Current Student Awards

Graduate Fellows

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2024-2025 Graduate Fellows

Johanne Albrigtsen

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Scott Allen

Bio

Ivan Altunin

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Richard Plotkin

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Abraham Castaneda

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jacob Baker

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Connery Chen

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Bing Zhang

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Celime Garcia

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yeongkwon Son

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Rachel Langgin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Carl-Johan Haster

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Theodore Maranets

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

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Simon Matin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Bing Zhang

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Michael Moshi

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Edwin Oh

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Gabriela Motta

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Arya Udry

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Caleb Patton

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Petros Voulgaris

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Jessica Peterson

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Petros Voulgaris

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Sarah Shores Prins

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Thomas White

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Giovanny Vazquez

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Mei Yang

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Undergraduate Scholars

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2024-2025 Undergraduate Scholars

Evan Doe

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

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Jose Guerra

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Kelly Tseng

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Kurt Juarez

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Jun Zhang

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Jonathan Le

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jun Kang

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Michael Martin

University of Nevada, Reno

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

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Grace McAndrews

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentors: Dr. William Richardson and Dr. Brad Schultz

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Jaya Sicard

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Thomas White

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Savannah Sleezer

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Brian Hedlund

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Nico Vagner

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko

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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)