CUGR, Maine Space Grant Consortium announce undergraduate awards

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the MSGC Undergraduate Fellowship Award recipients for the 2017–2018 academic year.

The purpose of the MSGC fellowship and scholarship programs at UMaine is to provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, Earth science, human exploration/space development, and other science- or engineering-related fields.

The applications were jointly reviewed by the CUGR and MSGC grant review panels and selected projects are awarded $1,000 each. Each proposal was reviewed by three reviewers and scored on clarity, research goals and objectives, importance to the field, timeline, budget and faculty commitment letters.

The winners are:

  • Daniel Adams, chemistry, “Detection of Hazard Chemicals using Novel Mixed Copper-Lead Nanoparticles. Applications of Vapochromic Sensing Behavior,” advised by Howard Patterson
  • Samuel Borer, physics, “Measuring the Cross Section of Charge Current Quasi-Elastic Neutral Hyperons in ArgoNeuT,” advised by Saima Farooq
  • Chayton Boucher, chemistry, “Determination of Catalyst Mechanism Using NMR Spectroscopy,” advised by Brian Frederick
  • Rebeka Bullard, biology, “Enhancement of Metallophilic Copper(I)-Platinum(II) Emission by Cationic Substitution in Solid Crystals,” advised by Howard Patterson
  • Jason Alexander Dignan, new media, “Huskeh Tech — Mobile Makerspace,” advised by Gene Felice
  • Emma Lueders, chemistry, “Synthesis of Copper-Doped Bismuth Oxyhalide for Photocatalysis of Harmful Herbicides,” advised by Howard Patterson
  • Andrew Nolan, Earth and climate sciences, “Surge Glacier Dynamics of Turner Glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska, since 1984,” advised by Karl Kreutz
  • Stanley Small, computer science, “Counting Peaks in Ice-Core Data,” advised by Sudarshan Chawathe
  • Ryan Warner, chemistry, “Photocatalytic Gas-to-Liquid Processing,” advised by Howard Patterson
  • Abigail Weigang, bioengineering, “Selective Surface Modification of Paper Substrates for Controlled-Adhesion Diagnostic Devices,” advised by Caitlin Howell

More information about the fellowship and MSGC is available on the CUGR website or by emailing cugr@maine.edu. Graduate applications are still being accepted until Dec 1.