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Awards & Recognitions

• Aprille Ericsson-Jackson (GSFC '93) is honored by the African American Awards Committee as one of four of GSFC's outstanding African Americans, 1998

• Aprille Joy Ericsson-Jackson (GSFC '93) is a 1998 Special Recognition Winner for Black Engineer of the Year Awards given by US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine, February 1998

• Jeff E. Baltrush (GSFC '97) won the Third Donald K. "Deke" Slayton Memorial Scholarship Award from the American Astronautical Society (AAS), March 1998.

• Aprille Joy Ericsson-Jackson (GSFC '93) received the 1997 Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Award for Engineering Achievement, June 1997

• Michelle Minitti (GSFC '94) received an "Outstanding Student Paper Award", as mentioned in the June 13, 2000 issue of EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for her presentation of "The Effect of Impact Shock on the Water Content and H Isotopic Composition of Hornblende: Application to the SNC meteorites"

• Jenn Probst (GSFC '97) received an award from AIAA for "Exemplary support, outreach, and commitment to the US Aerospace Challenge, a national aerospace, science, and education program."

• Chris Lewicki (GSFC '96) is the Project Manager of the Student Satellite Project at the University of Arizona [May 1997]

• Eric Anderson (GSFC '95) was a runner-up for the USA Today 1997 All-USA College Academic Team, February 1997.

• Mike Baine (GSFC '93), Elisa Quintana (GSFC '97), and Jacob Yates (GSFC '96) each received the NASA JSC Group Achievement Award for Kidsat Mission Operations on STS-76, 1996.

• Jacob Yates (GSFC '96) received NASA's Shuttle Small Payloads Project Award as part of the Shuttle Laser Altimeter team of the first Technology and Applications and Science payload on-board STS-85, 1997.

• Chris Lewicki (GSFC '96) was Chairman of the National Board of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-USA) from 1995-1997

• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) was promoted to Vice President, Business Development of AeroAstro, Inc. (a small spacecraft builder and contractor), and Business Manager, AeroAstro Communications and Power Group.

• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) is a Co-founder of Encounter 2001, LLC, a space participation and entertainment company, and a Co-founder (along with Eric Anderson, GSFC '95) of Cryptodynamics, Inc, an internet security technology company.

Graduate Fellowships

NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program:

National Science Foundation:

Other Fellowships:

Undergraduate Fellowships

Publications & Presentations

• Jeremy Richardson (GSFC '96) is "Lost in Space" [U. The National College Magazine, Spring 1998]
• Catherine Venturini (MSFC '95) studies origins of planets in the lab [Marshall Space Flight Center Space Science Highlight, 6 April 1998]
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) is quoted in a Reuters wire story [13 March 1998] and in "Hairs head for fringe of the universe" [Electronic Telegraph, 17 March 1998]
• Catherine Venturini (MSFC '95) co-authored a paper with J. F. Spann, and R. H. Comfort titled "Preliminary Results from a Laboratory Study of Charging Mechanisms in a Dusty Plasma", 7th Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas Conference Preceeding edited by M. Horanyi, AIP Press, October 1998.
• Jamie Lennon (GSFC '98) co-authored a paper with C. Mavroidis and C. Pfieffer titled "Modeling and design of an electro-rheological fluid based haptic system for teleoperation of space robotics" in the 4th International Conference and Exposition/Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments.
• Tyson Harty (ARC '98) co-authored a paper with G. Korienek, A. Bautista, and C. Leddon titled "The Use of Biologically-Inspired Rules to Control a Robotic Arm", Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 4. Springer, Inc. October 2000.
• Jose Guzman (GSFC '94) presented a paper (AAS 98-349) at the AAS/GSFC International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics titled "Trajectory Design Strategies for Libration Point Missions that Incorporate Invariant Manifolds and SWINGBY" (co-authored with D. S. Cooley, K. C. Howell, and D. C. Folta) [June 1998]
• Aprille Joy Ericsson-Jackson (GSFC '93) presented a paper (AAS 98-378) at the AAS/GSFC International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics titled "MAP Stability, Design and Analysis" [June 1998]
• Srimal Wangu (GSFC '93) presented a paper at the Reusable Launch Vehicle Payload Processing and Launch Operations Workshop in Cocoa Beach, Florida titled "RLV Vehicle Health Management System Modeling and Simulation". [June 1998]
• Catherine Venturini (MSFC '95) presented "A Laboratory Study of Micron Size Particles in a Dusty Plasma" (co-authored with J. F. Spann, and R. H. Comfort) at the American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts [26-29 May 1998]
• Catherine Venturini (MSFC '95) presented "A Laboratory Study of Secondary Electron Emission of Particles in a Dusty Plasma" (co-authored with J. F. Spann, and R. H. Comfort) at the 7th Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas in Boulder Colorado [6-9 April 1998]
• Tyson Harty (ARC '98) presented a poster at the Space and Robotics 2000 Conference titled "Adapting to Simulated Mars Gravity" (co-authored with R.B. Welch, G. Korienek, D. Schwandt, C. Leddon, and C. Vanyo) [February 2000]
• Tyson Harty (ARC '98) presented a poster at the Space and Robotics 2000 Conference titled "Mars Pants: A Lower Body Pressure Differential Approach to Locomoting in Simulated Altered Gravity" (co-authored with G. Korienek and C. Leddon) [February 2000]
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) presented "The Bitsy Spacecraft Kernel: Reducing Nanosatellite Mission Cost in the MSFC Future-X Program Through Miniaturized Technologies", (co-authored with S. McDermott), Utah State Small Satellite Conference, Logan, Utah [August, 1999].
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) was a co-author (with Scott McDermott) of "Adoption of Modular Architectures and Miniaturized Technologies to Reduce Nanosatellite Mission Costs in The Bitsy Spacecraft Kernel", IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana [March, 2000].
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) was a co-author (with Scott McDermott and Nathanael Chabert) of: "The Bitsy Spacecraft Kernel: Reducing Mission Cost with Modular Architecture and Miniature Technology", CNES Small Satellites Systems and Services Conference, La Baule, France [June, 2000].
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) was a featured speaker at AIAA Space Operations and Support Technical Committee, Sixth Annual Workshop on Reducing Space Operations Costs in the New Millennium, Microsatellite Track, Sunnyvale, CA [April 11-12, 2000].
• David Goldstein (GSFC '95) was also a featured speaker at the Boston Chapter, National Space Society [March, 2000]

Other Featured Articles

• Mindy Delaney (MSFC '96), Jeff Munson, and Doug Nelson (MSFC '96) are featured in NASA Summer Enrichment Rockets Students to Success, published on August 29, 1996, by The Cavalier Daily, Inc., at the University of Virginia.
  
• Laura Sachi (GSFC '95) wrote a NAAA newsletter article titled "Mars 2001 Lander Could Still Be Salvaged", which was featured on several websites, including: NASA Watch and Spacedaily.com

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