NASA Langley Research Center Office of Strategic Communications and Education

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NASA Langley Research CenterOffice of Strategic
Communications and Education

• Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars
  (LARSS) Program

Presented by Mary Sandy Director Virginia Space
Grant Consortium
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LARSS Program Partners
The Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars
(LARSS) Program is managed for NASA by the
Virginia Space Grant Consortium under the
auspices of the National Institute of
Aerospace.
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LARSS Overview

• Program Goals
• Program Description
• Program Activities
• Application Information
• Sponsorship Opportunities
• Contact Information

John Miller, Virginia Space Grant
Sponsored Student - Working on the design for a
semi-autonomous hand-launched flying wing.
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LARSS Program Goals

• Encourage high caliber college students to pursue
  and earn graduate degrees
• Enhance their interest in aerospace research by
  exposing them to the professional research
  resources and facilities of LaRC
• Continue to feed the NASA pipeline and the
  Nations STEM skills base with highly qualified
  undergraduate and graduate students

Heather Finney - Nebraska Space Grant
Sponsored Student
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LARSS Program Description

• Summer, Fall, and Spring Internship Opportunities
• 120 Summer research positions
• 20 Fall and Spring positions
• Internship stipend based on 10
• weeks
• Undergraduate 4,500
• Graduate 5,000
• 10-week work period for summer
• 15-week work period for spring/fall

Sam Zarovy, Minnesota Space Grant
Sponsored Student - Implementing experimental
flight control codes into autopilot system used
in unmanned aerial vehicle.

• Note Opportunities for select HS seniors and
  college freshmen/sophomores with previous NASA
  program experience and 3.5 GPA

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LARSS Program Activities

• Graduate Seminar
• Poster Session
• Banquet
• Networking

• Research Project
• Picnic
• Lecture Series
• Tours

Andrew Whitten and Chiu-Ying Francis
Low, North Carolina Space Grant Sponsored
Students - Discussing their team design
team-building activity for a future space vehicle
at the annual picnic.
Anna Czachurski - Alabama Space Grant
Consortium and Reuben Oliver - Louisiana Space
Grant Consortium - Certificate of Participation
being presented by Stephen Jurczyk, Deputy
Director, Langley Research Center.

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LARSS Application Information

• 2008 Spring Deadline Oct. 26, 2007
• 2008 Summer Deadline Feb. 1, 2008
• 2008 Fall Deadline March 6, 2008
• Electronic Application Package Includes
• - Application Form
• - Resume
• - Transcript (PDF)
• - Statement of Goals
• - References

Destiny Rainney Mississippi Space Grant
Sponsored Student - Researching Air Quality
Project for DEVELOP team.
Doneshia Reynolds South Carolina Space
Grant Sponsored Student
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LARSS Sponsorship Opportunity

• The LARSS Program allows opportunities for
  interested outside organizations to financially
  sponsor one of its scholars.
• Partners for the 2007 LARSS Program were
• Thirteen Space Grants AL, IN, LA, MI, MN, MS,
  NC, NE, NV, NY, SC, VA and WV
• Morgan State University
• ROME Contractor
• 2008 Partners Space Grants, Industry, Clubs,
  Schools

JD McClurkin Indiana Space Grant sponsored student
Jing Pei North Carolina Space Grant sponsored
student
Hillary Shyface sponsored by Nevada Space Grant

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LARSS Space Grant Supported Scholars

• Alabama Space Grant Anna Czachurski, Auburn
  University
• Indiana Space Grant Janie JD McClurkin, Purdue
  University
• Louisiana Space Grant Reuben Oliver, Southern
  University
• Michigan Space Grant Andrew Whitten, University
  of Michigan
• Minnesota Space Grant Samuel Zarovy, University
  of Minnesota
• Mississippi Space Grant Destiny Rainney, Jackson
  State Univ.
• Nebraska Space Grant Heather Finney, Hastings
  College
• Nevada Space Grant Hilary Shyface, Univ. of
  Nevada-Las Vegas
• New York Space Grant Nicholaus Parziale,
  SUNY-Binghamton
• North Carolina Space Grant John Fuller, Jing
  Pei, Doug Stefanski, NC State University
  Francis Low, UNC-Chapel Hill Brandon Tai,
  UNC-Charlotte
• South Carolina Space Grant Devon Knipple,
  University of South Carolina Doneshia Reynolds,
  South Carolina State University
• Virginia Space Grant John Miller, Old Dominion
  University
• West Virginia Space Grant Alex Gray Kyle
  Phillips, West Virginia University

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LARSS Contact Information

• Debbie Murray, LARSS Program Coordinator
• Office of Education Mail Stop 400-LARSS
• Hampton, VA 23681-2199
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail
• Deborah.B.Murray_at_nasa.gov
• or
• Sarah Pauls,
• LARSS Program Assistant
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail Sarah.E.Pauls_at_nasa.gov

Kyle Phillips West Virginia Space Grant
Sponsored Student
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