Posts Tagged ‘ Carl Nelson ’

Engineering students study at NASA’s Microgravity U

Apr 3rd, 2011 | By | Category: Campus News, March 31

A team of UNL engineering students will travel to Houston’s Johnson Space Center to conduct research for NASA that will have them floating on board reduced gravity missions, March 31 through April 9. The team was chosen in December to participate in NASA’s 2011 Microgravity University. According to NASA, the program engages selected college and […]



Engineering doubles teams at NASA’s Microgravity U

Feb 5th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, February 5, 2009, Issue

This spring, two teams from the College of Engineering will conduct experiments with NASA’s Microgravity University. Both projects will involve students in a series of parabolic reduced-gravity flights that depart from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, and reach 35,000 feet above the Earth’s surface. NASA’s Microgravity University engages students from several colleges and universities in […]