NASA’s Heliophysics Big Year

Bill Matthaeus, Ramiz Qudsi and Bennett Maruca are some of the researchers who worked on a special issue of the Astrophysical Journal that focuses on the Parker Solar Probe was published today (Feb. 3rd) in which five of the articles were written by (or involved) UD researchers. (Bennett Maruca-striped shirt, Ramiz Qudsi-gray jacket, and Bill Matthaeus-gray shirt)

Last Saturday, October 14 kicked off NASA’s Heliophysics Big Year! Even though it was a bit of a soggy start in Delaware, we are looking forward to some great science coming up! Read more in UDaily

2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Augmentation

Read about Zairr’s Research Read about Connor’s Research Read about Rodney’s Research Read about Andrew’s Research Read about Donovan’s Research Read about Jada’s Research Read about Khalid’s Research Read about Joshua’s Research Read about Maeve’s Research Read about Stephanie’s Research Read about Keimora’s Research Read about Ibrahim’s Research

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2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Internships

To apply for a 2025 DESGC Undergraduate Internship, please go to https://www.delspace.org/fellowships-internships/internships/. We will accept applications until all spots are filled. Read about Isaac’s Research Read about Christina’s Research Read about Allison’s Research Read about Markos’ Research Read about David’s Research Read about Mark’s Research Read about Ethan’s Research Read about Gavin’s Research Read about… Continue reading 2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Internships

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Aiming High on Plasma Research

UD’s Bennett Maruca helps student teams prep experiments for NASA rocket launches UDaily Article RockSat-C Project

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Double Header: NASA Sounding Rockets to Launch Student Experiments

On June 22, 2023, NASA's RockOn and RockSat-C student flight programs pose in front of a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket. This is the 15th year that NASA's Sounding Rocket Program has supported flight opportunities for the RockOn and RockSat-C programs, which provide students a hands-on opportunity to develop flight experiments.

Delaware Space Grant Students launching experiments August 15! View Live on Wallops Youtube Channel 8/15 6-10am NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled to launch two sounding rockets carrying student developed experiments for RockSat-X and RockOn/RockSat-C missions on Aug. 15. Article and Viewing Information

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2023 NASA Summer Research Internships

Students are invited to apply for internships all over the country where they will work with real NASA scientists on current NASA research projects. A single application places students in the applicant pool for consideration by mentors for all NASA internships. The summer internship stipend for undergraduate students is $7,300, and recipients must be US… Continue reading 2023 NASA Summer Research Internships

2023-24 Undergraduate Student Tuition Awardees

Delaware Space Grant annually grants awards to highly qualified undergraduate students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and geography who are currently attending a DESGC Consortium institution. Tuition awards are up to $5,000 per student, and all recipients must be US Citizens. Applications are open in the Fall of each year. More about… Continue reading 2023-24 Undergraduate Student Tuition Awardees

2023-24 Graduate Student Fellows

Fellowships provide stipends of $31,000 to highly qualified graduate students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who are currently attending a DESGC member institution. Stipends are for one full year, and all recipients of these awards must be US Citizens. More about Sean More about Philip More about Jamie More about Amaja’… Continue reading 2023-24 Graduate Student Fellows

2023 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xi Wang (Science PI) from UD’s Materials Science Department and Associate Professor Vishal Saxena (Co-I) from UD’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on the submission of a successful proposal in NASA’s national competition! The proposal, “Multifunctional Zero-standby Power Sensing and Reconfigurable Photonic Integrated Circuits”, was selected by NASA for an award… Continue reading 2023 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award