2010-11 Graduate Research Fellowships

			Jeffrey Alston UNC - Charlotte	Concord, NC (Cabarrus County) Project: Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Film Photocatalysis for Air Scrubbing and Fuel Production Award: $7000.00
			Jennifer Ayers Duke University	Durham, NC (Durham County) Project: The Role of Physical Processes in the North Pacific Carbon Cycle Award: $7000.00
			Laura Bowman UNC - Chapel Hill	Central, SC (Pickens County) Project: Space radiation-induced osteoporosis: effect of dose and dose rate using protons Award: $7000.00
			Stephen Clark Duke University	Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County) Project: Preliminary Design for Coupled-Mode Flutter in Turbomachines Award: $7000.00
			Kathleen Eckert UNC - Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County) Project: Dwarf Galaxies: How Many? How Massive? Award: $7000.00
			Nathan Faulks Appalachian State University	Boone, NC (Watauga County) Project: Development of Nanotechnology Learning Modules Award: $6000.00
			Joe Johnston NC State University	Raleigh, NC (Wake County) Project: Experimental Investigation of Bio-inspired High Lift Effectors on a 2D Airfoil Award: $5000.00
			Edward Jordan Winston-Salem State University	Winston-Salem, NC (Forsyth County) Project: Operation of Base Station with Mobile Robot for Wireless Sensor Networks Award: $6000.00
			Frances Low NC State University	Charlotte, NC (Mecklenburg County) Project: Design and Development of Shrimp Rover for Robotic Lunar or Planetary Surface Exploration Award: $6000.00
			Jesse Miner UNC - Chapel Hill	Carrboro, NC (Orange County) Project: A new near-infrared chronometer with applications to high-redshift galaxies Award: $7000.00
			Malcolm Mollison UNC - Chapel Hill University	Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County) Project: Multicore Real-Time Operating System Support for Mixed Criticality Award: $7000.00
			Ryan Paul NC State University	Tulsa, OK (Tulsa County) Project: Development of a Small Autonomous Morphing Aircraft Award: $7000.00
			Nick Pope Appalachian State University	Hildebran, NC (Burke County) Project: Design and Construction of an Electron Transport System to Study Atmospheric Ions Award: $6000.00
			Ashley Roberts Appalachian State University	Boone, NC (Watauga County) Project: Study of Polypropylene Composites and the Effects of Nanomaterials on Biological Tissue Award: $6000.00
			Kristen Roskov NC State University	Raleigh, NC (Wake County) Project: Nanostructured Organometallic Polymer Systems Containing Magnetically-Active Nanoparticles or Poly(ferrocenylsilanes) Award: $7000.00
			Michael Sieber NC State University	Durham, NC (Durham County) Project: Lunar Texshield: A Multifunctional Radiation Attenuation Material for Use on the Lunar Surface Award: $6000.00
			David Stark UNC - Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County) Project: A Multi-Scale Approach to the Missing Baryons Problem Award: $7000.00
			Samuel Thompson Appalachian State University	Boone, NC (Watauga County) NASA Kennedy Space Center: Improving Solar Panel Effectiveness using Electrodynamic Dust Shield Technology for Lunar and/or Martian Robotic Missions Award: $7000.00
			Adam Trotter UNC - Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County) Project: The Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Modeling Project (AMP): Statistics and Absorption and Extinction Models Award: $7000.00
			Christine Weaver Appalachian State University	Boone, NC (Watauga County) Project: Can Long Term Monitoring of the Atmospheric Extinction Coefficient Be Used as a Tracer of Climate Change? Award: $6000.00
			Kurt Whittington NC State University	Raleigh, NC (Wake County) Project: New Methods to Approximate Aerodynamic Heating on Hypersonic Vehicles Award: $6000.00
			Joseph Zambon NC State University	Raleigh, NC (Wake County) Project:   Award: $7000.00

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