OBSERVING OUR CHANGING PLANET
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OBSERVING OUR CHANGING PLANET |
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Learn to Build Spacecraft and Related Ground Based Experiments in NASA Designed Undergraduate Student Instrument Project | |
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About the CourseThis course is an outcome of the 2015 NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) Student Flight Research Opportunity competition that encouraged U.S. universities to offer undergraduate courses or clubs that build an Earth or space science payload that could fly on a suborbital vehicle, such as a sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, or commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicles or provide related ground based observations. The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the Cullen College of Engineering, the Technology Division, and The Honors College at UH are offering a two year program for credit to design and build ground instruments or balloon borne spacecraft to study the aurora borealis, the upper atmosphere, and earth science questions using ground-based sensors or multiple payloads on hand launched balloons. See the excitement of the program for yourself in this video. The student team will be multidisciplinary and include undergraduate students from all disciplines including engineering, science, humanities, business, art, and other fields. | |
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Deploy Experiments in AlaskaA select number of students will be able to travel to Alaska in 2027 to launch or deploy the experiments. We accepted 12 students for Fall 2025 to initiate the USIP VII cohort for Alaska, 2027. This new class will also be admitting students in Spring, 2026. To apply, please download and fill out the form found here and return it to Prof. Edgar Bering, eabering@uh.edu before December 1, 2025. Need more information?Additional information or questions can be obtained by sending email to one of the contacts below: Prof. Edgar Bering, eabering@uh.edu Prof. Andrew Renshaw, arenshaw@Central.UH.EDU |
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Supporters and DonorsInstitutionsFunding for development of the USIP program was provided by NASA Grants NNX13AR57G and NNX16AK65A. Additional funds are provided by several University of Houston offices, including Office of the Provost, Division of Research, Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and College of Technology. Major DonorsWe continue to receive substantial funding from several generous supporters, including Drs. Andrew Askew, Edgar Bering, Carolyn Farb, Ben Longmier, and Phil Inderwiesen; Barbara Clark, Cary Drott, Rachel Gamblin, John Guthery, and Pat Tovsen. Add Your Support |
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Student BlogsA student blog from the 2017 and 2018 campaigns can be found at https://usip-uh.weebly.com/. Project alumni and present students have volunteered to provide student perspective. Ask questions by email to any of the following: Arian Ehteshami ffehteshami@yahoo.com;
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