Vermont Space Grant Consortium

Vermont Space Grant Consortium
and NASA EPSCoR

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"A Statewide Connection to Aerospace, Science, Engineering, Research and Technology"

VSGC URECA PROGRAM

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Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards

URECA is a program designed to stimulate undergraduate research with faculty mentoring. This student-facility research program is designed, under the guidance of faculty mentors, to stimulate student research; to incorporate research experience more fully into undergraduate education; and to provide incentives for students and faculty who engage in meaningful research collaboration the proposals below were funded through NASA-VT Space Grant Consortium.

2009 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

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

CRITERIA TO QUALIFY:
   ● Research topic must be NASA related
   ● U.S. Citizen
          * Funding cannot be used to: 1. buy general purpose equipment (ie: computer)
                                                            2. foreign travel (including Canada)

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University of Vermont URECA Program

Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is one of a network of 52 university-based Space Grant Consortia representing every state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Through this national network, over 963 affiliate organizations are funded to support science and engineering students, to provide public service, and to offer K-12 science education programs.

National Fellowship and Scholarship Program

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

The NASA
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

“The State Space Grant Consortium is funded through a NASA Training Grant”

For more information, please contact Laurel Zeno: e-mail: zeno@cems.uvm.edu

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