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VERMONT
SPACE GRANT NEWS
September 2010
UPCOMING
October
14-16
2010 National Director's
Space Grant Meeting Portland, ME
Featured News!
As you get ready for the
new school year, consider adding a little space
to your class.
NASA offers educational
resources for use with kindergarten through
college, as well as resources for the informal
education community. Many of NASA's educational
products are quick and easy to find on the NASA
website.
Visit the
NASA Blast Back to School page to find
educational resources and NASA events taking
place in your area. From the site, you can find
information relating to the following topics:
-- NASA Explorer Schools.
-- NASA Summer of Innovation. -- Current
Opportunities for Students and Educators. --
National Space Grant College and Fellowship
Program. -- Taking Up Space Blog -- Go
Backstage With NASA Education. -- Homework
Topics for Students. -- NASA’s Education
Resources -- Easy Ways to Obtain NASA
Educational Materials. -- Find NASA Teaching
Materials. -- NASA’s Educator Resource Center
Network. -- Central Operation of Resources
for Educators. - -Educational Multimedia.
Aero recently came
back from the 2010 Formula Hybrid competition in
Loudin, NH May 3-4, 2010
placing 8th in the overall competition. The 2nd generation car had the
fastest time in the electric only drag race and
the 2nd fastest time in the hybrid run.
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.
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!
Three students
are chosen by the Franklin Northwest
Supervisory Union (FNWSU) & The Abenaki Council
to receive our Native American Award Scholarship
Award
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.
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
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.
Norwich University
San Diego Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle
International Student Competition 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
“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) more info.... June 28 AERO Demo
The Green
Team 885 009 FIRST Robotics / BAE Granite State
Regional Competition in Manchester, NH
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" trophy.
For 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.
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.
