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\title{ED042-02 - Teaching Undergraduates to Build Spacecraft During The
Covid-19 Lockdown}



\author[1]{EDGAR A BERING}%
\author[2]{Donald L Hampton}%
\author[3]{Nicole Molders}%
\author[3]{Denise Thorsen}%
\author[1]{Shuhab Khan}%
\author[1]{Mequanint Moges}%
\author[1]{Elizabeth Hernandez}%
\author[1]{Alexandra Briggs Ulinsky}%
\author[1]{Ana Gabriela S.S.R. Pessoa}%
\author[1]{Rachel Gamblin}%
\author[1]{Megan F Pina}%
\author[1]{Bryan Gunawan}%
\affil[1]{University of Houston}%
\affil[2]{University of Alaska}%
\affil[3]{University of Alaska, Fairbanks}%


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  \date{May 26, 2024}


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The Undergraduate Student Instrumentation Project (USIP) was a NASA
program to engage undergraduate students in rigorous scientific
research, for the purposes of innovation and developing the next
generation of professionals in space research. The program is student
led and executed from initial ideation of research objectives to the
design and deployment of scientific payloads. The University of Houston
was selected twice to participate in the USIP programs. The first
program (USIP\_UH I) ran from 2013 to 2016. USIP\_UH II ran from 2016 to
2019. USIP\_UH I (USIP\_UH II) at the University of Houston was composed
of eight (seven) research teams developing six (seven), distinct,
balloon-based scientific instruments. This project was a for-credit
course two years in duration. The program has been so successful in
terms of improved student career outcomes the University has decided to
continue the project with purely local funding. The pandemic has
produced a substantial instructional challenge since this project is a
lab class! The virtual classroom that we designed to meet this need
provides tools for ongoing collaboration, revisions, storage, project
planning, systems engineering, and a tool to request immediate feedback
from faculty and fellow researchers. Additionally, the classroom
provides an ongoing place to store data from different students for many
years. New students can use this continuity in a consistent and secure
way. We also provided tools for conferencing and communication. A
combination of several tools were selected and customized to meet this
need. These tools include Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Git,
Groupme, and Zoom.%
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