Goddard Office of Higher Education Highlights

Dave Rosage - September 14, 2006University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Mid-Atlantic Regional Space Grant Meeting

AGENDA

• NASA Academy

• NASA Robotics Academy

• NASA/Morgan Summer Institute of Robotics

• Other NASA/GSFC Programs

• 2007 Application/Selection Milestones

• New/Renewed Activities

Academy Demographics

• 512 Alumni from five NASA Academies since 1993• Alumni represent 52 of the 52 State Space Grant Consortia• 20% of alumni represent minorities (15% underrepresented

minorities)

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2006 GSFC Academy Summary

• 20 Participants (8 women/ 12 men/ 20% minority, 2 international)

• 60% of work week spent in labs (Mon, Tue, Wed)

• 26 lectures and 48 meetings

• 9 field trips (Pennsylvania, Langley, Wallops, Marshall, Johnson, HQ, Colorado, Applied Physics Lab,

Orbital Sciences Corp.)

• Group Project “EAGLE: Enceladus Astrobiology and Geophysics Lander Expedition ”

• 7 Committees (Speaker, Thank-You, Activities, Transportation, Rocket, Logo/Patch/Mascot, Yearbook)

• 5 publications (Profile, Handbook, Mentors Guide, Group Project Report, Yearbook)

Maiden Colorado Field Trip

INCLUDED:

• Lockheed Martin

• Air Force Academy

• Peterson Air Force Base

• Ball Aerospace

• Space Science Institute

• National Space Security Institute

• Laboratory for Space & Atmospheric Physics

• The Space Foundation

EAGLE:Enceladus Astrobiology and Geophysics Lander Expedition

2006 NASA Academyat Goddard Space Flight Center:

Ryan AndersonDaniel BacaDaniel CalvoBruce DavisRayna DeMasterMcConnell DicksonLauren EdgarChristine GabrielseKyle HillBradley Holschuh

Ashley KorzunRomain LetorMichelle McMillanFrancis MycroftBenjamin RenkoskiTiffany RussellJulie SandbergLucas SmithDiana TrujilloJames Wray

Academy Group Project

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Requirements & Design Project

• Currently being published

• Featured in the September issue of the Air & Space Magazine

• Academy invited to present at the American Astronomical Societies Division for Planetary Sciences meeting in Pasadena, California this October

2006 NASA Academy

2006 NASA Robotics Academy at Goddard

2006 NASA Robotics Academy Summary

• 28 Participants (16 men, 13 women, 7 four-member teams)

• 80% of work week spent in labs (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur)

• 12 lectures and 20 meetings

• 3 field trips (JSC Robonaut Lab, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab and JPL Robotics Labs)

• Group Project: Line-Following and Wall-Following Robot Kits • 4 Committees: (Speaker, Thank-You, Logo/Patch/Mascot,

Yearbook)

• 3 publications (Profile, Handbook, Yearbook)

2006 NASA/Morgan Summer Institute of Robotics

Other 2006 NASA/GSFC Summer Programs

• NASA Exploration of Space Directorate Faculty Student Team Program (ESMD)

• NASA Summer Aerospace Workforce Development Research Internship Program (SAWDRIP)

• NASA Independent Verification & Validation Internship Program (IV&V)

• NASA Student Internship Program (SIP)

• NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Student Internship Program (NASA/APL)

• NASA/GSFC Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer Applications (SIECA)

2007 Application/Selection Milestones

1. Mentors Submit Projects: Sep 15 - Dec 15, 2006

2. Student Apply: Oct 15, 2006 - Jan 15, 2007

3. Application Pre-screening: Jan 15 - Jan 21, 2007

4. Academy, Space Grant, Mentors Review and Score:  Jan 22 - Feb 12,

2007

5. NASA Academy Alumni Interviews:  Jan 26 - Feb 14, 2007

6. Student Selections: Feb 20, 2007

7. Notifications: Round 1 (Feb 20-26); Round 2 (Feb 27- Mar 5); Round 3 (Mar 6 - 12)

• 2006 NASA Academy Strategic Plan• Diversity• Impact• Sustainability/Partnerships

• Academy Alumni Diversity Committee

• NASA Academy Advisory Committee

• Teach For America

New/Renewed Activities