Engineering Archives - Virginia Space Grant Consortium

VSGC Summer Programs: A New Digital Frontier

by Kristyn DamadeoAeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Community College, Earth Science, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, Satellites, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Virginia Tech, Wallops June 8, 2020June 8, 2020No Comments

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is now offering an online alternative to our summer programs.

George McLeod presents his paper during the Student Research Conference at Hampton University.

VSGC Graduate and Undergraduate Papers Now Online

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Engineering, Graduate, Higher Education, NASA, Research, Scholarships, STEM, Undergraduate May 10, 2019May 10, 2019No Comments

What does a good STEM research paper look like? The 2018-2019 Graduate and Undergraduate Research STEM Scholarship winners papers are now posted online.

About the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.

VSGC Programs

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Airports, Community College, Drones, Engineering, Graduate, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, Research, Scholarships, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Technology May 7, 2019May 7, 2019No Comments

Did you know that VSGC offers programs and scholarships for students and faculty from middle school all the way to graduate school? We also offer opportunities for educators. Download an interactive pdf here to learn more.

Virginia CubeSat Constellation Launch

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, CubeSats, Engineering, NASA, ODU, Satellites, STEM, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wallops April 18, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

The Antares NG-11 rocket launched successfully Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va. sending the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the ISS.

Imagination Summer Camps at Virginia Tech

VSGC Innovative Projects 2019

by Kristyn DamadeoEngineering, K-12 Education, STEM, STEM Education, Technology, Virginia Tech April 5, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

VSGC supports a number of Innovative Projects every year for both K-12 and Higher Education projects. This year, 12 awards were made totaling over $80,000.

STEM Takes Professional Development Workshop

Faculty Professional Development Workshop

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, STEM, STEM Education, Technology, Wallops March 25, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

Nineteen Virginia community college faculty completed the STEM Takes Flight Professional Development workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Technology Exploration Saturdays

by Kristyn DamadeoEngineering, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Technology March 20, 2019March 25, 2019No Comments

The final Technology Exploration Saturday was held at NASA Langley this weekend. Peninsula middle school students and parents competed to design and build penny haulers and robotic arms.

Virginia CubeSat Constellation

by Kristyn DamadeoCubeSats, Engineering, NASA, ODU, Satellites, STEM, Technology, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wallops February 27, 2019February 27, 2019No Comments

A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston.

2019 STEM Takes Flight Application Opens

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Technology, Wallops December 4, 2018February 8, 2019No Comments

Applications are now open for the 2019 STEM Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in STEM fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply.

High School Programs 2018

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops September 4, 2018April 24, 2019No Comments

VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars wrapped up another successful year with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. Almost 500 students participated in the VASTS online class, 180 enrolled in the VESSS online program and over 300 students completed the Virginia Space Coast Scholars online program.