MESA Research Academy

  • On March 11, 2013
In Summer and Fall 2012 the San Diego MESA Alliance and the California Space Grant Consortium implemented a pilot program entitled: MESA Research Academy: A Train-the-Trainer Academy for Understanding “What Is Research?” The goal was to provide exposure to engineering research and hands-on experience to underrepresented student populations in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) […]
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2012 – 2013 CaSGC Undergraduate Research Opportunity Announcement

  • On January 24, 2013
The California Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce the 2012 – 2013 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). Scholarships in the amount of $1,500 will be awarded to California students. Proposal Submission Period: January 24, 2013 – March 4th, 2013. Eligibility: Juniors and Seniors attending CaSGC Affiliate Universities and Colleges. Click here to view the […]
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2012 Stanford-Brown iGEM Team Among Top 16 in the World

  • On January 2, 2013
At this year’s iGEM World Competition the 2012 Stanford-Brown iGEM team were runners up for human practices, and one of the top 16 teams in the world out of 190 total teams; only four of which came from the US. With support from the Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium and the California Space Grant Consortium, […]
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California Space Grant Consortium Project is One of Eleven Selected Among Thousands to Participate in Teleconference with Astronauts

  • On November 20, 2012
On November 15th, the California Space Grant team attended a live video downlink between International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford aboard the ISS, astronaut Leland Melvin at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and 9,500 students of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). The recorded webcast […]
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Dr. Bob Lin 1942-2012

  • On November 17, 2012
The California Space Grant Consortium sadly announces the passing of world-renowned experimental space physicist and Professor of Physics Robert (Bob) Lin on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Bob was Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley and Campus Director for the California Space Grant Consortium until 2008. During this time he and his Space […]
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Distance Learning Tools Allow California Space Grant to Share Mars Science Laboratory with Underrepresented Youth at Rural High School

  • On November 12, 2012
In addition to presenting a dynamic seminar at UC San Diego’s new Structural and Materials Engineering Presentation Lab on November 2, Brian Schratz of NASA/JPL’s Mars Science Laboratory also conducted a distance learning activity with a group of underrepresented high school students in rural San Diego County. Mountain Empire High School science teacher Roger Wynn […]
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Mars Science Lab Seminar at UC San Diego

  • On November 2, 2012
In early November the California Space Grant Consortium and the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination held a dynamic seminar with NASA/JPL’s Brian Schratz, lead engineer for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) telecommunications team. Speaking to a packed auditorium in UC San Diego’s Structural & Materials Engineering Building Presentation […]
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