Education Subcommittee (EdS) Mark W. Hilburger 9/23/10

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. 5

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 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 Students are challenged to conceive, design, and create products using science, technology, and entrepreneurship to solve 21 st 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

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  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 21 Sept.  Not a big time commitment  Contact Lisa Bacon, Manager STEM K-12

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