Current Student Awards

Graduate Fellows

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2024-2025 Graduate Fellows

Johanne Albrigtsen

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Scott Allen

Ivan Altunin

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Richard Plotkin

Abraham Castaneda

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jacob Baker

Connery Chen

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Bing Zhang

Celime Garcia

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yeongkwon Son

Rachel Langgin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Carl-Johan Haster

Theodore Maranets

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

Simon Matin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Bing Zhang

Michael Moshi

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Edwin Oh

Gabriela Motta

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Arya Udry

Caleb Patton

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Petros Voulgaris

Jessica Peterson

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Petros Voulgaris

Sarah Shores Prins

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Thomas White

Giovanny Vazquez

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Mei Yang

Undergraduate Scholars

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2024-2025 Undergraduate Scholars

Evan Doe

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

Jose Guerra

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Kelly Tseng

Kurt Juarez

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Jun Zhang

Jonathan Le

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jun Kang

Grace McAndrews

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentors: Dr. William Richardson and Dr. Brad Schultz

Michael Nia

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentors: Dr. Lei Yang, Dr. Hans Moosmuller, and Dr. Naresh Kumar

Jaya Sicard

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Thomas White

Savannah Sleezer

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Brian Hedlund

Nico Vagner

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko

Internships

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2024 Internships

Summer 2024:

Kathleen Scafidi, XR Development in Omniverse and UE5 (University of Nevada, Reno)
Chase Southgate, XR Development in Omniverse and UE5 (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Fall 2024:

Jack Bogard, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics (University of Nevada, Reno)
Vedant Malhotra, Identifying Highways in the Skies for Urban Air Mobility (University of Nevada, Reno)
Josue Ochoa, Deep Learning Classification ofKepler/TESS Transit Signals (University of Nevada, Reno)
Kiana Partovi, Identifying Highways in the Skies for Urban Air (University of Nevada, Reno)
Vergil Schreiber, Polymer Electrolytes for All-Solid-State High Performance Batteries (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)