NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust. The 12 finalists, selected in March 2024, presented their final presentations to a panel of NASA...
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As one of the four elements of the NAF design, work-based learning (WBL) plays an important role in students’ academy experiences. According to our WBL Tracker data (which over 70% of NAF academies have used this year), over 46,000 students have participated in more than 3,300 WBL activities during the 2023-24 school year. Academies offer a wide variety of innovative...
As one of the four elements of the NAF design, work-based learning (WBL) plays an important role in students’ academy experiences. According to our WBL Tracker data (which over 70% of NAF academies have used this year), over 46,000 students have participated in more than 3,300 WBL activities during the 2023-24 school year. Academies offer a wide variety of innovative...
Over 1,000 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched high-powered, amateur rockets on April 13, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the agency’s annual Student Launch competition. Teams of middle school, high school, college, and university students were tasked to design, build, and launch a rocket and...
Out of 14 finalist teams that encompassed collegiate and university representation from across the globe, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University team with their concept, “Project Draupnir,” in the AI-Powered Self-Replicating Probe theme, took home top prize in NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition. ...
The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, team, with their project titled “Aero-Quake Emergency Response Network,” took first place at the third annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition. Competing among eight finalist teams that presented their ideas for aviation-related systems for natural disasters, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona...
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by Holly Wise, program operations manager and SJN Awards manager Today we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Solutions Journalism Network Awards program! With over 400 entries from 13 countries, the competition was fierce. From established national outlets to the heart of rural communities and the next generation of journalists, this awards program...
SFS Announces 2024 Career Award Winners April 26, 2024 — The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) today announced the winners of its 2024 Career Awards. The SFS Career Awards recognize up to five scientists each year for outstanding contributions to the field of freshwater science in the areas of environmental stewardship, service, mid-career leadership, emerging...