Impact

Plastic Printed Electron Gun and Faraday Cup Testbed
Name: Pauline Xu
Major: High School Student
Mentor: Quetzal Larrick
Funding Period: 2025 to 2026
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Spectroscopic Measurements of Argon Plasma Discharges for Collisional-Radiative Modeling of Electric Propulsion Plasma Conditions
Name: Noah Crawford
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Nathaniel Hicks
Funding Period: 2025 to 2026
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage
Mission Directorate(s): Space Technology

Glucose Clearance Recovery in Hibernating Arctic Ground Squirrels During Early Arousal
Name: Hannah Hausmann
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Kelly Drew
Funding Period: 2025 to 2026
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mission Directorate(s): Science

Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project
Name: Joevahnta "Nalugalria" Usugan-Weddington
Major: Aerospace Engineering & Yup'ik Language
Mentor: Denise Thorsen
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks

AK Challenger Internship
Name: Mika Brassfield
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage

Internship with The Launch Company
Name: Finn Mackinaw
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Internship with Alaska Aerospace
Name: Casey Lambries
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Internship at Helio Alaska
Name: Brian Bielshelt
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Alaska Internship at Logic Geophysics
Name: Preston Week
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage

Internship with Logic Geophysics
Name: Elias Neuffer
Funding Period: 2023

NASA Internship at Langley Summer Academy
Name: Lawrence Giron
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Anchorage

NASA Internship at Langley Summer Academy
Name: Seth Waln
Major: Electrical Engineering
Funding Period: 2023
Institute: University of Alaska Fairbanks