Student Spotlight
August 14, 2008
Emily
Chwialkowski is a graduate student in the Department of
Space Studies at the University of North Dakota and the
recipient of a Space Grant research fellowship.
Biography
As a graduate student at the University of North Dakota
(UND), Emily is currently enrolled in the Space Studies
program. She intends to graduate with a Master of Science
degree in Space Studies in August, 2009. Her focus of study
lies mainly with human-related factors in space.
The research done with Pablo
DeLeon in the Space Suit Laboratory has broadened Emily’s
knowledge on issues pertaining to space suit design and
the physiological/psychological limits of humans in space.
She also works in the spacecraft
simulator facility with the space capsule and spaceship
one simulators. Emily plans to continue her research with
Pablo throughout her graduate program.
Emily graduated with honors from UND in May, 2007 and earned
a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education with
a focus in Composite Science.
Chwialkowski (center) "flies"
the spacecraft simulator at the University of North Dakota.
That simulator was designed and constructed through the
financial support of the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium.
Also pictured are Pablo de Leon (top), principle investigator
for the simulator, and John Polansky, another Space Grant
research fellowship recipient.
Student Spotlight Archives
Past recipients:
April 7, 2008
Nathan Ambler, a UND Space
Studies M.S. student, has  recently
presented his thesis proposal, which involves developing
a payload for a High Altitude Student Payload (HASP) flight
in September.
The payload will demonstrate (among other things) the effectiveness
and value of the experimental ITO SS O3
Sensor, and ruggedness of General Sensor Architecture for
Reduced Pressure - Space Environments.
To learn more about Mr. Ambler’s exciting thesis proposal,
you can download his PowerPoint presentation here
(10.1 MB)
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