NASA Nebraska Space Grant

The NASA Nebraska Space Grant was featured in University of Nebraska at Omaha UNO Magazine’s Curiosity edition!

Check out the article here: https://stories.unoalumni.org/curiosity-in-the-cosmos/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOyQslleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeqRx8PyCv-AwcRIZ6GWx3rJXoBa6gZ0Igairsdhhm7d58vwO9P0j1zxR9gDQ_aem_vMBDLpU9Kpf1qZZs-JsJfw

Curiosity in the Cosmos - UNO Magazine How does a rare celestial event connect to UNO’s mission on Earth?

✨NASA Nebraska Space Grant Student Spotlight✨

Liliana Delgado is a PhD student in Biomechanics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she conducts research in the Additive Manufacturing Laboratory under Dr. Jorge Zuniga. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics with minors in Physics and Women and Gender Studies from Iowa State University and completed a master’s degree in Biomechanics at UNO. Her current work focuses on designing and developing activity-specific 3D printed upper limb prostheses for children, as well as investigating antimicrobial materials for space medicine to help protect astronaut health during long-duration missions.

Liliana is passionate about making science and technology more inclusive and accessible. Her long-term goal is to establish a nonprofit that provides low-cost assistive devices and technology, ensuring that people with disabilities have access to high-quality, research-driven solutions that might otherwise be out of reach. She also dreams of going to space herself and recently applied to become a NASA astronaut.

✨NASA Nebraska Space Grant Student Spotlight✨

Thomas Brison is a Second-year PhD student in the Biology Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He recently earned his master’s degree in biology from UNO. His research interests include hydrogen biogeochemistry in natural waters and soils. His research project will analyze metagenomic data to investigate whether high hydrogen concentrations affect and alter microbial community structures, and determine whether microbial activity significantly influences hydrogen accumulation. Understanding microbial hydrogen dynamics in the subsurface is critical for evaluating hydrogen's potential as an abundant and sustainable energy alternative.

Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law
December 11, 2025
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2025 – 20th Annual Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law – IISL – International Institute of Space Law The IISL annually honours the legacy of Eilene M. Galloway, a pioneer in the fields of space law and policy. Date, time and location In 2025, the 20th Annual Eilene M. Galloway IISL Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law will take place on Thursday, 11 December 2025 from 08:00 – 17:00 EST (East...

✨NASA Nebraska Space Grant Student Spotlight✨

Angie Benda is a PhD candidate studying industrial-organizational psychology with guidance from Dr. William Kramer. Her research focuses on understanding teams and the trust and trust repair process, particularly teams that are not co-located. Angie is also a research associate at NCITE, where she is helping to create a risk assessment for K-12 schools. Through the support of the Nebraska NASA Space Grant Fellowship, she aims to generate insights on how dispersed teams communicate to repair trust, which has implications for long term space flight.

✨NASA Nebraska Space Grant Student Spotlight✨

Nicholas Bloor is a current Senior studying Data Science and Computer Science at Creighton University. He is a student researcher under Dr. Steven Fernandes where he is researching retrieval augmented generation models. Following graduation, he intends on continuing education in graduate school by continuing research with neural network models.

Congratulations, Nicholas!

New STEMonstration: Gyroscopic Stabilization

NASA astronaut Nick Hague demonstrates how gyroscopes counteract instability and maintain spacecraft orientation, from telescopes to solar panel alignment on the International Space Station.

STEMonstrations: Gyroscopic Stabilization From space telescopes aimed at distant cosmic objects to the International Space Station orienting its solar panels towards the Sun, NASA astronaut Nick Hagu...

📢 NOW OPEN: NASA Nebraska EPSCoR Research Mini-Grants Competition 📢

Proposals Due: December 15, 2025 (5:00 pm Central time)
Anticipated Funding Period: January 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026

There are two goals of the EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Mini-grant program: 1) To elevate the aerospace-related research being conducted in Nebraska for future infrastructure building and workforce development opportunities; and 2) To result in future proposals to NASA and/or other federal, state, or private organizations for funding.

Link for Complete Details and to Apply: https://smr.to/p106540

NASA Offers Resources for New Principal Investigators:

Scientists and engineers who plan to propose to a NASA Research Opportunity or an announcement of opportunity for a flight mission or mission of opportunity from NASA Science should check out NASA’s New Principal Investigator Resources. The site provides prospective mission principal investigators with resources that may be useful as they develop their mission concepts, as well as information on developmental opportunities to prepare future mission leaders.

New Principal Investigator (PI) Resources - NASA Science Welcome to the web pages for scientists and engineers who plan to propose to a NASA Research Opportunity (NRA) (like Research Opportunities in Space and Earth

⭐️ NASA Nebraska Space Grant Student Spotlight ⭐️

Today's spotlight shines on Lauren Bertelsen, FY26 Space Grant Fellow! Lauren is a graduate student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and is currently pursuing an M.S. in IT Innovation. She conducts research under Dr. Ada-Rhodes Wish, focusing on soft robotics and computational cognition. Her current research project aims to revolutionize space exploration by investigating the development of autonomous inflatable exploration agents with a high risk tolerance.