Washington Space Grant Undergraduate Team Awards
 | | The recipient of the first Space Grant Undergraduate Team Award is the Seattle Central Community College Rocket Team. |
The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium awards funding to undergraduates across the state to help them participate in national competitions either sponsored or sanctioned by NASA.
The competitions in the fields of science, engineering or mathematics are intended to complement their studies.
In the past, Space Grant has supported team projects in the areas of robotics, microgravity and other NASA-related fields. Previous awards have ranged from $1,000 to $2.500.
Applications are reviewed throughout the year. It takes approximately two weeks to review applications once all materials have been submitted.
Please note that some competitions require that team members be full-time
students and/or U.S. citizens.
Application Requirements:
- A completed application form (available online)
- Unofficial copies of each team member's transcript
- A letter of reference from the team's faculty mentor or advisor
- A written description of the project (no more than 3 pages, double-spaced). The description should address the project's significance to NASA and include a brief outline of the roles of the participating team members.
Questions regarding eligibility should be directed to J. Carlos Chavez at the Washington Space Grant office, 206-543-1943, or jcc5@u.washington.edu.
2010 Microgravity Team
Advisor
Professor James Riley, UW Department of Mechanical Engineering
Students
Ashley Clark, Alex LaComb and Matt Walker (aero/astronuatics); Stephen Choi, James Coe, Jeff Rider and Kyle Wetzlar (mechanical engineering); Amanda Rutherford (history/economics); and Jon Fowler (physics)
Project
NASA Microgravity University Program
Rotational Damping of Slosh in Microgravity seeks to provide design elements that could be used in the creation of more stable and energy efficient fluid storage systems for space travel
2009 Microgravity Team
Advisor
Dr. Cattien V. Nugyen, NASA Ames Research Center
Students
Olivia Lenz (Seattle Pacific University), Tanya Miracle (University of Akron), Hannah Clevenson (Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art), Kristine Collins (University of Virginia), and Courtney Giannini (Columbia University)
Project
NASA Microgravity University/NASA MUST
Microwave Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires under Microgravity Conditions addresses the changes observed in the length, straightness, and quantity of nanowires grown with decreased gravitational stresses.
2007 UW SAMPE Bridge and Wing Building Team
Faculty Advisor
Research Professor Brian Flinn
Students
Zia Qadir, Todd Morton, Chillip Chan, Caroline Dang, Diana Choi, Cheng-I Lin, Jeffrey Satterwhite, Christopher Petz, Tyson Delos Santos, Conor Keenan, Eileen Eng, Andrew Hopkins, Jeffrey Un, Elliott Baker and Adrian Tayne (materials science & engineering)
Project
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Annual Student Competition
National student design competitions held in conjunction with the professional society's international symposium and exposition.
2007 Microgravity Team
Faculty Advisor
Professor Peter Wu (Southern Oregon University)
Students
Violette Manning and Bolan Meek (Seattle Central Community College); Sean Coyle, Nicholas Kennedy, Lennon Pierce and Ian Taylor (OSU); Danielle Hall, Chad Ensor and James Schellinger (Oregon Institute of Technology)
Project
NASA Reduced-Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program
"Dual Phase Flow Through a 2-D Fixed Bed": an experiment aimed at determining how to eliminate air bubbles that can clog the flow of liquids in the life-support systems of astronauts.
2007 UW Pipeline Project
Faculty Mentor
Christine Stickler, Pipeline Project Director
Students
Nimisha Ghosh Roy (Earth & space science), Rebecca Michelle Lewis (speech & hearing), Alexander E. Dowell (biology), Suzanne Gail Hayward (physics/astronomy) and Tasia Halady (biology)
Project
Earth and Space Science Exploration Week
A weeklong Alternative Spring Break project with rural eighth graders, fostering enthusiasm for science through curriculum to imagine and develop the first Mars Colony (March 2007).
2006 Seattle Central Community College Rocket Team
Faculty Advisor
Instructor Rebecca Hartzler
SCCC students
Breana Merriweather (captain), Nick Ueland, Aaron Capps and Elliott Wolfe (pre-engineering)
SCCC alumni/UW students
Sarah Bangs (biochemistry), Seth Gordon (physics) and Adam Przybilla (electrical engineering)
Project
Second Intercollegiate Rocket Launch Competition
Summer training, Utah, 2006.
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