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             VERMONT SPACE GRANT NEWS*


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March 2010
  UPCOMING
March 4-6, 2010 Spring 2010 National Meeting
Washington, DC
March 4-6, 2010 The Green Team 885
2
010 FIRST Robotics / BAE Granite State Regional Competition  in Manchester, NH

The 3 links below are a preview of our finished robot.
2010 FIRST robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_Xstl_rJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5iF3NfOg4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRW-Q6mlIA

    March 29, 2010

VERMONT SPACE GRANT
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

  Submission Deadline  --  March 29, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
 

April 13, 2010 VSGC UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline for Application Due
May 3-6, 2010 Follow UVM's AERO  Gen-2 Hybrid Car
at the
Formula Hybrid International Competition
The 2010 competition will be held on May 3-6, 2010 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH.

Featured News!

Vermont Aerospace and Aviation Association (VAAA)
VAAA News Alert:  Vermont Lt. Governor Brian Dubie
Featured by Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

Exciting News in Vermont Aviation!
Vermont Flight Academy...30 years of teaching students to fly has given US the experience and knowledge it takes to make YOUR training the BEST possible. This is the first flight training course of its kind in Vermont.  Vermont Flight Academy is working in collaboration with Burlington Aviation Technical Center at the airport.


VSGC/ NASA EPSCoR AWARDS

The 17th Annual Vermont Space Grant Consortium Award Ceremony & Reception
Press Release of Ceremony

 
2009-2010 Awards Ceremony in Flash

 AWARD RECIPIENTS
In receiving these awards, you forge the way for future scholars in these exiting and rewarding programs. 
Good luck in your studies and research, we look forward to interacting with you on future projects!

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

 2009-2010 Scholarship Recipients

NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS
Three students are chosen by the  Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union (FNWSU) & The Abenaki Council to receive our Native American Award Scholarship Award

 

BTC-AVIATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS
SKILLS USA

Aviation Scholarships
Aerospace Workforce Development Group has awarded 3 Aviation Scholarships (VICA) to
Burlington Aviation Technology School  in So. Burlington, VT. 
Congratulations to the Aviation Award recipients!  
NATHAN HARLOW - A first year recipient VSGC Aviation Technology Scholarship Award, and a resident of Burlington, Vermont.  Nathan is currently enrolled in the BTC Aviation Post Secondary  Program pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant Certification.
LUKE MOULTROUP- A first year recipient VSGC Aviation Technology Scholarship Award, and a resident of Richmond, Vermont.  Luke is currently enrolled in the BTC Aviation  Program pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant Certification.

MATTHEW YANDOW- A first year recipient VSGC Aviation Technology Scholarship Award, and a resident of Essex Junction, Vermont.  Matthew is currently enrolled in the BTC Aviation  Program pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant Certification.

 

NASA Awards Funds for Student Design Project,
NASA Summer Internships and 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.


 ESMD NASA GRANT AWARDS

NASA Student Internship Program

2009-2010 URECA! Student Researchers:
NASA-Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is supporting 3 2009
Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards (URECA! Program)
student researchers. Each will be receive $3000 from VSGC and $1000 from UVM.
 

Kelly Todd
Faculty Mentor: Guiseppe Petrucci
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Title of Project: "Reactivity of Organic Peroxides and their contribution to Secondary Organic Aerosols

 

Evan Malina
Mechanical Engineering (Junior)
Faculty Mentor: Fred Sansoz
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Title of Project
:
Determination of Mechanical Properties by Indentation of Nanoscale Metallic Wires using Atomic Force Microscopy
 

Simone Willett
Computer Science (Senior)
Faculty Mentor: Chris Skalka
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Title of Project:
Program Specialization for Wireless Sensor Networks

 

 

URSP:  Undergraduate Student Research Program
 
CAMERON MERCER
Principal Components analysis of Reflectance Spectra From the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity
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 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.
ROBOTICS PROGRAMS
Norwich University
San Diego Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
International Student Competition

Project Blurb
Electrical Engineering is involved in a robotics project for an
"Autonomous Underwater Robotic Vehicle (AUV)"
Ronald Lessard at Norwich
Jonathan Seward, Electrical & Computer, Co-Captain, Norwich University
working on the Visions Systems
Ryan Wood, Mechanical Engineering, Bo-Captain, Norwich University
working on NU Innovation..new design drive
 

University of Vermont
AERO project
"Green Speed"

UVM AERO LOGO

 

“GreenSpeed” is the 1st UVM hybrid racing car created by a team of energetic UVM students from the University of Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences new student organization called Alternative Energy Racing Organization (AERO) UVM AERO TEAM 08     more info....
June 28 AERO Demo

The Green Team 885
009 FIRST Robotics / BAE Granite State Regional Competition  in Manchester, NH
feb009_1581_Green Team 885

Our team did great throughout the three days of competition. We played a total of 22 matches, with only minor modifications and repairs required between competitions.  Following the scheduled matches, our team was selected for one of the eight play-off alliances. Each alliance (one red & one blue) is comprised of three teams, working together to score points against the other alliance teams. We succeeded in the quarter finals, won the semi finals and moved on to the final matches. Our alliance won the first of the final matches, but came up short on the second, which required the third match to be played. We lost the final match, finishing in second place with the silver medals and the "finalist" trophyFor more information......

 

Information for the coming year
Vermont Space Grant/NASA EPSCoR"s
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

The Vermont Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce a competition for up to ten undergraduate scholarships available for the 2009-2010 academic year. These Vermont Space Grant Scholarships, each worth $2,500, will be awarded on the basis of academic standing, letters of recommendation, and an essay detailing career goals. The scholarships are to be used to help the recipients attend an institution of higher education within the State of Vermont.  

NASA Explorer Schools
 North Country Jr. H.S  and  Orleans, VT
"NASA 50 year Celebration"


VERMONT ACE CAMP
Rutland & Burlington
Girls and boys 11-14 years of age

Please contact AOT-OPSaeronautics@state.vt.us .
ACE Coordinator, at 802-828-1083 for more information.

Young Eagles EAA

Young Eagles--need kids!
 

SPACE CAMP
U.S. Space & Rocket Center- Space Camp

AFFILIATE & COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS
 Rick Sylvester, Director of Burlington Aviation Technical School
has been awarded the Aero Club of New England- Vermont State Award.

A collaboration between
Burlington Aviation Technology School  (BTC) and
Vermont Technical College (VTC) offers an Aerospace Engineering degree program. 
VSGC was instrumental in funding a prep grant to initiate this program.

Burlington Aviation Technology School
The airframe, powerplant, and avionics curriculum includes adult programs, as well as year 10-13 classes. Applications are now being accepted. To see details: Click above for link to BTC Aviation Technology School or on VSGC Affiliates. 
 The Air National Guard has donated a F-15 engine, worth $3million dollars, to the school to  be used in training. 
 The school has received federal certification as an accredited school.

Civil Air Patrol-- The United States Air Force Auxiliary

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