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April 17, 2008:
We are really excited about how the team performed at the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) Design Challenge Showcase! Next up: AIAA Region IV Student Conference in Houston, TX on April 18, and a telecon with NASA KSC to hear the results of the ESMD Paper Competition. Wish us luck!

Links:

- SEI
- Texas A&M
- NASA
- TSGC

Researchers

Mentors

Lesley Weitz
Graduate Mentor
PhD Student in Aerospace Engineering with Dr. Hurtado
Research interests include: Decentralized Multi-vehicle Systems, Cooperative Control, and Dynamical Modeling.  
 
 

Spring-2008 Student Members

Amy Bolon
Alternate Team Leader, Control-Design Team
Mechanical Engineering
My research interests include robotics and dynamics.  
 
 
 

Kristen Holmstrom
Team Leader, Control-Design Team
Aerospace Engineering
My interests include robotics, dynamics and controls, and integration.  
 
 
 

Jane Nguyen
Control-Design Team
Biomedical Engineering
My research interests include biomedical signals and biomedical electronics.  
 
 
 

Roy Palacios
Software-Design Team
Electrical Engineering
My research interest is electronics.  
 
 
 

Albert Soto
Mechanical-Design and Control-Design Teams
Mechanical Engineering
My research interests include electrical and mechanical design.  
 
 
 

Brock Spratlen
Software-Design Team
Computer Engineering
My research interests are behavior-based robotics and electronic-systems design.  
 
 
 

Fall-2007 Student Members

Jesse Bowes
Team Lead
Computer Science
I have been interested in space exploration for as long as I can remember and I have recently picked up an interest in mobile robotics. The topics of motion planning, navigation, and path determination particularly interest me.

Tyler Thurston
Camera Team
Aerospace Engineering
My research interests include structural analysis.  
 
 
 

Matthew Wilson
Team Lead
Computer Engineering
Interests include autonomous systems and robotics.  
 
 
 

Dennis Underwood
Kalman-Filtering Team
Aerospace Engineering
My research interests are orbital mechanics, dynamics, and controls.  
 
 

Kelli Boehringer
Camera Team
Aerospace Engineering
My research interests include aeronautical structural design, dynamics, and robotic systems.