Archived Faculty Awards

NVSGC 2023 Faculty Awards

Claire Parker (DRI)

Hands-on Training: Linking NASA Engineering and Education to Advance Understanding

NVSGC 2022 Faculty Awards

Dr. Paul Oh (UNLV)

Project Title: VR/AR Enabled Co-bots

Dr. Rachel Salas (UNR)

Project Title: Access to Introductory Planetary Science & Robotics…

Dr. Ke-Xun Sun (UNLV)

Project Title: Developing Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum…

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

David Feil-Seifer (UNR)

K-12 Educator Training on Engineering-based Mathematical Modeling Activities for the K-12 Classroom Summary

Alison Sloat (UNLV)

STEM Teacher Development Academy and Resident Scientists-in-Schools Teacher Training (TT) Program

Eric Wang (UNR)

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. Paul Oh (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Project Title: VR/AR Enabled Co-bots

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

Lei Cao (UNR)

Develop Ultrathin All-carbon Thermal Interface Materials for High-temperature Devices Used in Venus Missions

Pengbo Chu (UNR)

Using 3D Printing to Develop An Enhanced Particle Separation System for Beneficiation of Lunar Regolith

David Feil-Seifer (UNR)

Dual Autonomy Problem for Collaborative HumanRobt Interaction

Yifei Jin (UNR)

Freeform Fabrication of Highly Densified ZrC-Based Composite Ceramic Structures Using Direct Ink Writing

Duane Moser (DRI)

A Fresh Look at Astrobiology’s Deepest Samples: Hunting Evolutionary Relics from Africa’s Ultradeep Mines

Claire Parker (DRI)

Infrastructure for SPACE: Nevada’s Youth Engineering the Future of NASA

Aude Picard (UNLV)

Characterizing microbe-mineral interactions in biominerals

Xiaoshan Zhu (UNR)

Development of Inorganic Nanozymes for Biomedical Analysis in Space

NVSGC 2022 Faculty Awards

Dr. Kelly Tseng (UNLV)

Quantum Biology: The Effects of Near Zero Magnetic Fields on Tissue Growth

Dr. Zu Hao (UNR)

Teledoc: A Smart Radar-assisted Telehealth Monitoring System

Dr. Brian Hedlund (UNLV)

Influence of Tectonic- and Climatic- Driven Habitat Fragmentation on the Evolution of Crenophilic Microbes in North America’s Driest Desert

Dr. Yifei Jin (UNR)

Refractory Powder Matrix-Assisted Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloy Structures with Arbitrary Architectures

Dr. Duane Moser (DRI)

Bacterial Endospores in the Continental Deep Subsurface: Dormancy as a Lifestyle in a Planetary Analog

Dr. Jun Zhang (UNR)

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