Florida Space Institute http://fsi.ucf.edu Fri, 17 May 2013 15:31:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FSI’s Dr. Ashley Kehoe Awarded NASA Grant http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsis-dr-ashley-kehoe-awarded-nasa-grant/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsis-dr-ashley-kehoe-awarded-nasa-grant/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:50:09 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1816 Congratulations to FSI’s Dr. Ashley Kehoe on being PI for a NASA Grant titled Searching for Signatures of Recent Asteroid Disruptions in the WISE Dataset.    ]]> Ashley Espy

Congratulations to FSI’s Dr. Ashley Kehoe on being PI for a NASA Grant titled Searching for Signatures of Recent Asteroid Disruptions in the WISE Dataset.

 

 

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsis-dr-ashley-kehoe-awarded-nasa-grant/feed/ 0 Gold Project Awarded $55 Million Grant Making UCF The First University in Florida to Lead a NASA Satellite Mission http://fsi.ucf.edu/gold-project-awarded-55-million-grant/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/gold-project-awarded-55-million-grant/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:10:30 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1697 Dr. Richard Eastes , a Researcher here at FSI, is the Principal Investigator for the  GOLD project which was recently awarded a $55 million grant from NASA. This grant will make UCF the first university in Florida to lead a satellite mission for NASA. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission will help scientists better understand weather in space and how it impacts the ...]]>

Dr. Richard Eastes, a Researcher here at FSI, is the Principal Investigator for the GOLD project which was recently awarded a $55 million grant from NASA. This grant will make UCF the first university in Florida to lead a satellite mission for NASA.

The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission will help scientists better understand weather in space and how it impacts the use of satellites for communications and navigation services such as satellite television and Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation.

Click the links below to read more.

NASA Press Release: NASA Selects Explorer Projects To Probe Earth’s Upper Atmosphere …read more

UCF Today: $55 Million Grant Makes UCF, Florida History …read more

Orlando Sentinal: “UCF has been awarded a $55 million grant from NASA to build and launch an instrument into space to capture “unprecedented” images of the Earth’s upper atmosphere, the university announced late Friday.” …read more

Orlando Fox News: Interview - http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/21967707/ucf-becomes-first-state-university-to-lead-nasa-mission

 

 

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/gold-project-awarded-55-million-grant/feed/ 0 FSI has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the 2013 Space Research Initiative (SRI) for UCF faculty http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-2013-sri-rfp/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-2013-sri-rfp/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:05:53 +0000 beppig https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1772 SRI_Proposal_Format_2013 SRI-Final-RFP-2013]]> The Request for Proposals and the Proposal format can be downloaded from the following links.

Downloads:

SRI_Proposal_Format_2013

SRI-Final-RFP-2013

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-2013-sri-rfp/feed/ 0 FSI Assistant Director, Josh Colwell, Receives UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-josh-colwell-receives-ucf-teaching-incentive-program-award/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-josh-colwell-receives-ucf-teaching-incentive-program-award/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:59:36 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1804 Dr. Joshua Colwell, Assistant Director of FSI, receives UCF TIP award. To read more about the UCF Teaching Incentive Program click here .]]> Dr Joshua Colwell

Dr. Joshua Colwell, Assistant Director of FSI, receives UCF TIP award. To read more about the UCF Teaching Incentive Program click here.

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-josh-colwell-receives-ucf-teaching-incentive-program-award/feed/ 0 Dr. Joshua Colwell, FSI Assistant Director, Received the UCF Mentor Of The Year Award http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-dr-joshua-colwell-received-the-ucf-mentor-of-the-year-award/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-dr-joshua-colwell-received-the-ucf-mentor-of-the-year-award/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:51:31 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1748 ]]> FSI Assistant Director, Dr. Joshua Colwell, recently received the UCF Mentor of the Year Award. Click on the picture below to go to the College of Sciences News article for more information.

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]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-dr-joshua-colwell-received-the-ucf-mentor-of-the-year-award/feed/ 0 UCF Today Highlights Research Sponsored Under SRI Grant Program http://today.ucf.edu/eradicating-space-dust-and-saving-sea-turtles-get-boost-from-space-agency/ http://today.ucf.edu/eradicating-space-dust-and-saving-sea-turtles-get-boost-from-space-agency/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:42:44 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1374 UCF Today highlights funded research projects under FSI’s Space Research Initiative (SRI) grant program. Among the featured researchers is FSI’s Affilitated Research Associate, Dr. E. Todd Bradley.

 

]]> http://today.ucf.edu/eradicating-space-dust-and-saving-sea-turtles-get-boost-from-space-agency/feed/ 0 Space Research Initiative (SRI) 2012-B Awards http://fsi.ucf.edu/space-research-initiative-sri-2012-b-awards/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/space-research-initiative-sri-2012-b-awards/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:33:40 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1352 http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-space-research-initiative/]]> Congratulations to the recipients of the SRI 2012-B Awards! Click the link to see the list of recipients:

http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-space-research-initiative/

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/space-research-initiative-sri-2012-b-awards/feed/ 0 NASA KSC Space Day 2013 Presentations http://fsi.ucf.edu/nasa-ksc-space-day-2013-presentations/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/nasa-ksc-space-day-2013-presentations/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:12:04 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1262

                                                        All of the Presenters

Click Link to Download the Speaker’s Presentation.

Ms. Karen Thompson, NASA Research & Technology Development Overview    -  Part 2

Mr. Mike Conroy, Modeling and Simulation – Visualization Generation and Management

Dr. Kimberly Jentsch, Understanding and Improving Spaceflight Teamwork in Long-Duration Missions

Mr. Philip Metzger, In-Situ Robotics

Dr. Yunjun Xu, Pico-Scale Satellite Mission and Space Robot Autonomy

Mr. David Reed, Flight Payload Development  - Part 2

Dr. Eirik Holbert, Habitat Work

Dr. Sudipta Seal, Space related research at AMPAC and NSTC centers

Dr. Esther Beltran, Medicine of the 21st Century : integrating Space Science into our day-to-day activities

RDr. Rafael Guzman & Ms. Kristen Riley, The Florida-Spain Initiative on Small Satellites

Dr. S Alan Stern, Golden Spike: Overview and Business Model

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/nasa-ksc-space-day-2013-presentations/feed/ 0 FSI Assistant Director Featured in Pegasus Magazine http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-featured-in-pegasus-magazine/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-featured-in-pegasus-magazine/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:25:09 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1026 UCF’s Pegasus Magazine features Dr. Joshua Colwell, FSI Assistant Director, and his colleague, Dr. Daniel Britt, in their Fall 2012 issue. Click here to read the article, Not Simply Red.]]>

UCF’s Pegasus Magazine features Dr. Joshua Colwell, FSI Assistant Director, and his colleague, Dr. Daniel Britt, in their Fall 2012 issue. Click here to read the article, Not Simply Red.

]]> http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-assistant-director-featured-in-pegasus-magazine/feed/ 0 FSI Open House Event http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-open-house-event/ http://fsi.ucf.edu/fsi-open-house-event/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:40:13 +0000 dramirez https://fsi.ucf.edu/?p=1012 On August 29th FSI held an Open House at their new office location in UCF’s Research Park. The event gave guests the opportunity to tour the new offices, meet FSI faculty and staff, and enjoy some tasty refreshments. Speakers included Dr. S. Alan Stern, Director of the Florida Space Institute and Dr. MJ Soileau, Vice ...]]>

On August 29th FSI held an Open House at their new office location in UCF’s Research Park. The event gave guests the opportunity to tour the new offices, meet FSI faculty and staff, and enjoy some tasty refreshments.

Speakers included Dr. S. Alan Stern, Director of the Florida Space Institute and Dr. MJ Soileau, Vice President for Research & Commercialization at UCF. We had a great turn out and appreciate all who attended the event, click here to view photos.

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