Jared Madsen, a doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering, and Feng Ma, a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering, are recipients of the 2002 George H. Mitchell/University Co-op Graduate Awards for Research.
Madsen’s research looks at ways to use global positioning system signals to determine the positions of spacecraft. The system consists of 24 satellites in orbit, and Madsen’s research is concerned with combining two ways of finding the positions so as to acquire the benefits of both. Ma’s research concerns two types of stellar objects, quasars and blazers. Quasars are quasi-stellar objects found in the far reaches of the universe, and blazers are simply much brighter types of quasars. Ma’s research supports a theory that blazers may actually be radio-loud quasars (quasars that are more luminous at radio wavelengths than optical wavelengths) viewed from a different angle.
Madsen and Ma are two of eight recipients chosen from more than 160 applicants. The award carries a prize of $1,000.
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