Illinois Central College Alumnus Receives Presidential Early Career Award as NASA Engineer
ICC alumnus Dr. Jonathan Sauder has been honored on the national
stage as President Trump recently named 18 NASA researchers as recipients of
the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE).
The PECASE Award is the highest honor given by the US government
to scientists and engineers who are beginning their research careers. The
award recognizes recipients' potential to advance the frontiers of scientific
knowledge and their commitment to community service, as demonstrated through
professional leadership, education, or community outreach.
Dr. Sauder, a 2007 ICC graduate, received the award for demonstrating
innovative technologies to enable a new class of space missions.
Specifically for his roles as the lead mechanical engineer on RainCube, the
first radar in a CubeSat, and as a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow and
Principle Investigator for a Venus Rover.
Dr. Sauder
credits his ICC experience as laying the foundation for his education.
Dr. Sauder went on to complete his undergraduate degree at Bradley University,
and his graduate and doctoral degrees at the University of Southern California.
“While they say the ‘sky is the limit,’ given the vast expanses of space, there
really are no limits to where an education and determination can take you,”
said Dr. Sauder. “I want local students to know that an ICC education
prepares you for great things and can put you in a place to compete with Ivy
League graduates.”
“These PECASE winners represent some of the brightest early career
researchers that NASA supports,” said James Green, NASA chief scientist.
“They were selected for what they have already accomplished, but more
importantly, we expect they will reach even higher goals in the future.
They are shining stars.”
For
more information, visit nasa.gov.
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