Vermont Space Grant Consortium

Vermont Space Grant Consortium
and NASA EPSCoR

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VT-NASA EPSCoR RESEARCH AWARDS*

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RESEARCH INITIATION AWARDS

As a mechanism for recruiting new research projects, the Vermont-NASA EPSCoR program has developed its Research Initiation Awards. These minigrants assist Vermont faculty investigators who wish to develop promising research projects which may be included in future Vermont submissions to the NASA EPSCoR program. Research Initiation minigrants average $2,500, and up to four of these awards may be made yearly with EPSCoR Preparation Grant funding. Possible uses for minigrant awards include travel to visit a NASA Center to explore possible links with a NASA collaborator, summer support for a graduate student, and seed money for project initiation. The first of these potential uses is especially encouraged as developing and strengthening links between Vermont universities and NASA Centers and Enterprises is a mandate for the Vermont-NASA EPSCoR effort.

Research Initiation minigrants are awarded on a competitive basis. Applicants should send a short proposal detailing the research project and its relevance to NASA priorities to the Vermont-NASA EPSCoR Project Director.

VT-NASA EPSCoR PROJECT AWARDS
Dr. William D. Lakin Emeritus Professor The University of Vermont Applied Mathematics Director of VT-NASA Space Grant Consortium Research Principle Investigator Intracranial Pressure Modeling Project Development of Space Adaptation Syndrome Modeling the Role of Intracranial Pressure in the Development of Space Adaptation Syndrome Latest News On the Patent GRANTED! A/V Showcase of UVM Office of Technology Transer Our patent application, which is being handled by Jamie Gallagher of Downs Rachlin Martin, is in the final stages of review by the US Patent Office. The patent application is titled "A Whole-Body Mathematical Model for Simulating Intracranial Pressure Dynamics." Others involved in the patent application are Scott Stevens (currently at Penn. State Erie) and Paul Penar and Bruce Tranmer (UVM Division of Neurosurgery). Jamie tells us that we should have formal approval and a patent granted within the next 4 months.
THE RESEARCH GROUP- CORE RESEARCH Medical Aspects of Human Health in Space
Dr. Jun Yu Associate Dean of Research & Scholarship Associate Director of VT Space Grant Consortium University of Vermont Dept.of Mathematics & Statistics 16 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 802-656-2552 Jun.Yu@uvm.edu http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~jun/ "Sea Ice Dynamics in the Marginal Ice Zone"	Dr. Darren L. Hitt W ebsite: The University of Vermont Numerical Simulation of Bleeding in Microgravity Experimental, theoretical and computational micro-fluid mechanics; bubble dynamics; multiphase flows; bio- fluid mechanics "Particulate Effects on Species Mixing of Converging Flows in Microchannels"

Vermont's New Phase III CORE Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Vermont's Phase III RID Project Plan has been crafted to increase the National competitiveness of Vermont's academic researchers, to increase the NASA-related research infrastructure, to develop new contacts and collaborative research ties with NASA Field Centers and Mission Directorates, to promote academic-industrial partnerships that support state goals for economic development, and to develop collaborations among Vermont's colleges and universities that enhance Vermont's ability to respond to the evolving research and technology needs of NASA. Proposal for EPSCoR Phase III RID funding to NASA National Space Grant College & Fellowship Program...3 years.
NASA EPSCoR Phase III Research Group "Investigation of Critical Aerothermodynamic Phenomena for Hypersonic Vehicles:
Douglas Fletcher, PI College of Engineering/UVM Office: 201 Votey Phone: 656 9863 E-Mail: dfletche@cems.uvm.edu "Pyrolysis Gas Interaction with Shock-Heated Boundary Layer"	Dr. Darren L. Hitt Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Vermont 201D Votey Building, Burlington, VT 05405 802-656-1940 Daren.Hitt@cems.uvm.edu W ebsite :"Particulate Effects on Species Mixing of Converging Flows in Microchannels"
Prof. Dryver Huston College of Engineering/UVM Office: 201E Votey Phone: (802)-656-1922 E-Mail: huston@cems.uvm.edu http://www.cems.uvm.edu/capsel	Yves Dubief College of Engineering/UVM Office: 201D Votey Phone: 802 656 1930 E-Mail: ydubief@uvm.edu Website
Frederick Sansoz Engineering, UVM Co-Investigator Office: 201B Votey Phone: 802-656-3837 E-Mail: frederic.sansoz@uvm.edu³ Website	R. Danner Friend Norwick University, Student Mech.Engr Project Coordinator Phone: (802) 485-2279 Email: rfriend@norwich.edu
NASA EPSCoR Phase III Research Team *"Active Surface Technologies for Dust Mitigation in Martian and Lunar Environments"*
Jeffrey Marshall (Team Leader) Office: 231A Votey Phone: (802) 656-3826 Fax Number: (802) 656-3358 E-Mail: jeffm@cems.uvm.edu³ Website	Jeff Frolik Office: 357 Votey Phone: 656-0732 E-Mail: jfrolik@uvm.edu Website
Dr. Darren L. Hitt Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Vermont 201D Votey Building, Burlington, VT 05405 802-656-1940 Daren.Hitt@cems.uvm.edu W ebsite:	Junru Wu, Ph.D. Professor of Physics Department of Physics Cook Physical Science Bldg. A526 OR University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405-0125 (802) 656-8357 (802) 656-0817 [Fax] mailto:Jun-Ru.Wu@uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/~jwu/Wu.html
NASA EPSCoR Phase III Research Team "Improved Modeling of Coupled Ocean/Ice Dynamics in the Marginal Ice Zone"
Dr. Jun Yu Associate Dean of Research & Scholarship Associate Director of VT Space Grant Consortium University of Vermont Dept.of Mathematics & Statistics 16 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 802-656-2552 Jun.Yu@uvm.edu http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~jun/ "Sea Ice Dynamics in the Marginal Ice Zone"	Chris Danforth email: chris.danforth at uvm.edu office: 16 Colchester Ave, Rm 207B phone: (802) 656-3062 Website "Estimating and Correcting Systematic Model Errors in Climate Forecasts"
Carl Brandon Vermont Technical College "VTC-UVM Sea Ice Buoy Project"
CORE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FACULTY MINIGRANTS, SMALL GRANTS
Guiseppe Petrucci Graduate 2006-07 "Chemical Reactivity of Fatty Acids in Atmospheric Particles"	Jianke Yang, Mathematics & Statistics University of Vermont New Ultrafast Optical Switching Devices Using Directional Couplers Light Propagation in Optically-Induced Photonic Lattices (SBIR)
Xindong Wu, Computer Science Interactive Programming(for academic and Industrial applications)	Dr. Darren L. Hitt, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Vermont Daren.Hitt@cems.uvm.edu W ebsite: "Numercial Simulations of 3-D Supersonic Flow in Realistic MEMS Nozzle Geometrics with Heat Loss."
James Iatrides SoE, UVM "Mechanics and Remodeling of the Injured Intervertebral Disc Under Simulated Hyper-and-Hypogravity Environments"	Beverly Wemple, Geography and Jeff Frolik,SoE, UVM , "Understanding Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Snow and Water Equivalency in Mixed Hardwood-Conifer Forests"
Dr. Scott A. Stevens Associate Professor / Mathematics Division of Information Technology & Sciences Wick 203 (802) 865-6448, stevens@champlain.edu Website "Improving a Model for Intracranial Pressure Dynamics"
INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS INITIATIVE-IPI
Junru Wu Physics, UVM "Analytical Modeling and Verification of Piezoelectronic Energy Harvester For Wireless Sensor Network Applications"	Jie Yang "Developments of Capillary Technologies to use Intensified CCD Camera and Microscopic Imaging for Online Laser Light Scattering"
SBIR

Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is one of a network of 52 university-based Space Grant Consortia representing every state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Through this national network, over 963 affiliate organizations are funded to support science and engineering students, to provide public service, and to offer K-12 science education programs.

National Fellowship and Scholarship Program

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

The NASA
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

“The State Space Grant Consortium is funded through a NASA Training Grant”

For more information, please contact Laurel Zeno: e-mail: zeno@cems.uvm.edu

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Latest News On the Patent GRANTED!

Prof. Dryver Huston College of Engineering/UVM Office: 201E Votey Phone: (802)-656-1922 E-Mail: huston@cems.uvm.edu http://www.cems.uvm.edu/capsel

Yves Dubief College of Engineering/UVM Office: 201D Votey Phone: 802 656 1930 E-Mail: ydubief@uvm.edu Website

Latest News On the Patent
GRANTED!

Prof. Dryver Huston
College of Engineering/UVM
Office: 201E Votey
Phone: (802)-656-1922
E-Mail: huston@cems.uvm.edu
http://www.cems.uvm.edu/capsel

Yves Dubief
College of Engineering/UVM
Office: 201D Votey
Phone: 802 656 1930
E-Mail: ydubief@uvm.edu
Website