Education Subcommittee (EdS)

Mark W. Hilburger9/23/10

Outline

• Mission• Members• Status• Kick-off meeting summary

Topics of discussion Proposed EdS output Actions

• Up-coming Opportunities

EdS Mission

• To attract, and nurture the next generation of engineers by providing students with hands-on engineering activities and provide educators access to tools and information to enrich their lesson plans

EdS Members

• Mark Hilburger – NASA/LaRC, Chair• Lisa Hardaway - Ball Aerospace• Michael Wolff - Gulfstream Aerospace

• Need a few additional members from academia and government to round out the team.

Everyone is welcome to join in!!!

Status

• In the formulation and information gathering stage

• EdS kick-off meeting/brain-storming session 2 Sept.

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EdS Kick-Off Meeting – topics of discussion

• Brain-storming session What do we want to do? How?

• What Provide students with opportunities to see/engage in hands-

on educational/research activities through facility tours, workshops, competitions, internships

Provide educators with tools, information to help enrich their lesson plans

Address any specific AIAA needs (AIAA POC Lisa Bacon?)

EdS Kick-Off Meeting - topics of discussion

• How CD/DVD on Aerospace Structures Careers Student competitions Facility tours Summer internship (undergrad, grad) Career Days/Workshops

– AIAA-run or roadmap (Michael Wolff example)– Student-run workshops at their schools (graduate-level activity)

Web-based activities and educational information Focused information packets/lesson plans for educators

– Enlist the help of trained educators Funding requirements?

– Grants

EdS Kick-Off Meeting - topics of discussion

• Determine target age group: College Soph.-Jrs. Felt they get left out of many opportunities Critical time (help connect the dots between education and career path)

Potential EdS Output

• CD/DVD on Aerospace structures and engineering careers

• Information packets/website for students and educators Focused & coordinated

• Organize/facilitate student activities Student competitions career days facility tours internships

Action #1

• Gather information on existing education and outreach programs from: YOU (TC members) Lisa Bacon & Stephen Brock @ AIAA

Action #1 (cont.)

• Need to identify and assess existing opportunities & ideas Information & opportunities out there not sure how well they are publicized or coordinated? need help identifying the activities that work or have good

potential (e.g., AIAA Student Design Competitions)

• Find effective ways to make existing information useful & accessible to more people AIAA website/ AIAA Educator Associate Coordination with other organizations ASEE/ASME/NAE

Action #2

• Develop an outline for a CD/DVD on Aerospace structures and engineering Structural Dynamics TC did something similar 10 years ago. 3-4 technical areas to describe with representative video Career section (interviews that describe different jobs, career

& education paths, other interesting bits) Provide a career development road map for students that

includes information on where to find educational material, competitions, internships

Up-coming opportunities

Conrad Foundation – The Spirit of Innovation Awards Program (Mentor registration by 1 Oct. 2010)

NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) (due 15 Oct. 2010)

Student Design Competition Abstract Request from AIAA Student Activities Committee (due 12 Nov. 2010)

Conrad Foundation - Spirit of Innovation Awards Program

• Call for Mentors - closes 1 Oct. 2010• Students are challenged to conceive, design, and create

products using science, technology, and entrepreneurship to solve 21st century problems

• Program creates a long-term community mixing high school students, teachers, scientists, and entrepreneurs

• Mentors can assist teams at their convenience in any of three distinct project phases P1: Online response to student & teacher questions in your AOE P2: Provide feed back on student team ideas, plans, presentations P3: collaborate with Conrad Portal team to help pursue commercial

opportunities

Conrad Foundation - Spirit of Innovation Awards Program

• Break to Conrad presentation

NASA USRP

• The NASA USRP is an internship program that offers R&D opportunities to undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens attending accredited U.S. colleges and universities, and who are pursuing a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) bachelor’s degree.

• Working under the supervision of a NASA technical mentor, USRP provides students the opportunity to conduct NASA project and mission-related research.

• The USRP spring session starts Jan. 18, 2011 and ends April 29,2011.

• Selection deadline for the Spring 2011 NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) is Friday, Oct. 15.

• http://usrp.usra.edu/

AIAA Student Activities Committee: Call for Student Design Competition Abstract

• AIAA SAC soliciting TC support to develop design competitions (undergrad and grad)

• Goal of the program to provide an opportunity for students to learn the design process on relevant aerospace design topics

• Good opportunity for our TC to get involved• 1-2 page Abstract due by 12 Nov.

Please provide EdS with topics for a design competition (guidelines provided upon request)

Other - AIAA Students & Educators

• AIAA website http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=5 K-12 Programs University Educators Design Competitions Scholarships

• “Ask an Engineer” needs industry folks to answer questions from Project Lead the Way students See Steve’s email 21 Sept. Not a big time commitment Contact Lisa Bacon, Manager STEM K-12 lisab@aiaa.org

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