November 13-14, 2024
Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the Fall 2024 Design Challenge Showcase! To view the recorded live stream of the Showcase, click here to watch them on our YouTube Channel.
Top Design Team
Team Pleiades, Texas Woman’s University
Team Pleiades’ project followed the development of a device that would partially occlude blood flow to the lower limbs in order to reduce muscle atrophy during long duration space flight.
The top design teams were computed by combining scores for the following categories.
Top Design Teams
- Texas Woman’s University – Team Pleiades
- Texas State University – Schrodinger’s Bobcats
- Tarleton University – RELLIS Rovers
- Rice University – Artemis Owls
Best Poster & Model
- Lamar University – The Astroneers
- Texas Woman’s University – Team Pleiades
- Texas State University – Effectively Grounded!
- Tarleton State University – RELLIS Rovers
Best Oral Presentation
- Texas Woman’s University – Team Pleiades
- University of Houston Clear Lake – The Backyardigans
- Texas State University – Schrodinger’s Bobcats
- Tarleton State University – RELLIS Rovers
Best Peer Review
- Texas Woman’s University – Team Pleiades
- Texas State University- Schrodinger’s Bobcats
- Rice University – Artemis Owls
- Tarleton State University – RELLIS Rovers
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 19 teams that were selected to participate in the program this semester. Included in this group, we have a mix of new and returning projects from the Spring semester. The students represent 12 Texas institutes of higher education.
| INSTITUTION | TEAM | DESIGN TOPIC | POSTER | VIDEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Community College | NED: Nuclear Eagle Dynamics | 104 Lunar Surface Nuclear Reactor Conceptual Designs & CONOPS | Link | Link |
| Lamar University | The Astroneers | 101 Laying Power or Fiber Optic Cable on the Moon | TBD | Link |
| Lone Star College-CyFair | Aquila | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Contact Sampling Device | Link | Link |
| Prairie View A&M University | Astropanthers | 102 Lunar Washer/Dryer | Link | TBD |
| Prairie View A&M University | PantherTech | 94 IV Fluid Generation (IVGEN) Mini Ph Correction | Link | Link |
| Rice University | Artemis Owls | 105 Lunar Rescue Concept for Incapacitated EVA Crew | Link | Link |
| San Jacinto College North | 13 Characters | 105 Lunar Rescue Concept for Incapacitated EVA Crew | Link | Link |
| Tarleton State University | RELLIS Rovers | 91 Lunar Personal Electric Vehicle Mechanical Design | Link | Link |
| Texas A&M University | Prometheus | 104 Lunar Surface Nuclear Reactor Conceptual Designs & CONOPS | Link | TBD |
| Texas A&M University Kingsville | Cosmic Javelinas | 120 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge | Link | Link |
| Texas State University | Effectively Grounded! | 103 Radiation-Tolerant Crew Laptop | Link | Link |
| Texas State University | Schrodinger’s Bobcats | 86 Integrated Camera & Lighting System Optical Optimization Project | Link | Link |
| Texas Woman’s University | Team Pleiades | 00 Mitigation of Muscle Atrophy During Long-duration Space Flight | Link | Link |
| University of Houston Clear Lake | Astro Apollo | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Microgravity Operations: Softgoods Attachment Device | Link | Link |
| University of Houston Clear Lake | The Backyardigans | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Microgravity Operations: Softgoods Attachment Device | Link | Link |
| University of Houston Clear Lake | Menteluminosa | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Contact Sampling Device | Link | Link |
| University of Houston Clear Lake | NOVA | 110 NASA Lunabotics Challenge | Link | Link |
| University of Houston Clear Lake | The Space Cowboys | 40 NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge: Contact Sampling Device | Link | Link |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Crater | 94 IV Fluid Generation (IVGEN) Mini Ph Correction | Link | Link |