National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award
The National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize individuals
whose life and career have had a long lasting impact in a science, engineering or education
field that is related to aeronautic, aviation, or space endeavors. The inaugural award
was presented in 2003 to former Senator and Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd M. Bentsen for his
visionary work in creating the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Act.
The 2009 National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was presented
at a reception and banquet on March 5, 2009 in Washington, DC to
Leon Lederman.
To submit a nomination for future awards please complete the
National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form.
The William A Hiscock Space Grant Scholarship Fund
In Memory of William Hiscock, the former director of the Montana Space Grant, the National Space Grant Foundation has established
the William A Hiscock Space Grant Scholarship Fund.
Bill was known for his animated lectures on cosmology, including his own special course for entering freshman Physics majors, "From Quarks to the Cosmos". Bill also led a very active research group investigating topics in the quantum theory of gravity, space-based gravitational wave detection, relativistic fluid dynamics, and the application of elementary particle physics to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.
Bill continued to be active as the MSGC Director during the past year, working from home, submitting proposals, and providing advice for the new Head of the Department. Bill was instrumental in the National Space Grant Student Satellite Program. He, along with others in the Space Grant family, led hands-on workshops to teach and train other faculty and students around the county. Through these efforts over 100 new student ballooning programs have been created, engaging thousands of students.
Space Grant News
| Last Updated: 2009-07-03 |
|
Space Systems Engineering Website 02 Jul 2009 - National Space Grant Foundation The National Space Grant Foundation, under contract with NASA/JSC, has developed a Space Systems Engineering website to disseminate curriculum materials to interested faculty. The materials were developed from NASA processes and piloted at the University of Texas at Austin. They include 27 lecture modules, accompanying assignments and exams, reference handbooks, videos, recommended readings, and other resources. The full systems engineering course was designed as a 3 credit hour prerequisite to the senior-level capstone spacecraft/mission design course. Contribute to the website, join the systems engineering forum discussion, or just access the materials at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/ |
|
Student rocket flies with success 13 Jan 2009 - Alaska Space Grant Alaska Space Grant students watched eagerly as their rocket project launched successfully from Poker Flat Research Range on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. The Ionospheric Science and Inertial Sensing project, called ISIS for short, launched at 2:17 p.m. Alaska Standard Time and flew as designed to the D-region of the ionosphere. A NASA sounding rocket carried the experiment to an altitude of nearly 61 vertical miles |
|
John Mather Nobel Scholars Named 16 Jul 2008 - The Henry Foundation On 2008 July 16, five summer interns at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland were awarded John Mather Nobel Scholarships by The Henry Foundation, Inc. The funding for the scholarships originated in a generous contribution from the John and Jane Mather Foundation for Science and the Arts, which in turn was funded from the award of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics to Dr. Mather. |
|
International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight 30 May 2008 - New Mexico Space Grant Veteran space travelers and leaders of the emerging personal and commercial spaceflight industry will gather in Las Cruces, N.M., Oct. 22-23 for the fourth annual International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight, hosted by the New Mexico Space Grant. The purpose of the symposium is to bring the community involved in personal and commercial spaceflight together for two days to grow the industry. |