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The SpaceTEC® National Resource Center continuously strives for a "Legacy ofExcellence" by working through industry and educational partnerships to provide valid,relevant, error-free performance-based certifications for America's technical workforce.

SpaceTEC® Talk June 2013

SPI Boa rd MembersMarshall HeardGeorge HauerDr. Linda MiedemaJerry MoyerAdrian Laffitte

Spa ceT EC Pa rtnersa nd Affilia tesAl Schwabenbauer,External Evaluator

Dr. Karen Cowell,Antelope Valley College

Bill Fletcher,Br evar d C.C.

Tad Montgomery,Calhoun C.C.

JR Breeding,C.C. of the Air For ce

Mel Cossette,Edmonds C.C.

John Floyd,Easter n Shor e C.C.

A Message from the SpaceTEC® PI...

by Dr. Al Koller

As we move into summer, there are a ton of thingshappening, and you can read about many of them inthis edition of SpaceTEC® Talk. I'd like to cover just afew very briefly, to wit:

On April 5 the NSF ATE program awardedSpaceTEC® a four-year renewal grant for theNational Resource Center. We are VERYfortunate to win a renewal during these difficulttimes, and we intend to do our best to meetand/or exceed every goal and expectation.In January, Stu Harris retired from NASALangley, and in June, Pat Harris (Stu's wife) tookretirement from Thomas Nelson CC. They werechampions for our programs in Virginia, and wewill miss them greatly, but they've left a richlegacy that will live on.To assure that, Dr. Michael Reynolds, interimDean at Thomas Nelson, has joined our groupand pledged to maintain the focus and themomentum of their program. We welcome himand encourage everyone there to retain the only100% pass rate for SpaceTEC® certifications!Over the spring we gained two new partner

Mark McDougal,T e n n e sse eT e c h n o lo gy C e n te r -Ho h e n w ald

Dr. Michael Reynolds,Thomas Nelson C.C.

Brad Hanselman,Tulsa TechnologyCenter

Vince Thomas,Dona Ana C.C.

Eddie Ellegood,Embr y Riddle A.U.

Lee Brewster,NCATT

Quick Links

ICAC Press Release

Best-In-Us Website

FAA Safety Approval

FLORIDA SPACE rePORT

Nida Corp.

Mid-Atlantic RegionalSpaceport

NCATT

ETA-I

NCATC

colleges - Tennessee Technology Center atHohenwald and Eastern Shore CommunityCollege. Both now host CertTEC pilot programs.Two of our colleges are changing names andfocus. Brevard Community College is addingfour-year degree programs and becomes EasternFlorida State College on July 1st. TennesseeTechnology Centers become Tennessee Collegesof Applied Technology starting July 8th.We have also added a new partner in commercialspace - Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)in Virginia. Contrary to rumor, the spacebusiness continues to grow in size and activities. You can read more about that in the articles inthis and future editions.

As you can see, we've been very busy and prettysuccessful as a host of changes take place. This is onlythe beginning folks, and we are certain that many newinitiatives will unfold over the next few months. Pleasecheck our websites at www.spacetec.org andwww.certtec.com. Enjoy!

Progra m Activities of Note

I nter ns at SpaceTEC HQ SpaceTEC® HQ has been the fortunate recipient ofinterns from the Eastern Florida State College(formerly BCC) Aerospace Technology program whoparticipated in a program designed to apply knowledgeand skill acquired in the classroom to a real-worldproduction environment. Upon recommendation ofthe instructor, SpaceTEC® Co-PI Bill Fletcher, twostudents from the 4th semester Structural Fabrication 2course spent six weeks utilizing skills acquired invacuum bagging basics, composites machining,drilling, and repair to create test specimens forComposites Examiner Test Kits. In addition toclassroom skills in composites fabrication, uponcompletion of the semester interns were evaluated bySPI staff for core skills such as promptness,timekeeping procedures, and shop etiquette.

BEE Test Car d Sets

VAe

CSS-Dy namac

Lockheed Martin SpaceSy stems

Bionetics

Space Coast EnergyConsortiumCCTS

CCID

Space Florida

SpaceX

Abaris

STC

ATK

HRSS

SpaceTEC partners Inc. (SPI) took a significant stepforward developing infrastructure to support aprojected increase in Basic Electricity and Electronics(BEE) testing activity in the second half of this year. To learn about possible future Certificationopportunities, click here.An additional improvement underway is developmentof test modules to certify the test cards prior to releasefor certification at the partner sites. Upon completionof the process, over 1300 cards with multiple test pointswill have been tested for proper operation followingdelivery from Nida. One testing module is beingdeveloped for each type of card in the set (DC, AC,Analog, and Digital). The development effort is thebrainchild of SpaceTEC BEE consultant Mr. Robert(Jerome) Folmar, EFSC Melbourne campus BasicMath instructor (and retired electrical/electronic designengineer). Pictured below.

Cer tTEC® Basic Electr icity and Electr onics(BEE) Cer tificationThe CertTEC® Basic Electricity and Electronics (BEE)Certification became fully operational in the firstquarter of 2013 with testing conducted for VeteransAssembled Electronics (VAe) students in CapeCanaveral, FL and Tennessee Technology Center-Hohenwald students in Hohenwald, TN. Read more about the BEE Certification.

BEE P ilot P r ogr ams

Noble Drilling completed a BEE pilot program andCertTEC has submitted a formal proposal forcertification of their Electronics technicians. Under theproposal, Noble Drilling will certify all techniciansgoing through their training program before they goout to the oil rigs.

Pilots underway at Tennessee Technology Centers atCrossville, McKenzie, and Whiteville.

Eastern Shore Community College will begin a pilotprogram of the BEE Certification.

EFSC BEE I nitiativeCertTEC® is underway with a Basic Electricity andElectronics (BEE) initiative at all four Eastern FloridaState College (formerly Brevard Community College)Campuses. Equipment in place proctor identified atPalm Bay campus. Mark Gaedcke, SpaceTEC® QualitySpecialist attended a meeting with Career CenterCoordinators at the Melbourne campus where he briefed the attendees on the process foradministering BEE Industry Aptitude Surveys (IASs).This baseline student/industry survey, which assesses astudent or local area candidate's electronics aptitude,will be rolling out at all Eastern Florida State CollegeCareer Center locations soon.

Composite KitsSPI recently assembled and shipped two CompositesExaminer testing kits to the Washington AerospaceTraining and Research (WATR) Center located at PaineField in Everett, WA this past April. Funded throughEdmonds Community College and the Dept. of LaborTrade Adjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training (TAACCCT) grant program, the kitswill support testing and certification activities forstudents pursuing a career in aerospace by undergoingtraining in the WATR center 12 week program.

Calhoun Community College P r epar es BoeingEmployees for SpaceTEC® Cor e Cer tificationA group of Boeing-Decatur employees have begunpreparations for the SpaceTEC® Core Certification. Led by Calhoun Community College Aerospaceinstructor, Mr. Keith Davis, the group is attending a6 week classroom readiness course. To read moreabout the Boeing students, click here.

Examiner UpdateKeith Davis, an instructor at Calhoun CommunityCollege in the Aerospace Technology program hasbecome SpaceTEC® Core certified. Keith also completedall the requirements to be a SpaceTEC® CoreExaminer.

CNC P r actical Exam Development Effor tUnder w ayJoe Williams, CNC instructor in the Machine Tool

Technology program at Calhoun Community College,Decatur, AL has signed on to help create CNC practicalexams for both the current SpaceTEC® ManufacturingConcentration CNC Machining endorsement and CertTEC standalone CNC Machining Certificationpresently under development. With his many years ofexperience in the machine tool industry, the addition ofMr. Williams as a subject matter expert is a positivestep in strengthening this important credential.

Commer cial Aviation Composites RepairCommittee (CACRC) Steve Kane participated in the Commercial AviationComposite Repair Committee education subcommitteemeeting at the Boeing Training Facility in Miami, FL inFebruary.Read more about the CACRC meeting.

AMRDEC P I F @ Redstone Ar senal, ALGreg Mellema, Project Lead (and CertTEC Composites Examiner) at the U.S. Army Aviation &Missile Research, Development and Engineering(AMRDEC) Prototype Integration Facility (PIF) atRedstone Arsenal, AL has been working withSpaceTEC® HQ on a professional developmentinitiative to baseline civil service and contractoremployees using the CertTEC Basic Compositescertification. Following successful completion of theinitial certification, Greg will now oversee contractorand civil service technicians, supervisors andinstructors as they prepare for the Basic Compositescertification exam. The Redstone PIF designs, preparesand deploys rapid response solutions for compositedamages to war fighters in the field.

Ma jor Cha nges/Developments of Interest

Recer tification Requir ementIn order to establish expiration dates and aprocess for renewal to meet a cornerstonerequirement of ISO17024 Standard forAccreditation of Certifying Bodies allcertifications now carry a 3 year expiration.Read more about recertification.

Specia l Events/Achievements

Gr ant Renew alSpaceTEC® recently received word of the renewal ofthe continuing grant from NSF to continue support forthe National Resource Center. The award is effectiveApril 1, 2013 and expires March 31, 2017. In its AwardLetter, NSF stated "Congratulations on receiving anAdvanced Technological Education (ATE) award." NSFcited DUE-130395, a grant proposal submitted inOctober 2012 to continue support of the SpaceTEC®

National Resource Center on scientific/technical merit"as the reason for the award and further stated "we haveconfidence that your project will bring significantimprovements to technician education." Of approximately $181 million requested for projects,centers, and targeted research only $64 million wasavailable in FY2013 and of that, only approximately$31 to $36 million was available to begin new awards.

2013 HI -TEC Confer enceSpaceTEC® staff will be traveling to Austin, TX nextmonth for the HI-TEC Conference.HI-TEC is a national conference on advancedtechnological education where secondary andpostsecondary educators, counselors, industryprofessionals, trade organizations, and technicians canupdate their knowledge and skills. Charged withEducating America's Technical Workforce, the eventfocuses on the preparation needed by the existing andfuture workforce for companies in the high-tech sectorsthat drive our nation's economy.

2013 TTC I n-Ser vice and ATEA Confer enceSteve Kane and Dave Fricton traveled to Chattanooga,TN in March to present the CertTEC BEE program toTennessee Technology Center faculty in anElectronics/Mechatronics/Industrial Electronics in-service session held concurrently with the 50th American Technical Education Association(ATEA) national conference. This year's conferencewas co-sponsored by the TCC technical educationsystem and at the keynote address during the awardsceremony Wed. evening the TTC's (soon to beTennessee Colleges of Applied Technology) weredescribed as a national model for postsecondary retention and completion of technologystudents. Following the session, several facultymembers representing the majority of the TTCeducation system campuses visited the jointCertTEC®/ETA-I booths for additional information inthe exhibit hall. The BEE certification is fullyoperational at TTC-Hohenwald. Pilot programs arepresently underway at TTC-Crossville, McKenzie, andWhiteville.

Car eer P lanning at BCCSpaceTEC® participated in the Brevard CommunityCollege Career Planning and Development CenterSpring Job Fair in April. Students were able to meetwith SpaceTEC® staff who shared information aboutSpaceTEC® and its certifications and programs.

Technician Recognition Aw ar ds Calhoun Community College, in conjunction withseveral local aerospace industry partners honoredoutstanding aerospace technicians during the 5thAnnual Aerospace Technician Recognition Awardsdinner held April at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center'sDavidson Center for Space Exploration. The event isone of the premier activities in that region designed torecognize and honor the many significant contributionsof the local aerospace technician workforce. Guestspeaker for the event was author and former NASAengineer Homer Hickman. The highlight of the evening was the recognition ofeach sponsoring company's Aerospace Technician ofthe Year and the presentation of the 2013 RegionalAerospace Technician of the Year honoree, selected byrepresentatives from each sponsoring company. Inaddition to Calhoun, sponsoring organizations for theevent were: AI Signal Research Inc., ATK, The BoeingCompany, ERC, Inc., INFOPRO Corp., SpaceTEC, andUnited Launch Alliance.

Space Coast Ener gy Symposium SpaceTEC® participated in the Space Coast EnergySymposium in June at the Florida Solar Energy Centerin Cocoa, Florida. It was the largest state-supportedclean energy research center in the southeastern UnitedStates. The Symposium was a forum for acceleratingthe growth of commercial clean energy companies andjobs in Florida's Space Coast and throughout the stateby linking new and expanding enterprises with thearea's advanced industry and workforce, new cleanenergy programs and emerging global markets.

New Developments/Future Pla ns

National Association of Manufactur er sManufactur ing I nstitute (NAM MI )Dr. Al Koller and Steve Kane traveled to Indianapolis,

IN in May for a meeting with Jennifer McNelly of theManufacturing Institute (MI), the leading research,education, workforce and services group supportingU.S. manufacturers. MI, recipient of a DoL grant,created the National Aviation Consortium (NAC),which aims to enable community and technical

colleges in five regions across the country to train 2051students by Dec. 2015 to meet aerospacemanufacturers workforce needs and close the growingskills gap. The meeting was held at the 180 Skillsfacility in the Purdue Research Park, adjacent to theIndianapolis airport. 180 Skills is an NAC partnerpresently underway with curriculum development forthe regional centers created as part of the effort. SPI isproposing development of an Aerospace ManufacturingTechnician Assembly certification for the WashingtonAerospace Training and Research (WATR) Center inEverett, WA, also a member of the NAC. For moreinformation, visit http://naccareers.com/

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spacepor t Agr eementMid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and SPI signed aLetter of Understanding (LOU) on 5/28/2013establishing a joint relationship between the VirginiaCommercial Space Flight Authority and SpaceTECPartners, Inc. for educational activities of mutualbenefit. Both organizations will work to foster interestand participation in technical education, sharingresources such as curriculum and subject matterexpertise, and providing mutual support forprofessional development activities and nationalcredentialing/hands-on certification of the relevanttechnical workforce.

Awa rds a nd Recognitions

Gr aduates Mar k Seven Decades of L angley 'sAppr entice P r ogr amIn 1943, NASA Langley's first apprentice classgraduated. In 2007, the NASA Langley EngineeringTechnician Apprentice Program was rejuvenated. Thisyear, the Center recognized it's first apprenticegraduates since 1998. This class marks the 70thAnniversary of NASA Langley's Apprentice Program.The honorees were recently converted to permanentemployees who work in Langley's EngineeringDirectorate. Their apprenticeship included 8,000 hoursof on-the-job training, an Associate of Science Degreeand SpaceTec certification. At a recent ceremony,Steve Jurczyk, Langley's deputy director, and StewartHarris, retired deputy director of technical services atLangley, presented them with certificates.Since 1943, there have been 1,450 apprentice graduatesat the Center.To read more about the apprenticeship program,click here.

Stew ar t Har r is Retir es fr om NASARecently, the LaRC Deputy Director for Engineering,Mr. S. Stewart Harris, Jr, retired after 40 years ofservice to NASA. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Harriswas also Chair of the NASA LaRC Apprentice Board. Read about how he was honored by the students in theapprenticeship program.

Appr enticeship P ar ticipantFor the past four and a half years, Christopher Savagehas made a considerable impact on the work and publicimage of NASA Langley through high profile projects,as well as a variety of outreach activities. Mr. Savagestarted his career in the Metals Applications TechnologyBranch, where he quickly learned how to effectively

use milling machines and lathes to produce high-quality, accurate parts for researchers and engineersacross multiple Directorates. These projects includePA-1, ARES-1X, and SAGE III on ISS; as well as manyother, smaller projects. During this time, he alsoworked a detail in NTF to help modify portions of thetest section for a new camera system.Read more about Christopher Savage'saccomplishments and also about his exemplary scoreson the SpaceTEC® Core Certification exam.

Easter n Flor ida State College Adver tisingCampaignSteve Kane, SpaceTEC® Deputy Director and ProgramManager, in his role as BCC faculty, participated in anadvertising campaign introducing the new name forBrevard Community College which was officiallyunveiled Wednesday night in a special premiere at theSimpkins Fine Arts Center on the Cocoa Campus. Thecampaign, featuring TV commercials branding thecollege's new identity with an all-student, faculty andalumni cast - will air on cable channels throughoutBrevard County and Central Florida starting July 1.They also will appear at movie theaters, on websitesand the college's TV station, YouTube channel andFacebook page.

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