SE Regional Space Grant Meeting Lexington Nov. 11, 2006 FLORIDA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

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SE Regional Space Grant MeetingLexingtonNov.
11, 2006FLORIDA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
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Florida Space Grant ConsortiumFUNSAT
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Student Satellite Design CompetitionFLORIDA
UNIVERSITIES SATELLITE
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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

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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. ? Intl
• Tech. Society Regular Meeting
• Tech Support Design DB

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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

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Our K-20 Challenge

• Funding NASA HQs 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)

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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

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Tech CD


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CONTACTS

• Dr. Chan Ham
• Email cham_at_mail.ucf.edu
• Tel [phone]

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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

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Space Academy -Hands-On!
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Contractors

• Contractors participating in the program
• included
• Boeing Corporation
• Lockheed Martin
• United Space Alliance
• SAIC Safety Office
• Space Gateway Services
• Brevard Tomorrow

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Panel

• Harold Donald, SAIC
• Les Leckron, USA
• Kathy McLemore, Boeing
• Jim Pratten, SGS,
• Geo Ropert, Brevard Tomorrow
• Eduardo Lopez Del Castillo, NASA KSC

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Florida Space Academy

• Contact info
• Tony GannonSpace Florida Mail Stop
  SPFLBuilding M6-306, Room 9030Kennedy Space
  Center, FL 32899tony.gannon_at_spaceflorida.gov
• www.spaceflorida.gov321.730.5301 x 230

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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)

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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

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CONTACT

• Ms. Sreela Mallick
• Email smallick_at_mail.ucf.edu
• Tel [phone] Ext 3

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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.

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FL HIGH SCHOOL/HIGH TECH
There are currently 29 High School/High Tech
(HS/HT) project sites located across Florida
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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

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CONTACT

• Ms. Sreela Mallick
• Email smallick_at_mail.ucf.edu
• Tel [phone] Ext 3