Environmental initiatives, Indigenous cultures and values, worldwide partnerships, and scholar engagement had been on the centre of the delegation’s go to to Aotearoa New Zealand with specific curiosity in local weather change and partnerships between Aotearoa New Zealand and NASA on local weather analysis.
UC Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey spoke in regards to the College’s resilience and skill to reply and innovate within the face of challenges, and our connection to our group by way of our relationship with mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ōtautahi Christchurch. Professor De la Rey went on to say, “the funding of recent digital innovation is effectively poised to take partnerships ahead and sit up for the alternatives of how we are able to work collectively.”
UC’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Analysis & Innovation) Professor Ian Wright spoke of the capability of our college students with UC postgraduate scholar Leah Albrow being awarded the NASA JPL with NZ Area Scholarship, and Jennifer Berry being the primary New Zealand college and non-US undergraduate recipient of the USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Award. He highlighted UC’s engagement with NASA and Rocket Lab and the relevance of UC college students within the subject of house.
Constructing on the college’s 150 years of engagement with native, regional and world communities, UC postgraduate college students and teachers spoke of the collaborations and partnerships they’ve with NASA and the way in which the work executed in house helps to help UC analysis. Senior Lecturer Michele Bannister and her group spoke about interstellar objects and work on the DART mission. Affiliate Professor Michelle LaRue highlighted the significance of house in analysis in Antarctica and the significance of satellite tv for pc imagery to assist perceive predation and environmental impacts and predict what this implies for the longer term. The primary world survey of Earth’s floor water and the way it flows is underway, Director of Waterways Centre for Freshwater Administration James Brasington mentioned. Senior Lecturer Sarah Kessans closed by talking about her microgravity analysis and protein crystallisation on the Axiom Area station.
Minister Verrall and the NASA delegation had a possibility to view an indication of adaptive optics utilized in NASA CAPSTONE mission monitoring by Affiliate Professor Steve Weddell and the group. Earlier than assembly the totally UC student-led aerospace membership Spaceport America Cup group.
A sturdy dialogue on how UC analysis can contribute to NASA’s aims continued all through the go to.
