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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
-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
Biochemistry, UVM
Faculty Mentor: Guiseppe Petrucci
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Evan Malina
Mechanical Engineering
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
Faculty Mentor: Chris Skalka
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Title of Project:
Program Specialization for Wireless Sensor Networks
Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP)
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.
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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