Thursday, January 18, 2024

OHIO Research Project Selected For International Space Station

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Ohio University Research Project Chosen for International Space Station:

A research project designed by a group of Ohio University students will soon be traveling to the International Space Station (ISS). During the fall semester, OHIO students from across the University had the opportunity to design projects and write proposals for the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program's Mission 18 to the ISS. Under the leadership of Dr. Sarah Wyatt, professor of environmental and plant biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, over 34 undergraduates worked in teams with graduate students serving as facilitators throughout the fall semester preparing projects to be judged for the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) program. Each of the 10 teams wrote a proposal that went to an internal review team for the selection of the three finalists. The finalists' proposals were then sent to NCESSE for selection of the final experiment to fly.

Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs announced that the team chosen as the winners, whose experiment will be taken to the ISS, is the team of Lane, Smith, and Swiler. "This was an incredible experient [+]
A research project designed by a group of Ohio University students will soon be traveling to the International Space Station (ISS).

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