NAMES: Matt Majors (team leader), Colin Mahaffey, Michael Andrews, Tahir Raza and Truong Tran
CLASSIFICATION: Seniors
HOMETOWN: various
MAJOR/MINOR: Electrical Engineering
RESEARCH TOPIC: Advanced Robotics Technology
SYNOPSIS OF RESEARCH:
Design of a Mars exploration robot that is remotely controlled through a PDA and an Internet link for the NASA Mars Exploration initiative.
DATES OF RESEARCH: 2004-2005
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
TSGC Design CHALLENGE review, Johnson Space Center, Houston, April 11, 2005.
RECOGNITION RECEIVED: 2nd place in the Poster Presentation and Model evaluations.
FACULTY MENTOR: Dave Cheuvront, NASA JSC Exploration Systems Engineering, Technology Integration Office
NAME: Wade Salazar
CLASSIFICATION: Senior
HOMETOWN: Groves
MAJOR/MINOR: Electrical Engineering
RESEARCH TOPIC: Simple Controls
SYNOPSIS OF RESEARCH:
Control systems to new engineers are a complicated and seemingly ambiguous field typically left to the most experienced operators. This need not be the case in today's world. Many new and intuitive tools exist to aid the new engineer in understanding controls. Wade Salazar’s work is an introduction to what controls is, how engineers approach controls problems and some of the methods and tools available to aid the engineer in his control study.
DATES OF RESEARCH: 2004-2005
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
IEEE Region V Conference, Boulder Colorado, May 9, 2005.
RECOGNITION RECEIVED: Won 2nd place in IEEE Beaumont Section Student Paper Competition and 3rd place in the IEEE Region V Eastern Area competition.
FACULTY MENTOR: Dr. H. R. Myler
NAMES: Wade Salazar (team leader), David Landry, Mohammed Ahmed and Craig Mitchell.
CLASSIFICATION: Seniors
HOMETOWN: various
MAJOR/MINOR: All Electrical Engineering, except Mitchell, who is in Mechanical Engineering
RESEARCH TOPIC: Mars Drill Automation
SYNOPSIS OF RESEARCH:
The design of a motor controller to automate a drill to be used to remove sample cores from Martian bed rock as part of the NASA Mars Exploration initiative.
DATES OF RESEARCH: 2004-2005
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
TSGC Design CHALLENGE review, Johnson Space Center, Houston, April 11, 2005.
RECOGNITION RECEIVED: Outstanding Participation Award
FACULTY MENTOR: Dr. Humboldt Mandell, Center for Space Research
