Archived Faculty Awards

NVSCG 2021 Faculty Awards

Dr. Jun Zhang  (University of Nevada, Reno)

Robotics Curriculum Development for College of Engineering at UNR

Dr. Douglas Sims (University of Nevada, Reno)

Subsurface Evidence of Postglacial Holocene and Pluvial Lakes at Pahrump Dry Lake: Central Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA

Dr. Eden Furtak-Cole (Desert Research Institute)

Course Development: Introduction to Numerical Modeling With Partial Differential Equations and Open-Source Software

Dr. Eric Wang (University of Nevada, Reno)

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 & Signal Processing

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 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

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