{"id":445,"date":"2009-02-13T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=445"},"modified":"2022-01-20T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:37:40","slug":"impact-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=445","title":{"rendered":"Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>The California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) has made a major impact in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in its California affiliate campuses. Below are a few examples of how CaSGC has played a role:<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;-1&#8243; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC Santa Barbara&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;ucsb&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CaSGC funds interdisciplinary projects ranging from astrophysics, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, geography, geophysics, marine sciences, and physics. Below are some example projects.\n<ul>\n<li>Studying paleoproterozoic eukaryotes<\/li>\n<li>Remote detection of cholera outbreaks<\/li>\n<li>Designed and tested the B-machine: an experiment in radio astronomy to measure the emission of radio from the early universe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8121\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-1.png\" alt=\"UCSB Impact 1\" width=\"294\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8122\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-2-300x225.png\" alt=\"UCSB Impact 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-2-627x470.png 627w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-2.png 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8123\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-3-300x201.png\" alt=\"UCSB Impact 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-3-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-3.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Designed a lightweight high altitude scientific balloon payload.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and tested mm wave optical components.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and tested a polarization modulation system utilizing a half wave plate made from a resonant cavity with a wire grid front.<\/li>\n<li>Tested a high pressure hydrogen Joule-Thomson valve cryocooler<\/li>\n<li>Designed and tested a precision water incubator for testing waterborne pathogens.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and tested a plate-based corrugated millimeter wave feed horn array. Students worked with a staff member to do a 3D electromagnetic analysis of the system of feed horns to be used with a mm wave focal plane array.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and built a system to measure the millimeter wavelength emissivity of bulk and tin-film metal on carbon fiber reinforced plaster. The system uses a cryogenic load to compare target emissivities against a known cryogenic blackbody. This sytem is being used to test coatings from an industrial partner who produced space-flight coatings for many NASA missions including the Kepler mission.<\/li>\n<li>Tested a prototype low-temperature balloon design for possible use in future NASA missions to explore Titan\u2019s surface with a super pressure balloon.<\/li>\n<li>TOSS Project: Transient Optical Sky Survey\n<ul>\n<li>A large array of optical telescopes automatically scan the sky nightly, and the images are combined into one large sky-map potentially covering 25% of the sky (depending on array size \u2013 system is easily scaled). This map is then compared to previous nights and partially processed on the fly to identify transients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8124\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-4-300x200.png\" alt=\"UCSB Impact 4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-4-355x235.png 355w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSB-Impact-4.png 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC Davis&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;ucd&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CaSGC\u2019s program at UC Davis contributes to student training in environmental sciences, technology, engineering and mathematical disciplines. Below are some project examples:<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Developed a new NASA MODIS tool to assess wildfire risk and to understand inter-annual variation in vegetation hydrology and climate.\n<ul>\n<li>Shown below is an image of multi-year renditions of Canopy Water Content of the San Diego region, from low to high, from MODIS satellite images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8126\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCD-Impact-1.jpeg\" alt=\"UCD Impact 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Working with the California Department of Boating and Waterways, Department of Water Resources and the CalFed program to evaluate water turbidity in relation to submerged aquatic weeds in the Sacramento delta to determine whether the recent decline in endangered fish is due to the spread of invasive species.<\/li>\n<li>Built and flown an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which carried a payload consisting of a color-infrared imager, GPS, tilt meter, and computer system.\n<ul>\n<li>Below is a digital photograph mosaic and near infrared insert taken from the UAV over the University of California Davis Arboretum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8127\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCD-Impact-2.jpeg\" alt=\"UCD Impact 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Below is an airborne hyperspectral image over the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with inserts showing the location of mapped submersed species in red, plus thumbnail photographs of submersed, floating and emergent invasive weeds and native plant species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8128\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCD-Impact-3.jpeg\" alt=\"UCD Impact 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC Riverside (CA District 44)&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;ucr&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involved in the Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment (TIGRE), where students help design and test new gamma ray telescopes, and analyze data from scientific balloon flights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8131\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-1-226x300.png\" alt=\"UCR Impact 1\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-1-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-1.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8132\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"UCR Impact 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-2-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-2-627x470.jpeg 627w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCR-Impact-2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC Los Angeles (CA District 33)&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;ucla&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involvement in Dawn Discovery Mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8133\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-1-300x229.png\" alt=\"UCLA Impact 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-1-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-1.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involvement in THEMIS Explorer Mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8134\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-300x224.png\" alt=\"UCLA Impact\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact-627x470.png 627w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCLA-Impact.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC San Diego (CA District 52)&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;ucsd&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AIAA Design, Build, and Fly aircraft competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8117 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Copyright 2006 Michael Metheny\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-1100x733.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1-355x235.jpeg 355w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8118\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-300x211.jpeg\" alt=\"UCSD Impact 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-1024x719.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-768x539.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-600x421.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2-800x562.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-2.jpeg 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AUVSI Unmanned Aircraft Competition for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8119\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"UCSD Impact 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-3-627x470.jpeg 627w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCSD-Impact-3.jpeg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate Student Fellowship Program: Students from different STEM backgrounds take an interdisciplinary approach to a focused theme area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and their associated science payload sensors and technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;UC Irvine&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;uci&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CaSGC supports students in the Department of Earth System Science in projects that are likely to lead to scientific advances to benefit future space-based observations of the planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Santa Clara University&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;santa-clara-university&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aerospace education and design<\/li>\n<li>Designed advanced spaceborne biological processing technologies for small spacecrafts.<\/li>\n<li>Mission operations for NASA small spacecraft where students have participated in inspirational, hands-on interdisciplinary, team-based engineering development projects through Santa Clara University\u2019s Robotic Systems Laboratory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8135\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SCU-Impact-1.jpeg\" alt=\"SCU Impact 1\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8136\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SCU-Impact.jpeg\" alt=\"SCU Impact\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SCU-Impact.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SCU-Impact-355x235.jpeg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;CSU San Bernardino&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;csu-san-bernadino&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students conducted experiments in astrobiology and astronomy and developed computer and programming skills in the process.<\/li>\n<li>At this Hispanic Serving Institution, students who would otherwise have had to find part time jobs outside their education in STEM have been able to focus their time and attention to obtaining valuable skills in their quest for physics and technology jobs or obtaining admission to graduate school after graduation.<\/li>\n<li>Students have worked on the biological fixation of nitrogen, including fieldwork at Searles Lake to examine high-salinity tolerant extremophile bacteria.<\/li>\n<li>A student traveled to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff and worked with scientists there for two weeks to learn computer modeling techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;CSU Long Beach&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;csu-long-beach&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supporting projects that complement the California Launch Vehicle Education Initiative (CALVEIN), a partnership between CSULB and Garvey Spacecraft Corporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8139\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CSULB-Impact-1-201x300.png\" alt=\"CSULB Impact 1\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CSULB-Impact-1-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CSULB-Impact-1.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8140\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CSULB-Impact-2.jpeg\" alt=\"CSULB Impact 2\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developed preliminary launch control software and cataloguing of COTS avionic parts for low cost small launch vehicle and spaceraft applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;University of Southern California&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;usc&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunar Lander Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8141\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"USC Impact 1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-1.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rocket Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8142\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-2-246x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-2-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-2.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8143\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/USC-Impact-3.png\" alt=\"USC Impact 3\" width=\"286\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Micro-satellite Laboratory in the Astronautics and Space Technology Division<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Cal Poly Pomona&#8221; 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The rocket is approximately 2.5 m long and 20-30 kg depending on propellant load and payload mass. Their vehicle will be available to other Cal Poly Pomona researchers to carry scientific payloads and investigate the behavior of control systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8147\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cal-Poly-impact.jpeg\" alt=\"Cal Poly impact\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) has made a major impact in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in its California affiliate campuses. 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