Impact

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

Comparison of a water level measurement performance for two different sensors (pressure transducer versus acoustic) at the East and West Forks of the Eklutna River
Name: Gabriella Camera-Faorot
Major: Marine and Environmental Sciences
Mentor: Jason Geck
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: Alaska Pacific University
Mission Directorate(s): Science

“Ball Pit” Rocket Recovery System with Precision Guided Parafoil Delivery System
Name: Cody Hedberg
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: James Pantaleone
Funding Period: 2021
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

: Snowpack persistence and its effects on Chugach Mountain Dall’s sheep populations
Name: Manuela Jay
Mentor: Jason Geck
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: Alaska Pacific University
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Validating A Bio-Optical Measurement Technique in the Northern Gulf of Alaska
Name: Benjamin Lowin
Mentor: William Burt
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Atmospheric Corrosion Studies in Cold Arctic Climate
Name: Tyler Cushman
Mentor: Raghu Srinivasan
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Functional Metabolic Adaptations in Glacial Microbial Communities as an Analogue for Extraterrestrial Life
Name: Tyler Fox
Mentor: Brandon Briggs
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Acoustics of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and Anthropogenic Noise in Lower Cook Inlet Rivers
Name: Sonia Kumar
Mentor: Lara Horstmann
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Estimating Sea Otter Home Range in Amchitka and Kodiak
Name: Katherine Kalcik
Mentor: Erin Larson
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Institute: Alaska Pacific University
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Internship at Alaska Aerospace
Name: Brad Choi
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Mark Lester
Funding Period: 2020
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology