1. Goddard Office of Higher Education Highlights Dave Rosage - September 14, 2006 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Mid-Atlantic Regional Space Grant Meeting

2. AGENDA NASA Academy NASA Robotics Academy NASA/Morgan Summer Institute of Robotics Other NASA/GSFC Programs 2007 Application/Selection Milestones New/Renewed Activities

3. 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) 1 2

4. 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)

5. 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

6. EAGLE: Enceladus Astrobiology and Geophysics Lander Expedition 2006 NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center: Ryan Anderson Daniel Baca Daniel Calvo Bruce Davis Rayna DeMaster McConnell Dickson Lauren Edgar Christine Gabrielse Kyle Hill Bradley Holschuh Ashley Korzun Romain Letor Michelle McMillan Francis Mycroft Benjamin Renkoski Tiffany Russell Julie Sandberg Lucas Smith Diana Trujillo James 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

7. 2006 NASA Academy

8. 2006 NASA Robotics Academy at Goddard

9. 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)

10. 2006 NASA/Morgan Summer Institute of Robotics

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 2006 NASA Academy Strategic Plan Diversity Impact Sustainability/Partnerships Academy Alumni Diversity Committee NASA Academy Advisory Committee Teach For America New/Renewed Activities