FSGC was able to fund my research during my graduate student at UCF. The work I was able to complete thanks to the program enabled my published work to land me my job working for the Department of Defense.
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October 19, 2021Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds – FSGC fellow Perla Latorre-Suarez
Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds UCF graduate student and FSGC fellow Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 is investigating 3-D printed sensors that could help monitor and alert astronauts to problems during space missions. Read more at https://www.ucf.edu/news/keeping-astronauts-safe-while-they-explore-other-worlds/
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March 12, 2021
Students from ERAU and other univ. team up with NASA to tests tools for Artemis
Twenty schools were selected by NASA to proceed to testing of their solutions to various challenges in 2020. One of the teams selected was Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Spacesuit Utilization of Innovative Technology (SUIT) laboratory, which developed the Artemis Regolith Receptacle for Contingency Handheld Extraction and Return (ARRCHER). This team was partially supported by FSGC. Read..
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July 16, 2020
NASA and UCF Collaborate to Develop New High Temperature Powder Coating through FSGC award
NASA and UCF Collaborate to Develop New High Temperature Powder Coating. This feature article was released on July/August 2020 Issue of the professional magazine, Powder Coating Tough . This was the result of an FSGC grant to Dr. Jihua Gou at the University of Central Florida under the FSGC-KSC Technology Development Program. Featured Research on..
Student Quotes
2016 Space Grant Fellowship, 2017 Dissertation: Improvement Fellowship: University of Central Florida
2009 NASA Academy/Higher Education, University of FloridaI’ve personally been a launch conductor and launch controller for over 40 Falcon 9 launches. Helped develop the current engine (M1D) used on the Falcon 9 rocket. Currently working as a Dragon Fluids engineer and just help load the hyperbolic propellant onto our first crewed Dragon mission!
2013 Space Grant Research Award, University of North FloridaThis grant helped me achieve my research goals during my undergraduate career, which led to
my acceptance to graduate school. These steps have taken me to where I am today, developing
new technology as a startup company.
Florida International University, 2009 FSGC Academy and NASA internChanged the trajectory of my life
Florida Institute of Technology, 2006-2008 Florida Space Grant Intern at NASAOpened my eyes to the vast array of options available to me
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