NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions
NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions to receive $1.2 million to grow their research and technology capabilities, collaborate on research projects, and contribute to the agency’s missions for the benefit of humanity.
Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award, selected institutions will receive up to $50,000 each for a six-month period to work directly on STEM projects with subject matter experts in NASA’s mission directorates.
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The awardees are as follows:
- Arizona State University
Drones for Contact-inclusive Planetary Exploration
- California State University-Dominguez Hills
Bioinspired Surface Design for Thermal Extremes
- California State University-Fresno
Human-Centric Digital Twins in NASA Space Missions
- California State University-Northridge
Repurposing Lander Parts into Geodesic Assemblies
- California State University, Monterey Bay
Crafting Biofuels via Molecular Insights
- CUNY New York City College of Technology
Polyethylene Glycol Diacrylate for Seed Growth: Microgreens in Space
- Delgado Community College, New Orleans, Louisiana
Freshmen Access to CubeSat Education
- Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina
New Tech for Storm Tracking with Machine Learning
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia
Sustained Approach for Energetic Lunar Operation
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Information-Theoretic Multi-Robot Exploration
- Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Robot Leg Design for Lunar Exploration
- Regents of New Mexico State University
Extreme Aerodynamics Over Small Air Vehicles
- San Diego State University
Enhanced Aero-Composites: Reinforcement Innovation
- San Francisco State University
Early Non-invasive Diagnosis of Heart Diseases
- San Jose State University
Designing Resilient Battery System for Space
- Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
X-Ray 3D Printing of Nanocomposites for AME
Plant Antimicrobial in Space Exploration using AI
- Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Non-contact Optical Sensor for Biomedicine
- The Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of City College, New York
Soft Tendril-inspired Robot for Space Exploration
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
Hydrodynamic Stability of Jets via Neural Networks
Low-SWaP Water Electrolyzer for Lunar/Martian In-Situ Resource Utilization
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Tuneable NanoEnergetic Microthruster Cartridges
- University of California, Irvine
Flexible Modular Robots for Extreme Access
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ultrasound methods for monitoring carcinogenesis
- University of New Mexico
All-climate and Ultrafast Aluminum Ion Batteries
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