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Enhancing Aerospace Education: Empowering Students and Educators

The Education Subcommittee led by Mark Hilburger in Denver aims to provide web-based resources and events to enrich aerospace education. Collaborating with AIAA, K12 organizations, and universities, the team plans to create podcasts, design competitions, and scholarships. Targeting college Sophomores to Juniors, the initiative seeks to bridge the gap between education and career paths by offering hands-on activities and informative materials.

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Enhancing Aerospace Education: Empowering Students and Educators

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  1. Education Subcommittee Mark W. Hilburger AIAA Structures Technical Committee Denver, CO 5 April, 2011

  2. EdSCMission • To provide students and educators access to activities and informationthat highlight aerospace structures and engineering

  3. EdSCmembers • Mark Hilburger – NASA/LaRC, Chair • Lisa Hardaway - Ball Aerospace • Michael Wollf - Gulfstream Aerospace • John Zipay – NASA/JSC • Need a few additional members from academia to round out the team.

  4. Proposed EdSCOutput • Provide web-based information/curricula/podcasts to enhance existing materials • AIAA • K12 organizations • Collaborate with existing organizations to • Review existing on-line information • Inform of upcoming events/opportunities for students and teachers

  5. AIAA Website • K-12 Programs • University Educators • Design Competitions • Scholarships • Career Center

  6. Some K12 websites • teachengineering.org • egfi-k12.org • engineeringyourlife.org

  7. TEACH Engineering

  8. eGFI Podcast

  9. Action #1 • Gather information on existing education and outreach programs • YOU (TC members) • Lisa Bacon & Stephen Brock @ AIAA • Find effective ways to make existing information useful/accessible to more people • AIAA website/ AIAA Educator Associate • Coordination with other organizations ASEE/ASME/NAE

  10. Action #2 • Create a list of topic areas for new web-based information (short articles or podcasts). • Research, testing, manufacturing, operations, etc. • Content should include some basic engineering/science principles (math) and then relate to a bigger picture problem/activity

  11. Backup Charts

  12. First EdSCplanning meeting • Brain-storming session • What do we want to do? • How? • What • Provide students with opportunities to see/engage in hands-on educational/research activities • Provide educators with tools, information to help enrich their lesson plans • Address any specific AIAA needs (AIAA POC Lisa Bacon?)

  13. First EdSCplanning meeting • How • CD/DVD on Aerospace Structures Careers • Student competitions • Facility tours • Summer internship (undergrad, grad) • Career Workshops • Web-based activities and educational information • Focused information packets/lesson plans for educators • Leverage existing/mature forums/organizations

  14. First EdSCplanning meeting • 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)

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