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Explorers and Eruptions!- The Volcano World Team (Volcanologist Dr. Shan de Silva and Robert Peckyno) paid a visit to NASA Explorer School Faulconer Chapman in Sheridan this past week to demonstrate the cause and scales of volcanic eruptions. Nearly the whole school turned out for the final liquid nitrogen induced eruption. (For more information about the eruption, click here!)
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STEMFEST!- The OSGC 2008 Affiliate Meeting was held in early September at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. With amazing student projects and presentations, including a visit from the award winning OSU Robotics Team, as well as lively discussions about improving STEM education in Oregon, the annual state consortium meeting was a great success.
CONGRATULATIONS to the OSU Robotics Team who, along with the "Parallax Quad Rover" won the second annual University Rover Challenge at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. The team was sponsored by Parallax, Inc and OSGC. The winning team gets to participate in the 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention in Boulder, CO August 14-17, 2008.
CONGRATULATIONS to OSGC webmaster Robert Peckyno, who was chosen to participate in the first annual NASA "Coffee with the Administrator." Robert was one of a select group of graduate students, chosen for their ongoing research and interest in NASA related fields, who were flown to NASA HQ to meet with NASA administrator, Mike Griffin.
- 2008 Fellowship
and Summer Internship
recipients have been announced! See the respective pages for more
information!
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The From Spacesuits to Saturn: The 2007 OSGC Student Symposium Highlights
Students participating
in research
opportunities at NASA centers across the United States will shared their
experiences and projects with peers and university faculty at the Oregon Space Grant Student Symposium, on November 7, 2007. The symposium featured both oral and poster presentations from Oregon
students as well as information regarding future NASA opportunities.
- CONGRATULATIONS to the OSGC Team (Claude Kansaku, Linda Kehr, and Catherine Lanier) for winning the 'Best Overall Paper' and 'Best Paper - PIC II' Awards at the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference in Hawaii. Click here to read their abstract!
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The 2007 Affiliate Meeting "A Great Success!!"
This year's Affiliate Meeting was hosted by Lane Aviation Academy in Eugene, OR on September 9-11. Please visit the 2007 Affiliate Meeting page for more information and the agenda.
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Educator Resource Blog Added
Visit our new resource
blog for links to lesson plans, classroom activities, NASA educator
resources and announcements, professional development links and more!
Recent Press
- OSU robotics team wins Mars rover contest
06-11-08, KCBY News
- Oregon State Wins 2008 Mars Rover Challenge
06-11-08, Information Week
- OSU Robotics Team Wins National Competition
06-10-08, OSU Press Release
- Coffee Break with NASA top official for OSU
05-02-08, OSU Daily Barometer
- How to Manage Floating Fluids in Space, PSU
Affiliated ISS Microgravity Experiment
07-03-07, NASA ISS Science Web Portal
- Quantum Leap, Local Students Launch Space
Age Careers
06-29-07, Polk County Itemizer
- WOU's Renaissance man is Science Whiz
06-12-07, Polk County Itemizer
- Microgravity alumni wins Delmer Dewey award
at WOU
05-23-07, WOU Press Release
- Wu announces Space Camp scholarship
competition
04-10-07, Hillsboro Argus
- OSU student and OSGC alum discusses FIRST
Robotics
04-10-07, MCADCafe.com
- Space invention lands Oregon company in
record books
04-07-07, Eugene Register-Guard
- Climber recovers OSU Balloon
12-21-06, Corvallis Gazette-Times
- OSU Balloon found in tree
12-13-06, Corvallis Gazette-Times
- The Great Balloon Hunt
12-12-06, Corvallis Gazette-Times
- $24 million space museum launched
12-09-06, Press Coverage, News-Register
- Vernon Elementary named Oregon's second NASA
Explorer School
9-21-06, Press Coverage, Oregonian
- Wu tries to land Oregon a retired space
shuttle
9-11-06, Press Coverage, Oregonian
- OSU Alum and NASA Astronaut to Deliver da
Vinci Days Address
7-5-06, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Graduates [Kathryn King, OSGC Scholar] from
Chemeketa get in tune with real world
6-18-06, Press Coverage, Statesman Journal
- ScienceWorks and SOU launch balloon satellite
6-9-06, Press Coverage, Ashland Daily Tidings
- Satellite experiment lifts off
5-25-06, Press Coverage, Klamath Herald and News
- NASA Awards Oregon Space Science Grant
4-27-06, Press Release, NASA Headquarters
- Students Receive NASA Space Grant
Scholarships
4-20-06, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Congessman
Wu to Announce Space Camp Scholarships, April 17
4-14-06, Press Release, PSU Office of Marketing and Communications
- NASA Space Grant Recipient - Sarah Bailey
4-06, Press Coverage, PSU Electrical and Computer Engineering News
- CV Robotics team wins 2nd in region
3-31-06, Press Coverage, Corvallis Gazette-Times
- George Fox Students Win Oregon NASA Space
Grant Consortium Scholarships
3-30-06, Press Release, GFU News and Communications
- PCC Scholars [Jennifer Jones, OSGC Scholar]
to be honored by U.S. Rep. Wu
3-28-06, Press Release, PCC News and Communications
- More Than 400 Middle, High School Students
to Visit OSU as part of SMILE Program
3-15-06, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Oregon schools win robotics recognition
3-5-06, Press Coverage, The Oregonian
- NASA honors three OSU students for robotics
work
1-24-06, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Two UO Faculty Members [Greg Bothun, OSGC
rep] make 'most cited' list
1-9-06, Press Release, UO Inside Oregon
- Jamie Zipay and Claude Kansaku [OIT] Awarded
Grants
1-06, Press Coverage, OIT Alumni News
- Balloon Launch Brings Delayed Success
11-16-05, Press Release, PSU Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer
Science News
- OSU Space program helps schoolkids aim high,
dream big
10-24-05, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Firefox
reaches 100 million downloads
10-19-05, Press Release, OSU Linux Users Group (OSULG)
- Space - The High Frontier
10-05, Education Newsletter, The Captain Michael King Smith
Educational Institute
- Quantum Leap - WOU Microgravity Flight Team
05-19-05, Press Coverage, Polk County Itemizer-Observer
- WOU Students to fly for NASA in July
04-06-05, Press Release, WOU News and Communications
- OSU Students Developing Technology for Mars
Voyage
03-31-05, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Four PCC students receive NASA scholarships
02-02-05, Press Release, PCC News and Communications
- Students, Faculty Fight Rugged Terrain in
Science Project
10-04-04, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- Space Grant to Launch Balloons at State Fair
08-23-04, Press Release, OSU News and Communications
- NASA chief brings a bit of star power to
school
03-30-04, Press Coverage, Statesman Journal
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