NVSGC 2023 Faculty Awards
Hands-on Training: Linking NASA Engineering and Education to Advance Understanding
NVSGC 2022 Faculty Awards
Dr. Eric Wang (UNR)
Project Title: NevadaSat 2022
NVSCG 2021 Faculty Awards
Dr. Jun Zhang (UNR)
Robotics Curriculum Development for College of Engineering at UNR
Dr. Douglas Sims (UNR)
Subsurface Evidence of Postglacial Holocene and Pluvial Lakes at Pahrump Dry Lake: Central Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA
Dr. Eden Furtak-Cole (DRI)
Introduction to Numerical Modeling With Partial Differential Equations and Open-Source Software
Dr. Eric Wang (UNR)
NevadaSat
NVSGC 2017 Faculty Awards
Meghan Collins (DRI)
Science Communication Skill-Building for UNR and UNLV Graduate Students
Emma Regentova (UNLV)
Development of Project-Based Teaching Modules for Comm., Networking, and Air and Space-born Data…
NVSGC 2016 Faculty Awards
Heather Holmes
UNR
Computational Skills for Big Data: Analysis, Statistics and Visualization
Paul Buck
NSC
A multi-week learning module on remote sensing for intro env sci and geo classes
David Feil-Seifer
UNR
Undergrad and Grad Robotics Curriculum for UNR
Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath
UNLV
Harnessing the power of astrobiology…
NVSGC 2015 Faculty Awards
Dan Ruby
UNR
AACT Rover/APV 2017-2018
Jason Steffen
UNLV
How Your World Works: The Physics of Daily Life
NVSGC 2023 Faculty Awards
K-12 Educator Training on Engineering-based Mathematical Modeling Activities for the K-12 Classroom Summary
STEM Teacher Development Academy and Resident Scientists-in-Schools Teacher Training (TT) Program
AACT Rover Project 2024
NVSGC 2022 Faculty Awards
Dr. Leah Madison (Desert Research Institute)
Project Title: NevadaTeach Continues to Bring Science Alive
Dr. Craig Rosen (Desert Research Institute)
Project Title: Bridging NASA and Nevada: A Professional Learning Experience
Dr. Jason Steffen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Project Title: Teacher Training in Astronomy and Physics
Dr. A.J. Long (Desert Research Institute)
Project Title: Robot-Ready: Engaging Northern Nevada Pre-Service Teachers with NASA Robotics
Dr. Erica Marti (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Project Title: Benefits, Research, and Careers Involving Radiation
Dr. Eric Wang (University of Nevada, Reno)
Project Title: AACT Rover Project 2023
NVSGC 2021 Faculty Awards
Dr. Leah Madison (Desert Research Institute)
NevadaTeach Brings Science Alive: Support Program of Pre-Service Teachers
Dr. A.J. Long (Desert Research Institute)
Training for Tomorrow: Engaging Nevada’s Rural Pre-Service Teachers with NASA Robotics
Dr. Eric Wang (University of Nevada, Reno)
AACT Rover Project
NVSGC 2017 Faculty Awards
Vaidyanathan (Ravi) Subramanian
UNR
A Hand-On Project on the Utilization of Solar Energy for Transportation and Storage
Dan Ruby
UNR
AACT Rover/APV 2017-2018
NVSGC 2016 Faculty Awards
Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath
UNLV
Informal Education: Astrobiology Alive!: Reinforcing traditional STEM concepts…
Henry Sun
DRI
Pre-College: Spaceward Bound Death Valley 2017
NVSGC 2015 Faculty Awards
Meghan Collins
DRI
Informal Education: DRI Earth Science for CLCNN NASA Programming today and into the future
David James
UNLV
Informal Education: Extending STEM Education in informal settings through hands-on activities
Dan Ruby
UNR
Pre-College: Pathways to Space 2016
Dr. Rachel Salas (University of Nevada, Reno)
Project Title: Access to Introductory Planetary Science & Robotics Lessons for Latinx, Native American & BIPOC 4th -8th Grade Students
Dr. Ke-Xun Sun (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Project Title: Developing Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum to Train the Future Nevada Space Science and Engineering Workforce
NVSGC 2023 Faculty Awards
Develop Ultrathin All-carbon Thermal Interface Materials for High-temperature Devices Used in Venus Missions
Using 3D Printing to Develop An Enhanced Particle Separation System for Beneficiation of Lunar Regolith
Dual Autonomy Problem for Collaborative HumanRobt Interaction
Freeform Fabrication of Highly Densified ZrC-Based Composite Ceramic Structures Using Direct Ink Writing
A Fresh Look at Astrobiology’s Deepest Samples: Hunting Evolutionary Relics from Africa’s Ultradeep Mines
Infrastructure for SPACE: Nevada’s Youth Engineering the Future of NASA
Development of Inorganic Nanozymes for Biomedical Analysis in Space
NVSGC 2022 Faculty Awards
Quantum Biology: The Effects of Near Zero Magnetic Fields on Tissue Growth
Influence of Tectonic- and Climatic- Driven Habitat Fragmentation on the Evolution of Crenophilic Microbes in North America’s Driest Desert
Refractory Powder Matrix-Assisted Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloy Structures with Arbitrary Architectures
Bacterial Endospores in the Continental Deep Subsurface: Dormancy as a Lifestyle in a Planetary Analog
Modeling and Performance Analysis of Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators…
NVSGC 2021 Faculty Awards
Dr. Xiaoliang Wang (Desert Research Institute)
Toxic Gas and Particle Emissions From Combustion of Spacecraft Materials
Dr. Pengbo Chu (University of Nevada, Reno)
Pre-Concentration of Lunar Regolith to Improve In-Situ Resource Utilization Investigation
Dr. Paul McBurnett (College of Southern Nevada)
Using Metal Loads as Hydrologic Tracers for Particle Transport via Fluvial Processes in an Arid Environment
Dr. Hui Zhao (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Durable Self-Cleaning Super-Hydrophobic Coating for Passive Dust Mitigation
NVSGC 2017 Faculty Awards
Paul MacNeilage
UNR
Underwater Virtual Reality for EVA Training
Hung (Jim) La
UNR
A Collaborative Control of Multiple UAV’s for Wildfire Tracking and Monitoring
Frank McDonough
DRI
Stories in the Snow: Can Citizen Science Methods Be Used to Advance Snow Science Research
NVSGC 2016 Faculty Awards
Doug Sims
CSN
Identification of Air Pollution in Meteoric Waters and Distribution Across the Las Vegas Valley
Sarah Bryans-Bongey
NSC
Nvantage: STEM Success via UAS Curriculum and Discovery for NV Teachers and Learners
Heather Holmes
UNR
NASA Collaboration to Acquire Satellite Remote Sensing Data for Air Quality Modeling in the Western U.S.
Ben Hatchett
DRI
Developing and Communicating Rain Shadow Science in Nevada