Did you know that VSGC offers a variety of programs and scholarships for students and faculty from middle school all the way to graduate school? We also offer opportunities for educators. Download an interactive pdf to learn more about our programs.

VSGC supports a number of Innovative Projects every year. These projects cover many disciplines and target both K-12 and Higher Education projects. This year, twelve awards were made totaling over $80,000. Areas of interest included programs that supported the Apollo 50th anniversary, summer research experiences for undergraduate students and teacher professional development programs. The winners are listed below:

professor Randy Chambers was awarded funds for two undergraduates to research greenhouse gas flux from stormwater retention ponds in order to identify ways to decrease global warming caused by methane emissions.

Gon Namkoong will use funds for a research project titled 鈥淭hermal stability of perovskite solar cells using nanoparticles/polymer composites.鈥�

Also at Old Dominion University, Joanna Garner鈥檚 project 鈥淰oyages and Discoveries: Cross-Generational Reflections on the Significance of Space Exploration鈥� will bridge the divide between the Apollo and digital generations with a regional competition. Winning entries will be shown at in Norfolk.

At , Bevlee Watford and Kim Lester proposed another summer of sessions for rising seventh and eighth graders.

Virginia Tech will also hold a professional development workshop for high school biology, chemistry, earth science and physics teachers. James Heflin proposed this workshop, which will focus on nanoscience and nanotechnology.

At the , Gaurev Giri proposed a summer Research Experience for undergraduate students to study 鈥淢etal Organic Framework Thin Film for Electronic and Sensing Applications.鈥�

Also at the University of Virginia, Max C.N. Castorani and Scott C. Doney proposed a Research Experience for one undergraduate to study 鈥淯nderstanding the patterns and drivers of water quality in coastal Virginia using Landsat.鈥�

At the University of Virginia, Jonathan Tan will offer an undergraduate research position for the (VICO).

At , Brent Richey will hold a camp titled 鈥淭his IS Rocket Science: Remembering and Modeling Mankind鈥檚 Giant Leap.鈥� Fifteen students will construct a rocket and launch it on July 20.

This summer, will hold a week-long advanced robotics camp for rising third through eighth graders. Patrick Tompkins and Terry Wagner proposed this camp for area students.

The will use funds toward designing an interactive Apollo 12 exhibition.

will offer day camps to the 鈥淭een Astronomer Program.鈥� Day campers will learn about astronomy and space travel.

On March 11-13, 2019, 麻豆村 (VSGC), in conjunction with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility, completed the 麻豆村 Takes Flight Professional Development workshop for 19 麻豆村 faculty from community colleges around Virginia.

This three-day, residential workshop focused on the integration of 麻豆村 in the NASA workplace with the purpose of assisting faculty in educating students on the importance of teamwork, technical skills and problem solving.

Briefings and tours highlighted the suborbital and orbital missions and launches conducted at NASA Wallops and managed by NASA Wallops for mission locations around the world. The importance of the collaborative work of engineers, scientists, technicians, safety and range control personnel was demonstrated all around the facility.

The participants also analyzed a hands-on, real-life case study necessitating team work, trouble shooting, and real-time decision making.

The workshop took place at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility where participants were provided lodging, meals, and workshop materials. Upon development of a lesson plan based on knowledge or processes learned at the workshop, participants will receive an $800 stipend.

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Contact: Ian Cawthray, icawthra@odu.edu or 757-766-5210

The third and final Technology Exploration Saturday was held at NASA Langley this weekend. Peninsula middle school students and parents held a competition to design and build penny haulers and robotic arms. Check our website soon for application information on the 2020 sessions.

A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston to be integrated into the Company鈥檚 commercially developed CubeSat deployer (NRCSD) and then launched on Northrop Grumman鈥檚 Antares to the International Space Station. Read more in the attached

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Caption left to right: Several members of the Virginia CubeSat Constellation team from UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech in their mission shirts at Nanoracks to integrate their satellites into the commercially-developed deployer.

Applications are now open for the 2019 麻豆村 Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in 麻豆村 fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply. Students accepted to the program will work with NASA research advisors on designated projects over the course of a 10 week, 40-hour- per-week, paid summer research experience.

More information can be found on the 麻豆村 Takes Flight website:听

Applications for BLAST (Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology) are now open.

BLAST will offer dynamic three-day residential summer experiences on the campuses of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech and University of Virginia in the听summer of 2019. Through innovative hands-on sessions taught by faculty members and staff, students will explore the fun and excitement of 麻豆村 while residing in a college dorm.听BLAST is offered FREE of charge to students, however, transportation to and from the universities is the responsibility of each family. Students who have previously participated in BLAST are not eligible.

Session dates:

Session 1: Virginia Tech University,听 June 16-19, 2019

Session 2: Old Dominion University,听 June 23-26, 2019

Session 3: Virginia Tech University,听 July 7-10, 2019

Session 4: University of Virginia,听 July 28-31, 2019

Current Virginia 8^th听and 9^th听grade students with at least a C+ average and a desire to explore 麻豆村 opportunities are encouraged to apply.

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