The California Space Grant is pleased to announce the following UCSD Graduate Student Fellows for the 2009-2010 fiscal year:

• Brett Nadler, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisors: Prof. Thomas Bewley (MAE) and Prof. Joseph Ford (ECE)
• Cameron Nowzari, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. Jorge Cortes
• Gabriela DeFrancisci, Structural Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. Hyonny Kim
• James Krieger, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. Miroslav Krstic
• Kim Wright, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. Thomas Bewley
• Robert Krohn, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. Thomas Bewley
• Thomas Hong, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Prof. John Kosmatka

See all student opportunities offered through the California Space Grant Consortium on this one page:

http://casgc.ucsd.edu/?page_id=1236

(Great opportunities that lead to STEM careers)

This is now a year-round program.  Students may come to JPL for Summer/Fall/Spring internships

The following pages contain actual abstracts prepared by last year’s Space Grant interns at JPL.  This document is intended to provide examples of the types of opportunities available for 2010 internships at JPL. Read the rest of this entry »

The California Space Grant Consortium will support one summer 2010 internship at NASA Johnson Space Center. Only full-time students who are U.S. citizens attending California affiliate colleges and universities may apply. Please click here for a listing of affiliates.

Interested applicants should send submit their application, cover letter (including a personal statement describing their interest in the program), unofficial transcript and resume to Tehseen Lazzouni at tlazzouni@ucsd.edu.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is pleased to offer the summer 2010 Marshall Space Grant Research (MSGR) Internship.  This internship provides mentored research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Application deadline is January 18, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

You may access it at http://AcademyApp.com.

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This fiscal year (April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010) the California Space Grant Consortium will provide fellowships totaling $40,000 (individual awards of $5,000-$7,000) to support UCSD graduate students for aerospace-related research in the designated research theme area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and their associated science payload sensors and technology.

These graduate student fellowship opportunities are for students in aerospace-related science, engineering, technology, and management. This program will act as a catalyst to focus a campus-wide interdisciplinary team’s (particularly 1st and 2nd year graduate students) attention on the science and engineering opportunities involved in the U.S. aerospace program. The Fellowship Program guidelines are as follows:

• Graduate students must be U.S. citizens for Space Grant awards;
• Each fellowship application is reviewed by a CaSGC selection committee and awards are made on a competitive basis. Priority will be given to 1st and 2nd year graduate students over students who have received previous awards;
• CaSGC encourages aerospace science and engineering graduate students, particularly underrepresented ethnic groups and females, to apply;
• Each award recipient is encouraged to mentor within the campus minority engineering and science programs and in the Space Grant Outreach Programs;
• Award recipients must provide a summary report at the end of the fellowship award period. This report must be submitted electronically to spacegrant@ucsd.edu;
• All award recipients will be “longitudinally” tracked after graduation to assess the impact of the fellowship awards on career choices.

Application Period:  November 19, 2009 – January 5, 2010

To download the full announcement and view application instructions please click here.

Several Sacramento State students have had the opportunity to intern at NASA centers all across the nation.

Click the link to read the full story:
http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2009/11/12/News/Students.Aim.For.Stars-3828529.shtml

Saturday’s high altitude balloon launch took place near the southern tip of the Salton Sea near the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Read the rest of this entry »