Montana NASA EPSCoR Travel Program
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Montana NASA EPSCoR Research Groups

Current Awards:

EPSCoR CAN Awards

    2007:

• Biomolecular Substrates for Extraterrestrial Life:  Revealing Secrets of Extremophiles

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Awards

    2007:

• Radiation Hardened Dedicated Microprocessor for Software Reconfigurable Wireless Communication

• Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys
• Methanogenesis in Subglacial Environments - Biosignatures of Extraterrestrial Life

Previous Awards:

EPSCoR 2000 

 Detection and Localization of Extraterrestrial Biomarkers
 The Gravitational Wave Background

    2006 Awards

• Electro-catalyst Infiltration of Engineered Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes

• Bacterial Pigments: Examining Their Potential Role as Cryo- and Ultraviolet Radiation Protectants

• Utilizing Existing Temperature and CO2  Gradients Within Yellowstone National Park to Elucidate Symbiotic Plant-Fungal Responses to Global Environmental Change

• Low Cost X-ray Optics for Space Experiments

• Application of the Van der Pauw Structure as a Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor

• Gravitational Radiation from Intermediate Mass Black Holes
• Free Space Optical Communications

    2005 Awards

• Automatic Attribute-Oriented Fuzzy Induction to Mine Very Large Databases

• Glacier-Climate Interaction at the Mountain Range Scale: A Numerical Model Constrained by Remote Sensing Data

    2004 Awards

• Myotonometric Measurements of Muscle Health During Prolonged Human Exposure to Microgravity Environments
• NMR Microscopy Measurements of Colloid Suspension Transport in Microfluidic Systems               

    2003 Awards

• Development of Payload Integration and Test Capabilities at Montana State University
• MEMS Accelerometer for Satellites

    2002 Awards

• Space Instrumentation Payloads for Microsatellite Projects
• Proteomic Analysis of Bacterial Virulence in Microgravity
• Modeling of a Diode Pumped Continuous Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator in a KTP Waveguide

NASA EPSCoR Research Groups 1994-2001

• Validation of A Pathfinder Satellite Drought Index
• Interacting White Dwarf Binaries
• Ozone Dynamics in the Troposphere
• Optical Science and Laser Technology Cluster
• Hydrogeology of Hot Springs/Martian Fossil Analog
• Remote Sensing/Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Group
• Advanced Aerospace Materials
• Active Materials Group
• Topics in High Energy Astrophysics
• PFC Atmospheric Chemistry Group

How to Reach the Montana NASA EPSCoR Program

Mail:	Montana NASA EPSCoR Program
	416 Cobleigh Hall
	Montana State University
	Bozeman, MT 59717-3835
Phone:	(406) 994-4223
Fax:	(406) 994-4452
E-mail:	Email MSGC

Director: William A. Hiscock Email William A. Hiscock (406) 994-6170 Deputy Director:  Angela Des Jardins Email Angela Des Jardins (406) 994-6172

Associate Director: David Klumpar Email David Klumpar (406) 994-6169 Program Coordinator: Glenda Winslow Email Glenda Winslow (406) 994-4223

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Updated March 24, 2008

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