Academy of Aerospace Quality Briefing to Space Grant Directors – March 3, 2007

1. Academy of Aerospace QualityBriefing to Space Grant Directors – March 3, 2007 Alice E. Smith Jeffrey S. Smith Auburn University

2. Background • 50+ universities have contracts, grants, and co-operative agreements with NASA to provide space flight experiments and payloads • These payloads are designed, constructed and tested under diverse conditions and by largely “amateur” teams • The principal focus has been on verifying payloads as “safe” for flight • There is additional opportunity to provide assistance in assuring that payloads are “successful” from an operations standpoint

3. Target Audience • Academics – professors,instructors, teachers • Students – youngsters through doctoral • Staff – research assistants, post-docs • Institutions – universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools

4. AAQ is for… • Those involved with NASA payloads – on satellites, shuttle, station, balloon, rocket • Those interested in becoming involved • Future scientists and engineers interested in space

5. http://aaq.auburn.edu

11. AAQ and Space Grant • Space grant embraces much of our AAQ intended audience • Space grant participants can: • Provide content for AAQ – case studies, lessons learned, best practices • Provide part of the new community of users– test users, forum attendees,“ask the expert” experts

12. Using AAQ Advantageously • Tutorials on technical topics • Learning skills and methods • Bringing on new students • Lessons learned • Links to standards, practices, FAQs, other official and in depth resources • Posting queries, comments, responses

13. Please Work with Us! • Pick up an AAQ brochure • Fill out your questionnaire: • Volunteer to provide a case study or best practices module • Give us curriculum feedback • Join our first AAQ breakoutforum – March 29, near KSC, part of NASA QLF • Encourage your spacegrantees to start using AAQ