2014-15 SPS Chapter Research Award Recipients

The following SPS chapters have received Chapter Research Awards to fund chapter research projects. The awards provide calendar year grants to support local chapter activities that are deemed imaginative and likely to contribute to the strengthening of the SPS program. The awards are funded by generous donations from members of the SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma community.

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American River College Team

Cosmic Ray Detector for Ground and Stratospheric Observations

Drexel University Team

Cosmic Ray Induced Bit-Flipping Experiment (CRIBFLEX)

Georgia Institute of Technology Team

Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor

Kettering University Team

Enhancing Cellular Uptake of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy via Nanoparticle Engineering and Sonoporation

Purdue University Team

Roswell III, Space Balloon: Journey into the Stratosphere

Tuskegee University Team

Identification of Paint Samples using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy