Near Space Balloon Team at UCSD

  • On September 1, 2010
Engineering students work with local high school educators to develop experiments to launch to 85,000 feet. Sponsored by the California Space Grant Consortium. Click here to view team website.
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CaSGC Co-Sponsors Public Outreach Day at UC Riverside

  • On April 12, 2010
CaSGC is pleased to have provided support to the Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day at UC Riverside this past weekend. This was an event designed to inspire K-12 students in the fields of science and engineering. Over one hundred UCR students volunteered in the event which drew 480 K-12 students and 60 parents. Click […]
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Students Research Effects of Microgravity on Fluids

  • On April 8, 2010
The California Space Grant Consortium is proud to have sponsored the UCSD Microgravity Project. A team of engineering undergraduates performed tests in a microgravity environment to research behavior streams of fluids in space. To see an interview of microgravity team member Colin Sheredy, click through this link and highlight Colin’s name.
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CaSGC Grad Fellowships @ UCSD

  • On February 5, 2010
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 […]
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Sacramento State Students work with NASA

  • On November 18, 2009
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
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Archeological Balloon Flight

  • On August 19, 2009
We have been funding two of our MAE students, Casey Barrett and David Hernandez, to work on aerospace projects this summer, including an interdisciplinary archeological balloon flight project with the Department of Anthropology (Professor Thomas Levy), Calit2, and the California Space Grant Consortium. Below is a description of the project, written by Professor Levy.
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Asteroid Named after CaSGC UCLA Campus Director

  • On July 22, 2009
Christopher Russell. Photo Courtesy JPL/NASA. CaSGC Campus Director for the University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Christopher Russell, is the Principal Investigator for the Dawn Mission to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres. In 2008, the International Astronomical Union named Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell in his honor. For more information, click here. Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell. Photo courtesy […]
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CaSGC’s STEM Impact in California

  • On July 22, 2009
Click here to read about California Space Grant Consortium projects in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) at our California affiliate campuses.
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Introducing the 2009 IYA California Student Ambassador

  • On March 30, 2009
Elena S. Amador is the California Student Ambassador for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. The International Year of Astronomy is a global program that aims to bring astronomy and all space sciences to a wider audience. Elena is currently a 4th year undergraduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she is […]
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