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.
The 16th Annual Vermont Space Grant Consortium
Award Ceremony & Reception was held in October 2008 to
celebrate and honor accomplished students who received
awards. It is always a pleasure to welcome Dave Rosage, PE, Director, NASA Academy/Robotics Academy,
NASA Office of Higher Education at NASA Goddard Flight
Center in Greenbelt, MD as our Keynote speaker. Families
of the awardees and various distinguished guests were
present.
Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Scholarship Recipients.pdf
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!
Five students received the Undergraduate
Scholarship Awards
Also included are: Native American Awards
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.
A total award of
$3000 in three awards of $1000 for each student.
Congratulations to the Aviation Award recipients!
KARL NELSON - A second year recipient, and a resident of
Milton, Vermont, is currently enrolled in the BTC
Aviation Technology Program pursuing an Airframe and
Powerplant Certification. His many extra curricular
activities and programs include youth group band/chorus,
leadership retreats and a community service trip to
China Town in New York City. He would like to continue
his education in Aviation Engineering and feels the
training that the school provides is a great way for him
to get accustomed to what he will be doing in his
profession as an aircraft mechanic.
SCOTT THIBAULT - A first year recipient, and a resident
of Colchester, Vermont. Scott is currently enrolled in
the BTC Aviation Technology Program pursuing an Airframe
and Powerplant Certification. He hopes to use this
certification to work on aircrafts and eventually
continue his schooling to earn a bachelor’s degree in
Aeronautical Engineering. He also hopes to be able to
participate in the advances made possible through NASA’s
Aeronautics Research Mission, and to work in the field
to “close the gap between empirical and abstract
knowledge” (NASA).
Special Program Awards:
Skills USA: A national competition in which
Burlington Aviation Technology School
achieved 4th & 14th in the nation on the Post Secondary level.
Students from BAT were awarded gold & bronze medals in the Secondary
High School Program in the State.
Lee Robidoux -
Secondary Award
Michael Grupp - won gold in Post Secondary in Airframe &
PowerPlant
Took bronze in the State League
Competed in the National's and Vermont took 4th and
14th!
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
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
(NSIP) NASA
Student Research Award Katelyn Billings, SMC "Solvatochromism
and Photo-Induced Intramolecular
Electron Transfer"
Many projects at
Vermont Colleges and Universities were presented:
See more information below
ESMD:
NASA Student Internship Program Three
students attended the summer research program.
Two worked at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA and one went
to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Maryland. URECA: Undergraduate Research Competition Awards Two Students presented their research projects at
the ceremony NSIP: NASA Student Internship Program One student attented NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center
San Diego Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
International Student Competition
Norwich University 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....
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......
A/V Showcase of UVM Office of Technology Transer
Our patent
application, which is being handled by Jamie Gallagher
of Downs Rachlin Martin, is in the final stages of
review by the US Patent Office. The patent
application is titled "A Whole-Body Mathematical Model
for Simulating Intracranial Pressure Dynamics."
Others involved in the patent application are Scott
Stevens (currently at Penn. State Erie) and Paul Penar
and Bruce Tranmer (UVM Division of Neurosurgery).
Jamie tells us that we should have formal approval and a
patent granted within the next 4 months.
Seventeen states
nominated to be "Designated States"
in the National Space Grant Consortium....Vermont is one
of them!
Vermont's New Phase III CORE
Research Infrastructure Development (RID) is
approved!
Vermont's Phase III RID Project Plan has been
crafted
to increase the National competitiveness of
Vermont's academic researchers,
to increase the NASA-related research infrastructure,
to develop new contacts and collaborative
research ties with NASA Field Centers and
Mission Directorates,
to promote academic-industrial partnerships that
support state goals for economic development, and to
develop collaborations among Vermont's colleges and
universities that enhance Vermont's ability to respond
to the evolving research and technology needs of NASA.
Proposal for
EPSCoR Phase III RID funding to
NASA National Space Grant College & Fellowship
Program...3 years.
Research group pending
VERMONT ACE CAMP
Rutland & Burlington
Girls and boys 11-14 years
of age
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.
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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