se regional space grant meeting lexington nov. 11, 2006 florida workforce development programs
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SE Regional Space Grant MeetingLexingtonNov. 11, 2006
FLORIDA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Florida Space Grant ConsortiumFUNSAT
Student Satellite Design Competition
FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES SATELLITE
Design Experience of a Satellite In an Academic Environment
• Interdisciplinary System Experience– Integrate individual expertise
• Engineering & Science
– Systems Engineering & Team effort– Hands-on project
• Career & Advanced Study in aerospace field
• Development of a New Technology
FUNSAT
• Standard Specification & Interface
– 1 Kg
– 10 x 10 x 10 cm Cube
– I/F with Launch Vehicle
• Many on-going programs
– Cal Poly / Stanford Univ. Int’l
• Tech. Society & Regular Meeting
• Tech Support: Design DB
FUNSAT
• Senior Design Class – Hands-on project Required– Space system experience– Interdisciplinary project - ABET
• Current Approach – 1st Semester: Conceptual Design– 2nd Semester: Detailed Design & an Engineering
Model – Winner: Fight Model within a year
Master Thesis
• Future: one year turnaround
Our K-20 Challenge
• Funding: NASA HQ’s Workforce Training Program
• 1st Competition: 2004 - 2005 • 7 NOIs 3 schools, actual participation• Two Workshops at KSC• ERAU: Winner
• 2nd Competition: 2005 - 2006 • 4 schools: ERAU, FIT, UCF, and UF• The Detailed Design due May 1st, 2006• Workshop at FSA: May 15, 2006• ERAU: Winner
• 3rd Competition: 2006 – 2007 (UF,UCF,FIT)
RESULTS
• ERAU
– Complete FM and ready to launch• UF
– AIAA Small Satellite Student Paper Competition 4th Place ($3,000)
– Boost students’ interest in space engineering Class & Satellite Team
– Development of a de-orbiting technology• UCF
– Interdisciplinary Sr. Design Class: EE, CE, ME, and AE
– Air Force Nano-satellite program
Tech CD
Tech CD
CompetitionInformation
MissionExamples
CubeSatExamples
FUNSATSpecifications
FUNSATRules
SupplementaryDatabase
CONTACTS
• Dr. Chan Ham• Email: cham@mail.ucf.edu• Tel # 407-882-3575
FLORIDA SPACE ACADEMY
• Design, build & launch meteorological balloon
• Launch high-powered rockets with payloads
• Design, build and display an autonomous Robot
• Redesign RC aircraft with inherent flight flaws
• Site visits – NASA Space Physics, Boeing LC 37, SSPF
• Panel Discussion on ‘working at KSC’ opportunities
Space Academy -Hands-On!
Contractors
Contractors participating in the program
included• Boeing Corporation• Lockheed Martin• United Space Alliance• SAIC Safety Office• Space Gateway Services• Brevard Tomorrow
Panel
• Harold Donald, SAIC• Les Leckron, USA• Kathy McLemore, Boeing• Jim Pratten, SGS, • Geo Ropert, Brevard Tomorrow• Eduardo Lopez Del Castillo, NASA
KSC
Florida Space Academy
Contact info:
Tony GannonSpace Florida Mail Stop: SPFLBuilding M6-306, Room 9030Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899tony.gannon@spaceflorida.gov
www.spaceflorida.gov321.730.5301 x 230
Educators Resource Center
• At the Educator Resource Center (ERC), educators can access a wide variety of NASA resources to develop their own educational programs. The facilities and staff at the
• center will assist teachers in gathering ideas, doing • research, and duplicating selections from an
outstanding • collection of audiovisual and printed materials.• Technological Services• Teacher Workshops• Resources (Videos, Slides, Lesson Plans, etc)
Exploration Station
• Adventures in Learning: Science, Technology, and MATH through SEEING, TOUCHING and DOING
• Students participate in a variety of hands-on activities utilizing aerospace hardware that compliments the teaching of rocketry, spaceflight and exploration.
• FREE
CONTACT
• Ms. Sreela Mallick• Email: smallick@mail.ucf.edu• Tel # 321-452-4301 Ext 3
Florida High School/High Tech
• Florida High School/High Tech (HS/HT) is designed to provide high school students with all types of disabilities the opportunity to explore jobs or postsecondary education leading to technology- related careers.
• HS/HT links youth to a broad range of academic, career development and experiential resources and experiences that will enable them to meet the demands of the 21st century workforce.
• HS/HT is an initiative of the US Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy. In Florida, it is a program of The Able Trust, also known as the Florida Governor's Alliance for the Employment of Citizens with Disabilities.
FL HIGH SCHOOL/HIGH TECH
There are currently
29 High
School/High
Tech (HS/HT)
project sites
located across
Florida
FL HIGH SCHOOL/HIGH TECH
• 2005 Florida Statistics:• Nearly 90 percent of HS/HT graduates have enrolled
in postsecondary education or training • 86 Florida high schools participated in HS/HT • Out of 118 HS/HT graduates:
– 40 percent chose to attend community college – 31 percent chose employment – 10 percent chose to attend a four year
college/university – 8 percent were undecided at the time of the
survey – 6 percent chose to attend a technical school – 4 percent chose other options – 1 percent enlisted in the military
CONTACT
• Ms. Sreela Mallick• Email: smallick@mail.ucf.edu• Tel # 321-452-4301 Ext 3
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