{"id":10728,"date":"2024-12-12T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=10728"},"modified":"2024-12-12T13:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T19:09:20","slug":"birdville-isd-graduate-leads-texas-womans-university-undergraduate-kinesiology-team-to-overall-first-place-finish-in-nasa-sponsored-statewide-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/birdville-isd-graduate-leads-texas-womans-university-undergraduate-kinesiology-team-to-overall-first-place-finish-in-nasa-sponsored-statewide-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdville ISD graduate leads Texas Woman\u2019s University undergraduate kinesiology team to overall first-place finish in NASA-sponsored statewide design competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-760x507.jpg 760w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-518x345.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_0147_Nasa-Group-Photo_900px-550x367.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Erin Rocha, a proud Birdville ISD graduate and current senior at Texas Woman&#8217;s University (TWU), served as the team lead for the University&#8217;s undergraduate kinesiology team (&#8220;Team Pleiades&#8221;) representing TWU&#8217;s School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology in NASA&#8217;s TSGC Design Challenge. Through the TSGC Design Challenge, students have an opportunity to identify a research objective of importance to NASA and develop a solution for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 19 college teams that participated in the competition, Team Pleiades, represented by Erin and four of her fellow TWU seniors, was the only all-female team <em>and<\/em> the only team representing a kinesiology school in the two-day competition. In addition to winning first-place overall, Team Pleiades also took first place in peer review and presentation and second place in the poster\/best model category. <br>><a href=\"https:\/\/twu.edu\/college-health-sciences\/news\/kinesiology-team-earns-fifth-win-in-nasa-sponsored-design-challenge-\/\">Read full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Rocha, a proud Birdville ISD graduate and current senior at Texas Woman&#8217;s University (TWU), served as the team lead for the University&#8217;s undergraduate kinesiology team (&#8220;Team Pleiades&#8221;) representing TWU&#8217;s School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology in NASA&#8217;s TSGC Design Challenge. 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