Want to be a part of the Airport Cooperative Research Program? A University design competition for addressing airport needs. The program is now accepting applicants for the 2022-2023 competition. To read more about this opportunity, please visit HERE.
(l-r) ISGC Interim Director, Sara Nelson, meets with Iowa Governor, Kim Reynolds at STEM Day at the Iowa State Fair on August 21, 2022.
(r-l) Executive Director of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council Jeff Weld, Blue Origin Outreach and Engagement Manager Jodie Guillen, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Student STEM Advisory Council Volunteers, ISGC Interim Director Sara Nelson, ISU 4-H Youth Development STEM Coordinator Alexa Groff at Iowa State Fair STEM Day, on August 21, 2022.
(l-r) Sara Nelson, ISGC Interim Director, Jodi Guillen, Blue Origin Outreach and Engagement Manager, Dagney Paskach, Ames CSD Teacher at the Iowa State Fair
4-H Building.
ISGC/Iowa NASA EPSCoR Program Assistant Hailey Waller interacting with Iowa State Fair attendees during STEM Day on August 21, 2022.
Youth at the Iowa State Fair. Lucky recipient of AstroCy during STEM Day at Iowa State Fair on August 21, 2022.
Youth at the Iowa State Fair. Lucky recipient of AstroCy during STEM Day at Iowa State Fair on August 21, 2022.
Mailbox of Iowa State Fair attendees’ ‘Postcards to Space’ ready to fly out of this world,
on a rocket to space with Blue Origin.
Governor’s STEM Advisory Council youth volunteers work with Iowa fair-goers on a variety of STEM activities on August 20, 2022.
ISGC Staff had a blast meeting this years incoming freshmen class at Destination Iowa State. To learn more about student opportunities with ISGC, visit https://www.iaspacegrant.org/funding/
Student using straw rocket launcher at Destination Iowa State.
Program Coordinator Carmen Fuchs with Iowa State freshmen Stren Crouch, ISGC awardee, from the State Science Technology Fair of Iowa (SSTFI) in March of 2022.
Student at Destination Iowa State showed his enthusiasm for Space with an out-of-this-world outfit.
THE 2023 NASA RASC-AL COMPETITION- CALL FOR PROPOSALS!
The 2023 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition is seeking collegiate teams to develop new concepts that leverage innovation to improve our ability to operate on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Open to teams of undergraduate and/or graduate students studying fields with applications to human space exploration, NASA’s RASC-AL Competition is an engineering design challenge that allows students to incorporate their coursework into real aerospace design concepts and work together in a team environment.
Teams who submit an NOI by October 13, 2022 will be invited to attend an interactive Q&A Session with the NASA Sponsors on October 27, 2022. Provided HERE.
Based on an intensive review of proposal and video submissions, up to 14 teams will be selected to receive a $6,500 stipend to more fully develop their concepts and present them to a panel of NASA and industry judges in a competitive design review at the 2023 RASC-AL Forum in Cocoa Beach, Florida next June.
Linn County 4-H teamed up with Parametric Studio, an educational technology company that specializes in engineering-centric, project-based STEM software, and the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium to inspire youth to ‘take flight’ into STEM at a 4-H Science of Flight day camp.
During the August 1 program offering 16 kindergarten, first, and second grade youth partnered with 4-H staff for a unique learning experience. Youth practiced teamwork through developing an aircrew flight badge and explored principles of flight, such as lift and center of gravity, while flying balsa planes, competing in an airplane flight contest, and completing an egg-carry mission with foam gliders specially designed by Chris Whitmer with Parametric Studio, Inc. 4-H staff and Chris partnered with youth to test the foam glider prototypes. Youth explored effects of wing positioning and weight on flight patterns while caring adults fostered an inquiry-based learning environment that encouraged teamwork and youth-led solutions. After initial fights, teams explored cargo planes and payload while being tasked with creating a payload carrier that could protect an egg during glider flight.
Four teams of youth creatively designed carriers using everyday materials like drinking straws, pipe cleaners, plastic bags, and paper cups. Teams strategically placed and attached the cargo carriers to the gliders using what they learned about center of gravity in the previous flight activity. Youth participants excitedly watched each flight test and voted on whether they thought the cargo survived the glider’s flight. At the end of the activity, teams were awarded certificates for most creative design, best teamwork, and more!
The Iowa Space Grant Consortium loved working with the 4-H Science of Flight day camp and 4-H Linn County.
Chris Whitmer, Parametric Studio Founder and CEO, collaborates with youth participants to strategically place wings for ideal glider flight during the 4-H Science of Flight day camp in Linn County.
Science of Flight day camp participants observe glider flight patterns during egg carry mission flight tests.
A youth participant tests a foam glider designed by Parametric Studio, Inc. during the 4-H Science of Flight program offering in Linn County.
The Academic High-Altitude Conference is scheduled for September 23-24, 2022 at Iowa State University. Deadlines are listed below. You can find more details and registration info HERE
The team just came back from representing Iowa State University at the Kennedy Space Center in the Lunabotics Competition, placing 2nd out of 71 teams. This is the club’s second-best placement since the competition began in 2010. The team won several awards, including 1st place in Autonomy, 1st place in the Slide Presentation and Demonstration category, and 2nd place for the Systems Engineering Paper.
Kiah Christopherson, President of CSMC, shares that they are excited for the upcoming school year and all that is to come in the future. They also look forward to the release of NASA’s 2022-2023 Lunabotics challenge coming up in September, which has been teased to include a lunar construction aspect.
On behalf of the Iowa Space Grant Consortium, we wish the Cardinal Space Mining Club the best of luck with the upcoming school year.
Competition Team at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, FL.
Mining during competition run at the Kennedy Space Center.
Mining robot following system integration at Iowa State.
Mission control during a mining run.
Robot maintenance at the competition.
The Neuroscience Laboratory within the Biomedical Research and Environmental Science (BRES) Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center performs clinical assessments, conducts applied research to characterize the risk associated with sensorimotor changes during space flight and develops countermeasure strategies to mitigate these effects. This full announcement can be found HERE
Area of Consideration: open to all U.S. Citizens, permanent residents, or non-residents with a U.S. “J” Visa
Location: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Term: Two years beginning September 26, 2022 with potential for extension not to exceed 6 years.
Application Period: Opens July 26, 2022 and closes August 26, 2022.
To Apply: Please submit a curriculum vita, references, and cover letter explaining your qualification in a single PDF file to: JSC-Health-Performance-Lab@mail.nasa.gov Title the subject line with “Applied Physiologist Application”. This position is onsite as JSC and not eligible for remote or telework. For additional information about this position, please email JSC-Health-Performance-Lab@mail.nasa.gov
