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2008 Fellowship Award Recipients

2008 Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Undergraduate Fellowship Program Award Recipients

INSTITUTION RECIPIENTPROJECT

Eastern Michigan University

Aron Dodger

Development of a Modular Radio Telescope for the EARTHS Project

Grand Valley State University

Alex Plotkowski

Application of Reconfigurable Design Methodology

Grand Valley State University

Esther Posner

Testing the Meteorite Crater Hypothesis

Hope College

Tyler Depke

Outcrop Mapping Using Digital Photogrammetry

Hope College

Raina Khatri

Developing the Radio Beam Geometry and Luminosity of Radio Pulsars

Hope College

Laura Petrasky

Dimensionless Vapor Pressure Prediction

Hope College

Jesse Reimink

Migmatitas Near Halmstad, Halland Province, Sweden

Michigan Technological University

Carla Alonso

Testing of Remote Sensing Methods for Delineating Fracture System

Michigan Technological University

Jared Cregg

Nano-scale Polymer Composite Materials With High Strength

Michigan Technological University

Sarah Gray

Attenuation of Osteoblast Apoptosis with Parathyroid Hormone

Michigan Technological University

Joe Thompson

Self-Navigating Optics Emplacement System

Michigan Technological University

David Walters

Metal Nantip Formation in Zero Gravity

Michigan Technological University

Samantha Wojda

The Effects of Disuse (Hibernation) on Cortical Bone in Bears

Michigan Technological University

Michael Woon

A Study of the Benefits of Butanol as an Ethanoland Gasoline Blending Agent in a Single Cylinder Engine

Michigan Technological University

Alexandra Zevalkink

Fabrication of Field Emitter Tips for Use in Space Propulsion Systems

Saginaw Valley State University

Heather Pegg

Statistical Methods for Probability of Determining Cracks in Aircraft

University of Michigan

Theresa Biehle

Determining Zero-G Feasibility of the Nanoparticle Field Extraction Thruster Reflight

University of Michigan

Prince Idichandy

The Mclimber Project’s Need for Funding

University of Michigan

Paul Jones

Design and Testing of Micro-Robotic Leg Joint Systems

University of Michigan

Evan Smith

Hybrid Ramjet Development

2008 NASA Centers – Undergraduate Internships

INSTITUTION RECIPIENTPROJECT

Michigan State University

Allen Eyler

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Internship

Oakland University

Yemina Leszeczuk

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Internship

University of Michigan

LeKeisha Suggs

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Internship

University of Michigan

Alfredo Wetzel

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - Internship

2008 Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Graduate Fellowship Program Award Recipients

INSTITUTION RECIPIENTPROJECT

Eastern Michigan University

Robert Jacobs

Study of Sputtering Effects Through the Development of an Ion Gun

Eastern Michigan University

Sara Kasun

Teaching Undergraduate Physics via Radio Astronomy

Michigan Technological University

Rachel Bradford

Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Maintenance in Hibernating Bears

Michigan Technological University

John Durocher

Mental Stress During Acute Loading of the Baroeceptors

Michigan Technological University

Meghan McGee

Bear Parathyroid Hormone as a Treatment for Osteoporosis

University of Michigan

Eric Gustafson

Semi-Analytical Stochastic Optimal Control

University of Michigan

Thomas Liu

Development of the Nanoparticle Field Extraction Thruster

University of Michigan

Kenneth Loh

Multifunctional Nanocomposite Skins for Self-Sensing and Self-Healing of Aerospace Vehicles and Structures

University of Michigan

Manish Mehta

Rocket Plume-Soil Interaction Dynamics Due to Pulsed Under-Expanded Supersonic Jets at Low Ambient Pressure

University of Michigan

Brian Nord

Mock Galaxy Cluster Surveys:  Deciphering Observations with Simulated Skies

University of Michigan

Bogdan Oaida

Design Optimization of Electrostatic Analyzers for Space-Based Ion Mass Spectrometry

University of Michigan

Bryan Reid

Neutral Flow Dynamics in Hall Thrusters

Western Michigan University

Mike Ellinger

Computing with Neuron Cell Cultures:  Biology

Western Michigan University

Stephen Westbrooks

Computing with Neuron Cell Cultures:  Electronics

2008 NASA Centers – Graduate Internships

INSTITUTION RECIPIENTPROJECT

University of Michigan

Shaneen Brasell

NASA Jet Propulsion Research Center

University of Michigan

Andrew Klesh

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Internship

University of Michigan

Kimberly Trent

NASA Glenn Research Center – Internship

University of Michigan

Paul Wloszek

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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