Undergraduate Scholarships

William Engler $4000
NC State University , Aerospace Engineering
“The NASA Tumbleweed Rover”

Charlene Locklear $4000
UNC-Pembroke, Chemistry & Physics
“Fluids in O-g (EOG): A Study of the Mixing Properties of Fluids and Enzyme Acitivity in Reduced Gravity”

Joseph Estevez $4000
NC Central, Physics
“Investigation of Isomer States in Heavy Nuclei for Potential Energy Source for Interstellar Space Journey: Excitation Studies of the Th-229 Isomer at the Duke University Free Electron (FEL) Facility"

Danielle Goode $2000
NC A&T State , Electronics & Computer Technology
“Water Vapor Profiling Using a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver”

Luke Davis $2000
NC State University , Mechanical Engineering
“Development and Analysis of a New Ultra Lightweight High Strength Metallic Matrix Composite”

Graduate Fellowships

Michael Hunter $5000
Duke University , Mechanical Engineering
“Nonlinear Techniques Used for Buckling Predictions in Slender Members with Applications to Space Structures”

Rebecca Israelnaim $5000
NC State, Aerospace Engineering
“Wind Tunnel Study of an Adaptive Wing”

Christopher Murphy $5000
NC A&T State , Mechanical Engineering (Materials & Structures)
“Analyzing & Improving Electro-Active Paper Sensors & Actuators”

Matthew Fleenor $5000
UNC-Chapel Hill, Physics & Astronomy
Large-Scale Structure in the Horologium-Reticulum Supercluster”

 Travis Garrett $5000
NC A&T State , Physics
“Modeling Massive Black Hole Mergers for LISA”

Leroy Calder $5000
UNC-Charlotte, Electrical Engineering
“Use of Moderate Inversion Design Techniques for Micropower & Low Noise Data Converter Design”

Sid Becker $3000
NC State, Mechanical Engineering
“Numerical Modeling of Bioconvection in Microgravity & Reduced Gravity Conditions”

Saeed Nojavan $3000
NC State, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Electromagnetic Waves”

Celeste Yeates $3000
UNC-Chapel Hill, Physics & Astronomy
“Uncovering Low Amplitude Combination Frequencies in ZZ Ceti Stars”

Faculty Grants

Higher Education

Udzei Edgal $1000
NC State, Mechanical Engineering
“Developing a Computational Science & Engineering Technology Course for Undergraduate & Graduate Science & Engineering Technology Students”

Research Seed

Stefano Curtarold $4000
Duke University , Mechanical Engineering
“New Lightweight Aerospace Magnesium Alloys”

Arindam Mukherjee $4000
UNC-Charlotte, Electrical & Computer Engineering
“Clocking in Space for Reliability and Lower Power”

Andre Mazzoleni $4000
NC State University , Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Development of Ground-Based, Two-Dimensional, Tethered Satellite Experiment Test Facility Prototype”

Taofang Zeng $4000
NC State University , Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Multi-Functional Nanocomposite Aerospace Coating”

Outreach

William Craft $1000
NC A&T State , Mechanical Engineering
Support Funds for a 2004 State-Wide Summer 6-12 Grade Teacher Workshop”

Terry Gilber $2000
NC A&T State , Mechanical Engineering
“NCAT Robot Boot Camp 2004”

Kinney Kim $1000
NC Central University , Physics
“Space Grant Consoritum Outreach & Public Service 2005 NCCU to Host NC Regional Science Bowl 2005”

Timothy Ritter $1000
UNC-Pembroke, Chemistry & Physics
Fluids in O-g: A Study of the Mixing Properties of Fluids In a Reduced Gravity Environment”

Tracey Watkins $1000
Winston-Salem State , Computer Science
“Girls Accessing Mathematics Effectively/Boys Effectively Accessing Mathematics”

William Roberts $1000
NC State University , Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Testing and Demonstration of a Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine for 6-12 Education”

Workforce Development Undergraduate/Graduate Student Internships

Undergraduate Internships

Jeff Jones $4000
Duke University , Mechanical Engineering, “Goddard Student Internship Program”

Kevin Mabie $5000
NC Central, Computer & Mathematics
“Computational Modeling of Nuclear Isomer States in Heavy Nuclei”
Jefferson Laboratory-Free Electron Laser Facility, Newport News , VA

Stephen Rawson $2700
Duke University , Mechanical Engineering
SSAI, NASA Goddard Aerospace Contractor

Yugapriya Sivanesan $5000
NC State University , Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Validation of the Hybrid Mesh Generator HARPOON for High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics”
Computational Engineering International Inc. (CEI), Morrisville , NC

Graduate Internships

Miles Blanton $6700
UNC-Chapel Hill, Astronomy
“Structure, Energetics & Cluster Environments of Radio-Loud Galaxies” & “Use of Green Bank Telescope(GBT)” National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV

Gafar Flamin $6700
NC A&T State , Mechanical Engineering (Materials & Structures)
“An Innovative Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver Based on the Original Form of the Conservation Laws for Fluid Flows” NASA Langley Research Center

Patrick Keistler $6700
NC State, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Simulation of Turbulent Flows in Scramjets” NASA Langley Research Center

Keshia Leach $6700
UNC-Charlotte, Electrical Computer Engineering
“Performance of Analysis of Independent Component Analysis and Kalman Filtering in the Presence of Noise and Deterministic Disturbances” Johnson Space Center

Keith McDaniel $6700
NC State, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
“Development of Flamelet Models for Supersonic Combustion”
NASA Langley Research Center

John Shelton $1700
NC A&T State , Mechanical Engineering (Materials & Structures)
“Analyzing & Improving Electro-Active Paper Sensors & Actuator/ Stiffnesses of Bio-inspired Membranes” NASA Langley Research Center

Community College Transition Scholarships

Kenneth Bowen $2000
NC State University , Civil Engineering
Lenoir Community College

David Driscoll $2000
NC State University , Aerospace Engineering
Lenoir Community College