AAE PhD student Alex Friedman has been awarded an Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC) Doctoral Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year. Friedman is a PhD candidate under Assistant Professor Carolin Frueh. His research focus is in the area of Space Situational Awareness, specifically, orbit determination of orbital debris. 

INSGC was created in 1991 under the Space Grant Program. To be eligible for an INSGC Fellowship, a student must be a U.S. citizen enrolled full time as graduate student in good standing at an INSGC affiliate institution. The student must also be involved in NASA-related research or a STEM education project. The INSGC Director and others with experience in graduate education and fellowship awards evaluate fellowship applications on the quality of writing and past performance, ability to communicate an understanding and interest in STEM education, and a clear understanding of the relationship of their interests to NASA. Doctoral fellowship awards are also based, in part, on project proposals.