Swarvanu Dasgupta, PhD

NASA Software of the Year Runners up (Group Award) NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Jul 2010 Excellence in aerospace software is vital to NASA's leadership role in developing aeronautics and space technologies and transferring them to government and industry. The prestigious Software of the Year Award is designed to give recognition to developers of exceptional software created for or by NASA and owned by NASA. Every NASA Center and Facility is invited to participate in this annual competition. The award includes the NASA Software Medal, Inventions and Contributions Board… Show more Excellence in aerospace software is vital to NASA's leadership role in developing aeronautics and space technologies and transferring them to government and industry. The prestigious Software of the Year Award is designed to give recognition to developers of exceptional software created for or by NASA and owned by NASA. Every NASA Center and Facility is invited to participate in this annual competition. The award includes the NASA Software Medal, Inventions and Contributions Board certificate(s), and monetary compensation. The competition allows the Agency to recognize and appreciate the NASA team members who set high standards for significant software that is creative, usable, transferable, and possesses inherent quality.http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/icb/winners/soy/2010_soy.html Show less

NASA Earth System Science Fellowship NASA May 2006 The NASA Earth System Science Fellowship program “sponsors fellowships for students pursuing Master of Science or Doctoral degrees in Earth system science, space science and related disciplines. NASA places particular emphasis on the applicant's ability and interest in pursuing academic training and research using observations and measurements from NASA's Earth orbiting satellites, and in developing inter or cross-disciplinary research about the Earth system”. Awards are made after review of… Show more The NASA Earth System Science Fellowship program “sponsors fellowships for students pursuing Master of Science or Doctoral degrees in Earth system science, space science and related disciplines. NASA places particular emphasis on the applicant's ability and interest in pursuing academic training and research using observations and measurements from NASA's Earth orbiting satellites, and in developing inter or cross-disciplinary research about the Earth system”. Awards are made after review of all research proposals.http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B130CE329-FCAE-4780-37F5-BE5731E3BD0B%7D&path=past Show less

Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth System Science NASA/GEST(UMBC) May 2005 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC) Earth Sciences Division, in collaboration with the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology (GEST) Center of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, offers a limited number of graduate student research opportunities through its Graduate Student Summer Program (GSSP). The program is designed to stimulate interest in interdisciplinary Earth sciences studies by enabling selected students to carry out an intensive research project