Impact

Ball Milling Techniques For Use With Lunar Regolith
Name: Joren Bowling
Major: Mining Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Orion Lawlor
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Human Exploration and Operations

Pixel Walking: Ground-truth validation of NASA’s MODIS greening estimates in northwest Alaska
Name: Toshio Matsuoka
Major: Marine and Environmental Sciences and Environmental Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Roman Dial
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: Alaska Pacific University
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Internship at The Launch Company
Name: Tadeusz Martynowicz
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Internship at Coupi, Inc.
Name: Uddeep Karki
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
Mentor: Jerome Johnson
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Internship at Coupi, Inc.
Name: Luke Underwood
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Jerome Johnson
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Internship at The Launch Company
Name: Brad Choi
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Ben Kellie
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Internship in Space Systems Engineering Lab
Name: Nicia Pfeffer
Mentor: Denise Thorsen
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

NASA Langley Research Center Internship
Name: Nicole Sola
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Elisabeth Ward
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Name: Theng Yang
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Tianle Yuan
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Using High Frequency Sensors to Analyze Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in the Anchorage Cook Inlet Region
Name: Kaitlan McLallen
Major: Marine and Environmental Science
Mentor: Erin Larson
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: Alaska Pacific University
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Establishing a rapid, multiplexed diagnostic assay for use in space missions
Name: Trevor Abts
Major: Natural Sciences
Mentor: Eric Bortz
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Human Exploration and Operations

Magnetic Field and Reflection Study of Multipole Plasma Trap Using Particle-In-Cell Simulations
Name: Zoey Bigelow
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Nathaniel Hicks
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology