Professor Mary Arico Attends Last NASA Shuttle Launch

In support of the Annie Fischer School, Mary Arico, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Director of CT Space Grant, attended the historic Atlantis Launch on July 8^th at KARS Park in Florida.   On board the shuttle was a science experiment design by students in grades K-5 at the Annie Fischer STEM Magnet School.  The students design their experiment “Microgravity’s Effect on Tomato Growth” with the guidance of a team from Hamilton Sundstrand.  The Connecticut Space Grant Consortium worked with Hamilton Sundstrand to support the project, which was chosen from entries across the country to participate in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP).

For more information on SSEP please check out http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/eleven-more.html

CETA Student Attending 41st International Confrence on Enviromental Systems

Adam Clark will be attending the 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) in Portland Oregon on July 18, 2011.  Adam will be presenting the results of a NASA sponsored investigation into Lunar Habitats.  His presentation will be attended by aerospace industry and NASA engineering personnel. His paper "An Investigation into Life Support Systems for a Lunar Habitat"

is co-authored by Tom Filburn (Assoc Prof Mech Eng.).  Adam will be presenting the results of a 6 month study on potential life support systems useful for a future lunar habitat.  In addition, Adam was the recipient of a CT Space Grant travel grant which subsidized the bulk of his travel to Portland.