Announcement: 2020 Affiliate Meeting and Poster Session
The NJSGC Annual Affiliate Meeting on May 1, 2020, 9:00 a.m. was held virtually, via Webex.
The NJSGC Annual Academic Year Poster Session on May 1, 2020, 1:00 p.m., has been cancelled. Instead, we will upload the posters to the NJSGC web site, together with pictures of participating students.
Below is the guidance that was sent to the Academic Year Fellows:
Dear New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Academic Year Fellows,
NCAS 2019
NJSGC affiliate Essex County College ran a successful NCAS (National Community College Aerospace Scholars) program on Oct. 15-18, 2019. Attended by the director of the program, M. Alicia Baturoni Cortez, other NASA personnel, and Dr. Haim Baruh, the program showcased the NCAS student design competition. Thank you to Dr. Nidhal Marashi, professor of Biology at ECC, for managing the program.
NCAS will continue at Essex County College next year, as well.
Sum Conference 2019
On Friday, August 2, 2019 NJSGC summer research interns presented to faculty, parents, and invited guests at Rutgers University in the Busch Student Center as part of the Annual Summer Conference.
Astronaut 2019
NJSGC Invites NASA Astronaut to Speak in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
On Friday, July 19, 2019, NJSGC sponsored a talk by astronaut Robert Cenker (STS 25) at Rutgers University to a standing room only audience consisting of K-12 students, undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. Mr Cenker, who flew as a mission specialist, as his company was launching a communications satellite, described his experiences preparing for the flight as well as his experiences onboard the Space Shuttle. A lively question and answer session followed.
Rock SAT 2019
NJSGC Rock-SAT-C Team Rocket Launch 2019
Aiden Aquino, Chris Blackwood, Chris Cowan, Joshua Gross, Jack Hymowitz, Scott Maslin, Zack Shoop, Jesse Stevenson, Sam Yakovlev and Prof. Joseph S. Miles, recently returned from the annual Rock-SAT-C launch. Other team members consist of Reinier Lazaro and Prof. Nicholaus Parziale. Learn more here.