{"id":52473,"date":"2024-12-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52473"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:01:08","slug":"rellis-rovers-engineering-team-scores-at-nasa-tsgc-design-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/rellis-rovers-engineering-team-scores-at-nasa-tsgc-design-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"RELLIS Rovers Engineering Team Scores at NASA-TSGC Design Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Senior engineering students from Tarleton State University\u2019s RELLIS campus won awards in four categories at the recent NASA-Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge in League City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left, RELLIS Rovers team members Easton Duplichan, Akash Musale, Swaid Alrashed and Silas Hill, Faculty Advisor Dr. Nourouddin Sharifi, and Tim Urban, Director, TSGC and Research Associate, UT Institute for Geophysics<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The capstone project team of Akash Musale, Easton Duplichan, Silas Hill and Swaid Alrashed scored in Top Design (third place), Best Poster and Model (fourth place), Best Oral Presentation (fourth place) and Top Peer Review (fourth place), competing against 19 other teams from various universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicknamed the RELLIS Rovers, the team is led by faculty advisor Dr. Nourouddin Sharifi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology. Their goal was to design an innovative, user-friendly personal electric vehicle for lunar exploration, addressing challenges like rugged terrain, abrasive lunar dust, and size, weight and power constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to support students in meaningful academic experiences that drive their achievement and professional development,\u201d Dr. Sharifi said. \u201cI always remind them, \u2018Work hard, and awards will follow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NASA-TSGC Design Challenge tasks undergraduate students with proposing, designing and fabricating innovative solutions aligned with NASA’s research objectives. Sponsored by NASA and administered by TSGC, the challenge provides a platform for academic and professional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each participating team collaborates with a NASA mentor and submits five deliverables to TSGC per semester. The two-day NASA showcase provides an opportunity to present research through posters and oral presentations. Scholarship awards are given to the winners, with each RELLIS Rover team member eligible for a $600 scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Texas Space Grant Consortium unites 65 universities, industrial organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies, ensuring that the benefits of space research and technology reach Texans statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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