URSP:  Undergraduate Student Research Program
 
CAMERON MERCER
Geosciences and Physics, Middlebury Collage
Resident of Mondrose, Colorado
 Cameron attended NASA Marshall Space Flight Center,  June-Aug 2009 that involves support operations and data analysis for the Mars Exploration Rovers Project, including geologic analysis of rocks, Martian atmospheric monitoring , and tactical planning within the Science Operations Working Group.

NSIP:  NASA Student Internship Program
BENJAMIN SCARALIA
RPI, Vermont Resident
 attended NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
June-Aug 2009 with Dr. Igor Eberstein and the NSAS Advanced Supercomputer Division, Greenbelt, MD on the Photo Dissociation of Hydrogen and Deuterium.

ESMD Award Recipients Archive

2009-2010
(NSIP)  NASA Student Research Award

Mentored Research
NASA Student Aerospace Workforce Development Research Internship Program (SAWDRIP) Award

BENJAMIN SCARALIA
Ben was awarded the John Mather Nobel Scholarship Award*
RPI, Vermont Resident
 attended NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
June-Aug 2009 with Dr. Igor Eberstein and the NSAS Advanced Supercomputer Division, Greenbelt, MD on the Photo Dissociation of Hydrogen and Deuterium.

*Presented by the John and Jane Mather Foundation, which in turn was funded from the award of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics to Dr. John Mather for his work on the "Big Bang" theory and presented by the Henry Foundation, Inc.  Ben is only one of 17 international students to have won the award and the first student in the state of Vermont.

PRESS RELEASE
RUTLAND COLLEGE STUDENT EARNS NASA NOBEL SCHOLAR AWARD

NASA Awards Funds for Student Team Competitions

The Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC), based in UVM's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), has received funding from the Higher Education Office of
NASA's Exploration Systems Missions Directorate (ESMD) to enhance three targeted components of Vermont's engineering education programs. Click to see ESMD Programs

Student Design Project and Student Team Competitions

UVM'S Team NASA
Click here for senior project
"Developing Model "Nano-Sat" 
http://mkrzyszt.googlepages.com/home
Faculty Research Advisor:  Darren Hitt

On Monday, April 21,
2008. Team members: Mark, Mike and Ken and Laurel Zeno participated in NASA's
award ceremony via NASA video teleconference. The ceremony was held at
2:00PM EST, broadcast  arranged by Susan Sawyer, NASA  Kennedy  SFC. We
were set up in 408 LaFayette Hall, UVM.  The UVM Team were one of 7
teams across the country to participate in NASA's Systems Engineering
Design Paper Competition.  All the teams and 4 NASA Centers
participated, linked with video and audio. The all received extremely
high ratings from the NASA engineers who reviewed the papers.
Unfortunately, UVM did not get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. But, the NASA Systems
Engineering Director who spoke asked that they all participate next
year. He encouraged them to do internships and said that he hoped to see
them working with NASA or it's contractors. All reviewers agreed the
papers showed excellent knowledge and well analyzed plans. They also
were impressed with the structure of the presentation of the paper. I
presented each team member with NASA certificates sent from KSC. They
will be presenting their project at Senior Design Night, April 30, 2008
at Sheraton.

2008-2009 ESMD Internship awards for VSGC

Team Members
Ben Greenfield, Coordinator
Mike Murray, Nate Pickrell, Nevin Rallis
Darren Hitt, Faculty Advisor

2008 ESMD Internship awards for VSGC
Jenny Erwin
Middlebury College
Mentor: Nasser Barghouty

"Bridging The Gap Between Known And Unknown Cosmic Ray Detector Caliberation"
NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
June 2 - August 8, 2008

Shanta Keller
University of Vermont
Mentor: Allen Wilkinson

"Vacumn Testing JSC-1a Lunar Stimulant Analytical Model For Calculating Forces for Excavating the Lunar Surface"
NASA Center: Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH
May 27 - August 1, 2008

Chris Swanson
St. MIchael's College

"High Temperature Gas Sensors For Combustion Emission Monitoring Applications of Chemical Sensors"
NASA Center: Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH
May 27 - August 1, 2008

High Temperature Gas Sensors for Combustion Emission Monitoring_Poster

High Temperature Gas Sensors for Combustion Emission Monitoring_PowerPoint"

2008 SAWDRIP RPI Award
Benjamin Scaraha
RPI, Vermont Resident
NASA Center:Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
June 2 - August 8, 2008

2008 USRP Award
Benjamin DiMiero
Norwich University

NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
June 2 - August 8, 2008
Abstract Form_Cryoflex .doc
Cryoflex Poster
VCSI Poster
NSIP Internship ppt