{"id":5454,"date":"2014-04-20T23:53:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=5454"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:53:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:53:32","slug":"casgc-southern-california-affiliate-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=5454","title":{"rendered":"CaSGC Southern California Affiliate Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, April 18, 2014 the California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) held its Southern California affiliate meeting at University of California, Los Angeles. The meeting was attended by staff from NASA \/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, affiliates, partners, and students from the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego, and Sacramento, and CaSGC Headquarters staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiliate-Meeting-Southern-California-4-18-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5455\" title=\"Affiliate Meeting--Southern California 4-18-14\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiliate-Meeting-Southern-California-4-18-14-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><!--more-->Francisco Pena of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (formerly designated NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) and Linda Rodgers of NASA \/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory provided an update on research and educational activities taking place at both centers and opportunities for high school, community college, undergraduate and graduate students to conduct research at the centers under NASA mentors. CaSGC Headquarters Staff (John Kosmatka and Tehseen Lazzouni) provided an overview of the State of the Consortium and a summary of Consortium-wide Accomplishments, and there were several presentations by affiliates and students including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Precollege: Programs to Bring Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds to the STEM Pipeline, by Lily Gossage of Cal Poly Pomona<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Research Infrastructure: NASA Dawn Mission, by Christopher Russell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Higher Education: San Diego MESA Alliance Research Academy &amp; Mentoring Chain, by Gustaaf Jacobs, Daniel Nelson, and Sean Davis of San Diego State University and Rafael Alvarez of San Diego City College.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Precollege &amp; Public Outreach: Student Spaceflight Experiment Program, by Marianna O\u2019Brien of Lincoln Middle School.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A student poster session was also held:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Fadi Bakour &amp; Dean Coco, Citrus College: \u201cProject Lambda\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Prasong Mahachitsattaya &amp; Michael Fernandez,  Los Angeles City College: \u201cDevelopment of an Arduino Based Portable Data Logger for Recording: Heart Rate, GPS Coordinates and Acceleration of a Human Subject\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Elizabeth Palmer, UC Los Angeles: \u201cDielectric Properties of the Surface of Asteroid Vesta From Dawn VIR Thermal Observations\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Marlene Patino, UC Los Angeles: \u201cCharacterization of Ion-Neutral Collisions for Electric Propulsion Devices\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Ron Powell, UC Los Angeles: \u201cOne-dimensional Hybrid Simulations of Ion Cyclotron Waves from the Enceladus Plume\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Michaela Villareal, UC Los Angeles: \u201cCharacterizing the Low Altitude Magnetic Belt at Venus\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Benjamin Martins, UC San Diego: \u201cActive Flight Load Alleviation Using Segmented Trailing Edge Wings on a Small UAS\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Elizabeth Koltz, University of Southern California: \u201cThe Reinventing Space Project: Performance Based Cost Modeling\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was a discussion of upcoming proposals and consortium activities and the meeting ended with an exciting Arduino Workshop run by Phuong Truong of UC San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful to our NASA colleagues and all the affiliates, partners, and students who took the time to be a part of this meeting. We look forward to new collaborations and programs to better serve students in the State of California and the Nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Photos from the Meeting:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5458\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1.-Welcome-and-Introductions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5458\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5458\" title=\"1. Welcome and Introductions\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1.-Welcome-and-Introductions-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome and Introductions: John Kosmatka, CaSGC Director with Chris Russell, UCLA Campus Affiliate &amp; Meeting Host<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5461\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2.-Becky-Howard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5461\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5461\" title=\"2. Becky Howard\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2.-Becky-Howard-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Howard, CaSGC Program Coordinator<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5465\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3.-Francisco-Pena-NASA-Armstrong-Flight-Research-Center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5465\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5465\" title=\"3. Francisco Pena (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center)\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3.-Francisco-Pena-NASA-Armstrong-Flight-Research-Center-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francisco Pena, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5467\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/4.-Linda-Rodgers-NASA-Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5467\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5467\" title=\"4. Linda Rodgers--NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/4.-Linda-Rodgers-NASA-Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Rodgers, NASA \/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5468\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5.-John-Kosmatka-State-of-the-Consortium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5468\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5468\" title=\"5. John Kosmatka--State of the Consortium\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/5.-John-Kosmatka-State-of-the-Consortium-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kosmatka, CaSGC Director<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5469\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6.-Tehseen-Lazzouni-Consortiumwide-Accomplishments-and-CaSGC-HQ-Activities.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5469\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5469\" title=\"6. Tehseen Lazzouni--Consortiumwide Accomplishments and CaSGC HQ Activities\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6.-Tehseen-Lazzouni-Consortiumwide-Accomplishments-and-CaSGC-HQ-Activities-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehseen Lazzouni, CaSGC Assistant Director<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5470\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7.-Tehseen-Lazzouni-with-David-Atkinson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5470\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5470\" title=\"7. Tehseen Lazzouni with David Atkinson\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7.-Tehseen-Lazzouni-with-David-Atkinson-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehseen Lazzouni, CaSGC, with David Atkinson, NASA \/ JPL &amp; University of Idaho<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5472\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8.-Lucia-Riderer-with-Chris-Russell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5472\" title=\"8. Lucia Riderer with Chris Russell\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8.-Lucia-Riderer-with-Chris-Russell-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia Riderer, Citrus College, with Chris Russell, UC Los Angeles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5473\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.1-Lunch-Break.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5473\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5473\" title=\"9.1 Lunch Break\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.1-Lunch-Break-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Working Lunch<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5474\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.2-Tehseen-Lazzouni-with-Jayesh-Bhakta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5474\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5474\" title=\"9.2 Tehseen Lazzouni with Jayesh Bhakta\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.2-Tehseen-Lazzouni-with-Jayesh-Bhakta-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tehseen Lazzouni, CaSGC, with Jayesh Bhakta, Los Angeles City College<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5475\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.3-Chris-Russell-Presentation-NASA-Dawn-Mission.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5475\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5475\" title=\"9.3 Chris Russell Presentation (NASA Dawn Mission)\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.3-Chris-Russell-Presentation-NASA-Dawn-Mission-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA Dawn Presentation by Chris Russell, UC Los Angeles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5476\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.4-Chris-Russell-Presentation-NASA-Dawn-Mission.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5476\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5476\" title=\"9.4 Chris Russell Presentation (NASA Dawn Mission)\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.4-Chris-Russell-Presentation-NASA-Dawn-Mission-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA Dawn Presentation by Chris Russell, UC Los Angeles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5477\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.5-Gustaaf-Jacobs-Presentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5477\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5477\" title=\"9.5 Gustaaf Jacobs Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.5-Gustaaf-Jacobs-Presentation-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gustaaf Jacobs, San Diego State University<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5478\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.6-Rafael-Alvarez-Presentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5478\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5478\" title=\"9.6 Rafael Alvarez Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.6-Rafael-Alvarez-Presentation-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rafael Alvarez, San Diego City College<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5485\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.7-Marianna-OBrien-Presentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5485\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5485\" title=\"9.7 Marianna O'Brien Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.7-Marianna-OBrien-Presentation-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marianna O&#39;Brien, Lincoln Middle School<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5486\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.8-Poster-Session-Michaela-Villareal-Tehseen-Lazzouni-Gustaaf-Jacobs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5486\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5486\" title=\"9.8 Poster Session--Michaela Villareal, Tehseen Lazzouni, Gustaaf Jacobs\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.8-Poster-Session-Michaela-Villareal-Tehseen-Lazzouni-Gustaaf-Jacobs-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster Session--Michaela Villareal (UCLA), Tehseen Lazzouni (CaSGC), Gustaaf Jacobs (SDSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5487\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.9-Poster-Session-Elizabeth-Koltz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5487\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5487\" title=\"9.9 Poster Session--Elizabeth Koltz\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.9-Poster-Session-Elizabeth-Koltz-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster Session--Elizabeth Koltz (USC)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5491\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.92-Poster-Session-Michael-Fernandez-and-Prasong-Mahachitsattaya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5491\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5491\" title=\"9.92 Poster Session--Michael Fernandez and Prasong Mahachitsattaya\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.92-Poster-Session-Michael-Fernandez-and-Prasong-Mahachitsattaya-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster Session--Michael Fernandez and Prasong Mahachitsattaya (Los Angeles City College)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5492\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.93-Poster-Session-John-Kosmatka-Fadi-Bakour-and-Dean-Coco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5492\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5492\" title=\"9.93 Poster Session--John Kosmatka, Fadi Bakour and Dean Coco\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.93-Poster-Session-John-Kosmatka-Fadi-Bakour-and-Dean-Coco-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster Session--John Kosmatka (CaSGC), Fadi Bakour and Dean Coco (Citrus College)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5493\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.94-Poster-Session-Lucia-Riderer-Fadi-Bakour-Dean-Coco-Gustaaf-Jacobs-Sean-Davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5493\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5493\" title=\"9.94 Poster Session--Lucia Riderer, Fadi Bakour, Dean Coco, Gustaaf Jacobs, Sean Davis\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.94-Poster-Session-Lucia-Riderer-Fadi-Bakour-Dean-Coco-Gustaaf-Jacobs-Sean-Davis-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster Session--Lucia Riderer, Fadi Bakour &amp; Dean Coco (Citrus College) with Gustaaf Jacobs &amp; Sean Davis (SDSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5494\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.95-Open-Mic-Jose-Granda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5494\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5494\" title=\"9.95 Open Mic--Jose Granda\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.95-Open-Mic-Jose-Granda-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Granda (CSU Sacramento)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5496\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.96-Arduino-Presentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5496\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5496\" title=\"9.96 Arduino Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.96-Arduino-Presentation-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Presentation: Phuong Truong (UC San Diego)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.97-Arduino-Presentation-Phuong-Truong-Top-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5497\" title=\"9.97 Arduino Presentation--Phuong Truong (Top Right)\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.97-Arduino-Presentation-Phuong-Truong-Top-Right-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Presentation: Phuong Truong, UC San Diego (top right corner of photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5498\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.98-Arduino-Workshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5498\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5498\" title=\"9.98 Arduino Workshop\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.98-Arduino-Workshop-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Workshop<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5499\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.99-Arduino-Workshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5499\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5499\" title=\"9.99 Arduino Workshop\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.99-Arduino-Workshop-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Workshop<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5500\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.992-Arduino-Workshop-Ben-Martns-Lily-Gossage-Don-Edberg-Phuong-Truong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5500\" title=\"9.992 Arduino Workshop--Ben Martins, Lily Gossage, Don Edberg, Phuong Truong\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.992-Arduino-Workshop-Ben-Martns-Lily-Gossage-Don-Edberg-Phuong-Truong-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Workshop--Ben Martins (UCSD), Lily Gossage &amp; Don Edberg (Cal Poly Pomona), Phuong Truong (UCSD)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5501\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.993-Arduino-Workshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5501\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5501\" title=\"9.993 Arduino Workshop\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.993-Arduino-Workshop-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Workshop<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5502\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.994-Arduino-Workshop-Don-Edberg-and-Phuong-Truong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5502\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5502\" title=\"9.994 Arduino Workshop--Don Edberg and Phuong Truong\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.994-Arduino-Workshop-Don-Edberg-and-Phuong-Truong-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Workshop--Don Edberg (Cal Poly Pomona), Phuong Truong (UCSD)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5503\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.995-Arduino-Workshop-One-of-several-projects-completed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5503\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5503\" title=\"9.995 Arduino Workshop--One of several projects completed\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.995-Arduino-Workshop-One-of-several-projects-completed-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arduino Connected to Laptop and Breadboard<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5504\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.996-Gamer-Kesheshe-and-Jose-Granda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5504\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5504\" title=\"9.996 Gamer Kesheshe and Jose Granda\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.996-Gamer-Kesheshe-and-Jose-Granda-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gamer Kesheshe (UCSD) and Jose Granda (CSU Sacramento)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5505\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.997-John-Kosmatka-Gamer-Kesheshe-and-Tehseen-Lazzouni.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5505\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5505\" title=\"9.997 John Kosmatka, Gamer Kesheshe, and Tehseen Lazzouni\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.997-John-Kosmatka-Gamer-Kesheshe-and-Tehseen-Lazzouni-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kosmatka, Gamer Kesheshe, and Tehseen Lazzouni (UCSD\/CaSGC)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5507\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.998-John-Kosmatka-Jose-Granda-Tehseen-Lazzouni1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5507\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5507\" title=\"9.998 John Kosmatka, Jose Granda, Tehseen Lazzouni\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/9.998-John-Kosmatka-Jose-Granda-Tehseen-Lazzouni1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kosmatka (CaSGC), Jose Granda (CSU Sacramento), and Tehseen Lazzouni (CaSGC)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meeting Presentation by CaSGC Headquarters (John Kosmatka and Tehseen Lazzouni):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-04-18-CaSGC-Meeting-Kosmatka-web-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">State of the Consortium, John Kosmatka (please click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-04-18-CaSGC-Meeting-Lazzouni-web-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Consortium-Wide Accomplishments &amp; Activities, Tehseen Lazzouni (please click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meeting Participants:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Azusa Pacific University<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Leslie Wickman (via telephone)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Cal Poly Pomona<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Don Edberg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Lily Gossage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>California Space Grant Consortium Headquarters \/ UC San Diego:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">John Kosmatka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Tehseen Lazzouni<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Rebecca Howard<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Citrus College<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Lucia Riderer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Dean Coco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Fadi Bakour<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>CSU Sacramento<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Jose Granda<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>CSU San Bernardino<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Laura Woodney (via telephone)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Lincoln Middle School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Marianna O&#8217;Brien<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Los Angeles City College<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Jayesh Bhakta<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Prasong Mahachitsattaya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Michael Fernandez<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Francisco Pena<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>NASA \/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Linda Rodgers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">David Atkinson (joint affiliation with University of Idaho)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>San Diego City College<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Rafael Alvarez<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>San Diego State University<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Gustaaf Jacobs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Daniel Nelson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Sean Davis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>UC Los Angeles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Christopher Russell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Vassilis Angelopoulos<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Marlene Patino<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Michaela Villarreal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Elizabeth Palmer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Ronald Powell<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>UC Santa Barbara<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Phil Lubin (via telephone)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>University of Southern California<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">James Wertz (joint affiliation with Microcosm)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Elizabeth Koltz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>UC San Diego<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Benjamin Martins<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Gamer Kesheshe<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Phuong Truong<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, April 18, 2014 the California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) held its Southern California affiliate meeting at University of California, Los Angeles. The meeting was attended by staff from NASA \/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, affiliates, partners, and students from the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego, and Sacramento, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}