Einstein High School PTA Discussion
2/18/2014
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Agenda
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Where We Work
Getting Involved
Internships
Points of Contact
Questions
Goddard Space Flight Center
The mission of this enterprise is “to get ideas into
space and knowledge back home”.
Space Network (SN) General Overview
Global Access to Communications
Global Access to Communications
NASA Associate Administrator for
Education
Leland D. Melvin, NASA associate
administrator for education, is
responsible for the development and
implementation of the agency's
education programs that strengthen
student involvement and public
awareness about its scientific goals
and missions.
Leads the agency in inspiring interest
in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics, or STEM, through
NASA's unique mission, workforce,
facilities, research and innovations.
Getting Involved
NASA Rover Challenge
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NASA is introducing a new engineering
design challenge that will focus on NASA’s
current plans to explore planets, moons,
asteroids and comets -- all members of
the solar system family.
The new NASA Rover Challenge (formerly
NASA Great Moonbuggy Race) will be held
April 10-12, 2014, at the U. S. Space &
Rocket Center.
The challenge will focus on designing,
constructing and testing technologies for
mobility devices to perform in these
different environments.
Rovers will be human-powered and carry
two students, one female and one male,
over a half-mile obstacle course of
simulated extraterrestrial terrain of
craters, boulders, ridges, inclines,
crevasses and ruts.
Getting Involved
International Space Station
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NASA's Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan
addressed 300 sixth grade students from
Berkeley Middle School in Williamsburg,
Va.
Recapped how, weeks earlier, Expedition
38 NASA Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins
and Rick Mastracchio performed
spacewalks to fix a cooling system that
had failed on the International Space
Station.
“The astronauts up there are doing
amazing work,” Stofan said. “They’re not
only maintaining this amazing facility that
we have that’s orbiting the Earth every
day gathering all kinds of scientific data,
but they’re also doing experiments,
reaching out to students all around the
globe talking about science and how
science education is so important.”
Getting Involved
CubeSat
Space Information @ Space Place
Internships
What are NASA Internships?:
• Highly Competitive awards to support educational work opportunities that
provide NASA‐related experiences for educators and high school,
undergraduate and graduate students gaining real‐world experience while
contributing to the operation of a NASA facility or the advancement of
NASA’s missions (minimum duration 320 hours for high school, 400 hours
for others).
Benefit
• Interns participate in a research or development experience aligned with
their academic background and skills while developing and/or deepening
their research inquiry knowledge, their engineering analysis and
application skills, or other areas that contribute to GSFC’s mission.
Internship Application
Eligibility
• U.S. Citizen; accepted/enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. college or
university; GPA of 3.0 or higher on 4.0 scale.
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Application Process
Competitive on-line application: http://intern.nasa.gov
See attached “Four Easy Steps for Students to complete a NASA Internship
Applications”
Qualification and Appointment
High school (minimum 16 years of age), undergraduate, graduate, educator
Appointments vary: 6 weeks-year round. Summer, Fall, and Spring Sessions.
3.0 GPA or higher in a STEM or supporting discipline that meet GSFC needs and
research opportunity
High School Intern Opportunities
High School Opportunities
Goddard Space Flight Center Internship
Programs available through OSSI
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
• GSFC Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth Science
(GSSP)
• Independent Verification and Validation Internship (IVV)
• NASA Academy for Goddard only (NASA Academy)
Science Technology, Engineering Pipeline for Underserved
Populations (STEP UP)
• Student Intern Program (SIP)
• Summer Institute in Earth Sciences (SIES)
• Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer
Applications (SIECA)
• Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer
Applications - Business (SIECA - Business)
Applying for Internship
Other-High School Opportunities
Intern Opportunities: For College Students
NASA Minority University Research
and Education Project (MUREP)
NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has awarded
fellowships and scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year to 40 graduate and
undergraduate students from across the United States to increase diversity in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.
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Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship, which provides as much as $45,000
annually for as many as three years, and includes tuition offset, student stipend,
and a research experience at a NASA center. It addresses NASA's mission-specific
workforce needs and supports the development of the future STEM workforce
through the increased number of master's and doctorate degrees awarded to
women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in STEM disciplines.
https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/index.cfm?solarAction=view&sub
Action=content&contentCode=HOME_PAGE_FELLOWSHIPS
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MUREP scholarship, which provides an academic stipend worth as much $9,000
and $6,000 more for a 10-week internship at a NASA center. These scholarships
support women, ethnic minorities and disabled students pursuing STEM degrees
and enables them to augment their academic learning with technical
collaborations and professional development.
Points of Contact
Raquel Marshall
Internship Coordinator, STEM Experiential
Learning
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1600
Building 28, W144
Email: Raquel.H.Marshall@nasa.gov
Phone: 301-286-1976
Points of Contact
Below is a list of key STEM related contacts:
• Leslie Garrison: GSFC Educational Outreach Coordinator
(leslie.garrison@nasa.gov)
• Sanetra Bailey: NSBE Jr. Coordinator
(sanetra.c.bailey@nasa.gov)
• Katherine Bender: Coordinator for HS internships
(katherine.j.bender@nasa.gov)
• Denise Davis: Lead for STEM Experience (denise.a.daviskonopka@nasa.gov)