North Carolina Space Grant Awards Three Appalachian State University Students Research Funding

BOONE, N.C. — Three Appalachian State University students have received North Carolina Space Grants to conduct science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research in the 2024–25 academic year.

North Carolina Space Grants are funded by NASA and have been administered by North Carolina State University since 1991. Awards benefit undergraduate students as they perform research on App State’s campuses, or at industrial sites or government facilities. The grants also provide students with opportunities to develop relationships with university mentors and NASA experts.

App State’s 2024–25 North Carolina Space Grant recipients:

• Cooper Brown, a junior ecology, evolution and environmental biology major from Holly Springs, who is researching greenhouse gasses in Southern Appalachian ponds.
• Hailey Church, a senior cellular/molecular biology major from Boone, who is also researching greenhouse gasses in Southern Appalachian ponds.
• Cade Tischer, a senior applied physics major from Cary, who is researching measurements of humidity to predict aerosol liquid water content.

Each student will receive one year of funds to supplement and enhance their research, culminating in a final report and poster presentation to the North Carolina Space Symposium in spring 2025.

Read the full article on today.appstate.edu. (Original Post Date: Sept. 20, 2024)

Author Credit: By Lauren Gibbs and Brian Miller

Image Credit: North Carolina Space Grant Consortium