Lucky season thirteen - marks six successful years in pairing university teams with NASA-supplied Design Challenge Program topics. The Fall 2008 semester had a rough start with two hurricanes and a flood impacting many Texas institutions . . . and we are all still adjusting. Nevertheless, we have six outstanding teams poised to worked on an all new set of design challenge topics this semester.
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SOLCAM |
RISA Multispectral, Optical System Development
ESMD Lunar and Planetary Surface Systems - Semester I of II
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| Institution: Lamar University |
| Team: Adams, Oswald, Rivera, Webb * |
| Faculty Advisor: Dr. Harley Myler, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Mentor: Doug Holland, NASA JSC |
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LAMAR LEVITATORS |
Design of a Crew Elevation Device for Lunar Lander
Lunar and Planetary Surface Systems - Semester I of II
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| Institution: Lamar University |
| Team: Cherry *, Ford, Lewis, Townsend, Wright |
| Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ken Aung and Dr. Jenny Zhou, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Mentor: Glenn Miller, NASA JSC Structural Engineering Division |
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TEAM PENGUIN |
Neuro-Vestibular Countermeasures
Biomedical Systems for Space Application - Semester I of II |
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| Institution: Rice University |
| Team: Binder *, Lazaro, Mallick, Wu |
| Faculty Advisor: Dr. Z. Maria Oden, Department of BioEngineering and Director, Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen |
| Mentors: Dr. Tara Ruttley, Systems Architecture and Integration Office, Biomedical Systems Branch and Dr. David Tomko, NASA Headquarters Advanced Capabilities Division, Human Research Program |
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TEAM TAURUS |
Design of a Systemic Bone Loss Monitoring System
ESMD Biomedical Systems for Space Application - Semester I of II |
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| Institution: Rice University |
| Team: Foucar *, Goldberg, Hon, Moore, Williams |
| Faculty Advisor: Dr. Z. Maria Oden, Department of BioEngineering and Director, Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen |
| Mentors: Dr. Tara Ruttley, NASA JSC Systems Architecture and Integration Office, Biomedical Systems Branch and Dr. David Tomko, NASA Headquarters Advanced Capabilities Division, Human Research Program |
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TEAM FIVE |
Exercise Device for the Crew Exploration Vehicle
Biomedical Systems for Space Application - Semester I of II |
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| Institution: Texas A&M University |
| Team: Boakye, Charanya, Tiruvadi, Thompson * |
| Faculty Advisors: Dr. Charles Lessard, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
| Mentors: Dr. Tara Ruttley, Systems Architecture and Integration Office, Biomedical Systems Branch and Dr. David Tomko, NASA Headquarters Advanced Capabilities Division, Human Research Program |
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ASTRAL RAIDERS |
Design of Dust-Proof Hand Tools
ESMD Lunar and Planetary Surface Systems - Semester I of II |
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| Institution: Texas Tech University |
| Team: Brown *, Flatt, Leung, Odhiambo |
| Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Mentor: Robert Trevino, NASA EVA Technology Development Group, Crew & Thermal Systems Division and NASA Administrator's Fellow |
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