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HomeAbout SSDLStaffCurrent StudentsCurrent ProjectsHonors & AwardsAcademic ProgramProspective StudentsSSDL AlumniSSDL PapersDesign ToolsSponsorsCongratulations to the 13 SSDL students who earned a Ph.D. or M.S. degree in May 2012. Ph.D. graduates are: Joy Brathwaite (IDA), Mike Grant (Purdue), Ashley Korzun (NASA Langley), Jarret Lafleur (Sandia), Richard Otero (JPL), Chris Tanner (JPL). M.S. graduates are: Nikki Bauer (NASA JSC), Jessica Juneau Clark (JPL), Cole Kazemba (NASA Ames), Ian Meginnis (NASA JSC), Matt Nehrenz (NASA Ames), Luke Walker (JPL), Jessica Wayer.
Professor Braun delivered the College of Engineering commencement address at the Pennsylvania State University on May 4.
Congratulations to SSDL graduate student Jeremy Hill, who sucessfully completed the Ph.D. qualifying exams in March 2012.
Congratulations to SSDL graduate student Rachel Haga, who was awarded the Sigma Xi Best Undergraduate Research Award in March 2012 for research completed in 2011.
In January 2011, Professor Braun was awarded the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics for advancing the understanding of the challenge of Mars entry, descent, and landing, and for the development of systems concepts and technologies enabling Martian exploration programs.
In September 2010, SSDL students met with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (center and far right). During his visit, General Bolden spoke with the students regarding NASA's plan for robotic and human exploration, discussed the contributions young people could make to our future in space, and answered questions.
SSDL graduate students Ashley Korzun (pictured) and Chris Cordell have been supporting the testing of supersonic retropropulsion in the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel.