
Institution: University of Houston
Department Represented: Biomed Eng, ME
Team: Humberto Leal*, Rogelio Castilla, John Flores, Celine Cherian, Saloni Upendra Mistry
Faculty Advisor:Dr. Sean-Patrick Scott
Mentored By: Micro-g NExT
	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – TEAM 10
Antenna Mounting Structure For Lander or Zero Gravity Crewed Environment Semester I of II
Institution: University of Houston
Department Represented: ME
Team: Ismail Ali*, Yousuf Sirajuddin, Omar Alkhoja, Sami Shahed
Faculty Advisor:Dr. Christiana Chang
Mentored By: Chatwin Lansdowne, NASA JSC
	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – CLEAR LAKE – AD SPATIUM
Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment: Lunar Reusable Surface Anchoring Device Semester I of II
Institution: University of Houston – Clear Lake
Department Represented: ME
Team: Chikheang Bun, John Crocker, Hudson Hill*, Mustafa Hyder
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey R. Mountain
Mentored By: Micro-g NExT
	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS – TEAM HDS
Machine-Learning Human-Computer Interface System (MHIS) Semester I of II
Institution: University of North Texas
Department Represented: COEN
Team: Christopher Herzberg*, Elle-Marie DeFrain, Jordan Shrum
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Pottathuparambil
Mentored By: George Salazar, NASA JSC0
	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS – UNTitled
Advanced Spacecraft Lighting Control System Semester I of II
Institution: University of North Texas
Department Represented: COEN
Team: Alejandro Bacallao, Nicholas Tindle, Ali Hammoud*
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Pottathuparambil
Mentored By: George Salazar, NASA JSC
	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO – MME
Dark Matters: Qualification of The Blackest Black Surfaces & Textiles for Architectural Applications to Control Scattered Light Semester I of II
Institution: University of Texas at El Paso
Department Represented: MME
Team: Cassandra Lissett Orozco*, Hector Zamarripa, Hugo Heredia, Kevin Renteria, Daniel Morales
Faculty Advisor:Dr. Shalayna L. Smith
Mentored By: Toni A. Clark, NASA JSC
	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER – HEC 5
Vehicle Interchangeable Electronic Controller (VIEC) Network System Semester I of II
Institution: University of Texas at Tyler
Department Represented: EE
Team: Vi Dinh, Juan Pablo Esono*, Ingrid Dwatie, Khoa Huynh, Abdulwahid Farooqui
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ali Ghorshi
Mentored By: George Salazar, NASA, JSC
	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER – HEC 7: CALLISTO
Micro-g NExT: EVA Sample Size Location Calibration Marker Semester I of II
Institution: University of Texas at Tyler
Department Represented: ME
Team: Mercedes Cedillos, Anthony Melgar, Kiril Nikolov, David Rubio, Christian Pirruccio*
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Biswas
Mentored By: Micro-g NExT
	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER – SOLIS
Novel Non-Tracking Fiber Optic Solar Concentrator System Semester I of II
Institution: University of Texas at Tyler
Department Represented: ME
Team: Mohammed Waheed, Johnathan Johnston*, Dhaval Patel, Christopher Contreras, Victor Ortiz
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Biswas and Dr. Soren Maloney
Mentored By: Christopher Mendell and Houston Green, Jacobs Technology/NASA, JSC