[phas-dept] Congratulations to Alumni Andrew Dahir

[Cheri Davis]

The National Science Foundation has announced this year's recipients of
the Graduate Research Fellowships. 2013 Alumni Andrew Dahir, currently
studying Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of
Colorado-Boulder was among the students awarded. This fellowship will
allow Andrew to complete his PhD fully funded.  His research focus is
Autonomous Spacecraft Determination using X-ray Navigation Technology.
To see the announcement, follow this link go.usa.gov/Kuax
<http://t.co/EZL8k6bAD6> 

 

 

While attending Texas A&M University-Commerce, Andrew participated in
the Honors Program completing a thesis on "Interstellar Navigation by
Pulsars" with Dr. Kurtis Williams as his adviser. Andrew has also
completed multiple NASA internships researching X-ray Optics, was the
Project Manager for the winning team of the Caltech Space Challenge, and
will be acting as the Operations Manager for the NASA Academy this
summer. Andrew Dahir graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce in May
2013 as a math and physics major.  

 

 

Dr. Cheri Davis

Assistant Planetarium Director

Adjunct Instructor Physics and Astronomy

NASA Texas Space Grant Member

 

Texas A&M University-Commerce

P O Box 3011, 2600 S Neal St

Commerce, TX  75429-3011

903 468 8650 ofc, 903 468 8651 fax

Cheri.Davis at TAMUC.edu

http://faculty.tamuc.edu/cdavis/

http://www.tamuc.edu/communityOutreach/planetarium/default.aspx

http://www.tamuc.edu/communityOutreach/planetarium/observatory.aspx

 

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