Space Grants
The Connecticut Space Grant Consortium awarded $5,000 grants to multiple students at the University of Bridgeport, who are working with faculty to develop new technologies in conjunction with area companies.
Matthew Breland is developing solar cells that can provide sufficient power for broadband communications on spacecraft. Manuel Curillo is developing new engineering curricula and facilities to support NASA-sponsored engineering competitions at the campus ”“ including a small lab to emulate lunar and Martian surfaces. And Edwin Gravrand is investigating technology that recognizes environmental sounds and noise.
Media Lab West
The Westport Arts Center is opening a new media lab in a 42 Main St. loft space, with courses available covering film, animation and photography.
Faculty include Bridget Dalen of Fairfield University”™s media center, photography instructor Michael Elsden and Evan Pullman Neidich, a mixed-media artist and animator who teaches comics, animation and drawing at the Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County and Darien Arts Center.
SHU
Sacred Heart University Prof. Peter Maresco is representing the Fairfield school”™s Welch College of Business this spring in a campus-wide “research showcase.”
Maresco is scheduled to lecture March 14 on his research while writing a book titled “The Business of Christianity: The Growing Market for All Things Christian.”
“It”™s a fascinating topic,” Maresco said in a statement. “The Christian marketplace ranges from a Christian wrestling organization to movies, T-shirts, dolls, candy and more.”
