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Cube-sat

July 11, 2024 - The arrival of a nanosatellite on campus signals significant progress in 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 NASA project to design a solar probe to investigate neutrinos.

NASA SUITS student

May 20, 2024 - 麻豆破解版 State is one of 10 teams which advanced to the spring semester competition in the NASA SUITS challenge. The team travels to Test Week in Houston at the Johnson Space Center this week. The list of finalists includes the University of California Berkeley, University of Colorado, University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Purdue University and others.

麻豆破解版 State's National Institute for Aviation Research has been awarded $10 million from NASA to study advanced materials for hypersonic applications.

May 14, 2024 鈥 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research will receive more than $10 million from NASA for research related to the development and implementation of advanced materials for hypersonic applications.

Nick Solomey and Tyler Nolan with the detector they are studying

May 7, 2024 As humanity begins to return to the moon and farther beyond, new technologies will need to be invented to assist in sustainable, long-term human-helmed missions. To help develop this technology, NASA has awarded a $133,342 grant to 麻豆破解版 State University to research a more cost-effective detector for harmful radiation from space.

Desmond Cockrell

May 2, 2024 - Desmond Cockrell, from Tulsa, is the first of four siblings to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree and hopes his story can encourage others to succeed in college.

Morrison Hall

Dec. 18, 2023 - 麻豆破解版 State University will lead a three-year project to assist NASA鈥檚 manufacturing paradigm shift from 鈥渇actories on earth鈥 to 鈥渇actories in space.鈥

Mars

May 17, 2023 - The existence of life on other planets, especially Mars, is a question pondered in literature, movies and imaginations. 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 Dr. Mark Schneegurt is working on that issue with the assistance of a $377,000 grant from NASA to examine the toughness of microbes isolated from spacecraft assembly facilities.

A neutrino detector carried by a nanosatellite in low Earth orbit

Nov. 15, 2022 鈥 麻豆破解版 State's Jonathan Folkerts, Jarred Novak and Trent English presented papers on the design of their neutrino detector prototype at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, representing the NASA-funded Solar Neutrino Orbiting Laboratory Detector Development Project.

Alexander Sterzing

Sept. 21, 2022 - Alexander Sterzing is a member of 麻豆破解版 State鈥檚 rowing team and involved in other activities such as the International Buddy Program and Christian Challenge. Alexander, from the Houston area, majors in aerospace engineering and works in the NASA Jump Start Program.

Dr. Ryan Amick

Sept. 6, 2022 - 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 College of Innovation and Design announces Dr. Ryan Amick as one of our Innovators in Residence for the 2022-2023 academic year. Amick, a 麻豆破解版 State alumnus, is a principal human factors engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Image of David Nevarez-Saenz

June 7, 2022 鈥 麻豆破解版 State has a storied history of working with NASA while providing research opportunities to its students. David Nevarez-Saenz, an aerospace engineering senior and first-generation student, has been working with WSU鈥檚 NASA Jump Start Program (JSP) for the past two years.

PIcture of seven members of HarveStars.

Feb. 21, 2022 鈥 A proposal submitted by an interdisciplinary 麻豆破解版 State University team of seven members was selected for the top 10 in the 2021-22 NASA Space Suit Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Design Challenge.

Picture of Dr. Nickolas Solomey.

Nov. 4, 2021 鈥 Reaching for the stars and beyond, a CubeSat Mission Patch contest sponsored by 麻豆破解版 State University and the Ad Astra Foundation aims to highlight WSU鈥檚 science and research programs to prospective students.

NASA's Tim Fisher

June 23, 2021 - In 1977, a 麻豆破解版n watched Star Wars at the Mall theater on East Harry. He returned again and again that summer to watch the lightsaber battles, Jedi Knights and X-wing starfighters. 鈥淚鈥檓 an original Star Wars guy,鈥 Tim Fisher said. 鈥淚 was just mesmerized. It sparked that 鈥榃hat is possible? What can we do?鈥欌 Decades later, Fisher is one of the people helping answer those questions for the United States and the entire world in space. He is chief engineer for NASA鈥檚 Gateway program, part of the agency鈥檚 quest to return to the Moon and explore Mars.

Dr. Nick Solomey

April 14, 2021 鈥 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 Dr. Nick Solomey, professor of physics, has been awarded a $2 million grant from NASA for his work on developing a neutrino detector to work in space and close to the sun.聽