Ohio Space Grant Consortium NASA PSG-14 Conference October 5-11, 2024 Cape Canaveral, Florida PSG-14 Conference - The Ohio/Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium's Here To Observe Program (H20) is embarking on a journey to Cape Canaveral, Florida for 12 students (6 Ohio and 6 Puerto Rico) to attend NASA's PSG-14 Conference October 5-11th. This meeting […]
The Global Aerospace Industry Outlook & Update October 17, 2024 at The Ohio Aerospace Institute 22800 Cedar Point Rd. Cleveland, OH. 44142 OAI proudly presents the Global Aerospace Industry Outlook and Update, a look at what is pertinent to the aviation, space and defense sectors today and moving forward. This full day conference will […]
OSGC Education Workshop October 25, 2024 at The Ohio Aerospace Institute Branson, Missouri On October 25th, the STEM teachers of tomorrow receiving an Ohio Space Grant Consortium scholarship, will come to the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) for a fun day of new lessons and resources from NASA and the OSGC's K-12 Education Specialist, Jill […]
Colleen K. Unsworth
Colleen is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology, University of Akron and a corporate Biomimicry Fellow jointly sponsored by NASA Glenn Research Center and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. At UA, her dissertation work focuses on integrating inclusive design into bio-inspired design. In the lab, she studies how animal locomotor biomechanics can inspire novel all-terrain mobility aid designs.
At NASA, Colleen works alongside engineers and data scientists to develop an AI design and translation tool (PeTaL) to streamline nature-inspired solution discovery for practitioners. She has also served as the lead organizer for Biocene 2019-2020 and coordinates NASA’s V.I.N.E. (Virtual Interchange for Nature-inspired Exploration), a collaborative network of academics, industry experts, and citizen scientists with a shared interest in nature-inspired research.
