For Immediate Release: May 22, 2003
Contact: Mary Fink
402/554-3772 or nasa@unomaha.edu
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium (NSGC) and Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) recently selected 27 projects to be funded through the NSGC Seed Research, Travel Grant, and Education Outreach Programs. Each funding program was established to assist specific research endeavors. Seed Research funding provides an opportunity for faculty researchers to compete annually for project funding. NSGC & EPSCoR Travel Grants allow faculty and students to obtain funds for presenting research, attending scholarly conferences, and building research collaborations. Additionally, the Education Outreach Program was established as an opportunity to develop innovative teaching methods and techniques for Nebraska students.
Priority was given to projects that will establish research collaborations with NASA scientists or NASA Centers. The awarded projects range in focus from geospatial analysis of agricultural land to aquatic spectroscopy and airborne imaging. Awardees, corresponding academic institutions, and individual project titles are provided for each funding program below.
Seed Research Awardees
Creighton University
Joan Ramage “Airborne and Ground-Based Biodiversity Mapping of Hitchcock Nature Area, Iowa and Winnebago Native American Reservation, Nebraska”
John Schalles “Graduate Training in Aquatic Spectroscopy and Airborne Imaging”
Mary Ann Vinton “Characterizing Selected Landscapes of the Winnebago Reservation Using High Spectral Resolution Images”
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Ram Bishu “Development of Estimates of Elemental Times for Typical Intra Vehicular (IVA) Tasks”
Florin Bobaru “Optimal Design of Functionally Graded Materials for Thermal Protection Shields and Biomedical Implants”
Kevin Cole “Theory for Hot-Film Sensors in High-Speed Gas Flow”
N.J. Ianno “Satellite Contaminant Materials Research Program”
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Claudia Chaperon “The Effects of Sleep Deprivation in Young and Old Rats”
& Lynne Farr
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Mike Larson “Pilot Performance Using True Flight Track Versus Magnetic Heading”
Jeff Peake “Geospatial Analysis of Winnebago Agricultural Lands”
Civil Air Patrol
Charles Lane “Support of the 99th Pursuit Composite Squadron”
Little Priest Tribal College
Betty Redleaf “Native IMAGE (Institute for Managing Applications in Geospatial Extension”
Nebraska Aviation Council
Diane Bartels “Production of the 2004 Nebraska Aviation Art Calendar”
Nebraska Wesleyan
Michael McDonald “K-12 Science Teaching Institute”
Strategic Air and Space Museum
Christi Churchill “Support of Flight Camp 2003”
Tuskegee Airmen
Bob Rose “Support of the Alfonza W. Davis Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen”
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Kevin Lee “Support of a High School Astrobiology Summer Camp”
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Denny Acheson “Support of the 2003 Aerospace Careers Exploration Academy”
Mike Larson “Support of the Nebraska Student Satellite Program”
Creighton University
Bruce Mattson “Microscale Gas Chemistry”
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Scott Vlasek “Creation of a Corporate Aviation Course”
Neal Grandgenett “Systemizing Teacher Support in Space Education”
Laurel-Concord Community Schools
Ed Brogie “American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting”
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Ram Bishu “NASA Ames Research Center”
Shane Farritor “SPIE AeroSense 2003 Conference; AIAA Space Automation and Robotics Technical Committee (SARTC); Kennedy Space Center”
Yongfeng Lu “NASA Ames Research Center/Langley Research Center”
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Philip Craiger “Network Forensic Investigative Techniques”
The deadline for the next Seed Research, Travel Grant, and Education Outreach competition is February 28, 2004. For additional information regarding these and other funding opportunities, please visit the NSGC & EPSCoR website at http://nasa.unomaha.edu
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