NASA Competition Award Recipients

Each year WSGC supports teams from Academic Affiliates to participate in NASA-sponsored competitions.  These opportunities are competitive in nature, involve a NASA center, and require a NASA-managed selection process.  A faculty member on a team’s campus will act as an advisor for the NASA Competition.  WSGC is pleased to announce and congratulate the following student teams on their participation in a NASA-sponsored competition.

2021-2022 NASA Teams

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RockSat
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Advisor: Nathan Salowitz
Student Participants:
Josh Beamsley
Matthew Deacon
Kenneth Krause Jr

2020-2021 NASA Teams

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Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition
Marquette University
Advisor: John Moore
Student Participants:
Samuel Keller
Tyler Mark
Caitlin Martinez
Patrick Naumann
William Nikolay
Zach Thompson

Robotic Mining
Marquette University
Advisor: Philip Voglewede
Student Participants:
Emmanuel Defaut
Jacob Edwards
Alberto Fernandez
Jaena Hanley
William Hansen
Jordan Johnson
Jakob Murray
Anthony Wiza

Robotic Mining
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: William Farrow
Student Participants:
Kathryn Caroll
Tony Ellingen
Austin Fritsch
Jacob Fritsch
Zachary Hart
Nathan Johnson
Julia Kalish
Justin McElderry
Alexander Reid
Avery Tiegs

Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition at the Spaceport America Cup
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Advisor: Katherine Rabidoux
Student Participants:
Nikhil Agarwal
Liz Bohlman
Zach Geier
Jacquie Muller
Ian Richardson
Alexander Schreiner
Brenden Simmons
Ethan Taylor
Chandler Tollison
Connor Trocke
Erin Trocke
Benjamin Van Oss
Nate Zabel

NASA Senior Design - Johnson Space Center
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish
Student Participants:
Brian Dobrich
Henry Neerdaels
Jordan Wachowiak

NASA Senior Design - Kennedy Space Center
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish
Student Participants:
Kayla Barreto
Bradley Demkovich
Sofia Diaz
Jackson Hussar

Robotic Mining
Marquette University
Advisor: Philip Voglewede
Student Participants:
Antonio Carrasco
Brendan Charles
Cheryl Hohl
Patrick Larkin
Jake Listowski
Emmett Marinic
Chris Piszczek
Jacob Podhola
Jillan Stinehart
Abraham Yakisan

2019-2020 NASA Teams

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Robotic Mining*
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: William Farrow

Robotic Mining*
Marquette University
Philip Voglewede

RockSat-C*
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Advisor: David Kaplan

Spaceport America*
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Advisor: Katherine Rabidoux

NASA sponsored Senior Design project*
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish

*Declined due to COVID-19

2018-2019 NASA Teams

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RockSat
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Advisor: David Kaplan
Wallops Flight Facility

Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition at the Spaceport America Cup
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Advisor: Katherine Rabidoux
Spaceport America near Las Cruces, New Mexico
Student Participants
Jane Dickler
Christina De Vries
Adrian Guither
Justin Boldt
Nate Michek
Brendan Wayne
Jackie Muller
Liz Bohlman

NASA Sponsored Senior Design
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish
Kennedy Space Center
Student Participants
Ellie Monaghan
Maia Heineck
Liam Elke
Jason Palesse

Robotic Mining
Marquette University
Advisor: Phillip Voglewede
Kennedy Space Center
Student Participants
Konstantinos Koumoutsos
Timothy Campbell
Erik LeBeau
Zachary Nordgren
Zachary Pederson
Nathan Faust
Francesco Fuentes

2017-2018 NASA Teams

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RockSat
University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan
Advisor: William Dirienzo
Wallops Flight Facility

RockSat
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Advisor: David Kaplan
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Sponsored Senior Design
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish
Kennedy Space Center
Student Participants
Chase Harrington
Micheal Hinaus
Brody Retzlaff

NASA Sponsored Senior Design
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Michael Swedish
Kennedy Space Center
Student Participants
Kevin Bennett
Tyler Dehn
Andrew Ramirez
Caleb Tadysak

Robotic Mining
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Advisor: Dr. William Farrow
Kennedy Space Center
Student Participants
Cheyenne Phakousonh
Timothy Buchmann
Dan Schuler
Cody Nettesheim
Justin McElderry
Austin Fritsch

2016 NASA Teams

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RockSat-C
Carthage College
Advisor:  Dr. Brant Carlson
Wallops Flight Facility
Student Participants
Jacob Allard
Chance Beaty
Adam Biewer
Zac Biewer
Ariana Boissonnas
Breonna Mcmahon
Nicholas Poole
Eric Schmit
Trevor Wills