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Title: Adventures in Supercomputing SUMMER TEACHERS INSTITUTE


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Adventures in SupercomputingSUMMER TEACHERS
INSTITUTE
  • SAN JUAN COLLEGE
  • Farmington, NM
  • June 3, 2002

2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Summer Teacher Institute
  • Funded by a Grant from NASA Ames Research Center,
    Mountain View, California
  • Through Applied Research and Educational Outreach
    of The Center of Excellence for Information
    Systems Engineering and Management
  • With Special Assistance of New Mexico Tech,
    Technet and San Juan College

3
A NATIONAL PROBLEMWHY YOU ARE HERE
  • WE HAVE A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF SCIENTISTS AND
    ENGINEERS
  • YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED

4
CRITICAL SHORTAGE LOOMS
  • NASAs Administrator recently stated that
  • 30 to 50 of NASA scientists could retire in
    the next 3 to 5 years
  • The current pool of possible replacements in
    colleges is sorely inadequate in real numbers
  • The pool of minorities and women is even more
    limited

5
THE OPPORTUNITY
  • CAREERS will be available to qualified applicants
  • The hiring frenzy will provide NASA and other
    agencies with an opportunity to DIVERSIFY as
    never before
  • NASA AiS TSU can aid in this STRATEGIC effort

6
A PROPOSAL TO ATTRACT UNDERSERVED MINORITIES TO
SCIENCE MATHMATICS
  • A Mountain to climb to bring
  • African Americans
  • Spanish Americans
  • American Indians
  • Back to their roots in the study or
  • WHATS OUT THERE

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Adventures In SuperComputing (New Mexico)
Pearl Cohn High School
TSU Resources ? Streaming Video Astronomy ?
Proven Astronomy Research ? Astrobiology
Institute ? NRTS ? CASS ? Astronomy Educator ?
Student Research Involvement ? Summer Student
Program ? Exploring Minds Project ? Viable
Partners At HBCU and OMU Institutions ? An HBCU,
9000 Students, 76 African Americans,
Willingness To Grow And Change
ALABAMA AM ? Existing NRTS Partner ? 85
African American ? Strong Physics Program ?
Strong NASA Ties URC
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ? Existing NRTS and CASS
Partner ? 2500 Mostly African American Students ?
Hubble Astronomer (Bubble Nebula) ? Summer
Institute In Astronomy
UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ? Interested New
Partner ? NRTS Partner With SCSU ? Interested In
Astronomy Program
  • UTEP
  • ? Hispanic Serving Institution (65)
  • ? NRTS Experts In Multimedia
  • Existing Partners In NRTS and URC
  • 15,000 Students
  • NEW MEXICO
  • STATE UNIVERSITY
  • ? Hispanic And Native American Serving
    Institution
  • ? Manages Apache Point
  • Existing Partner Dr. Anderson
  • KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
  • ? NRTS Partner (7 Years)
  • ? NOVA Partner (First Direct NASA Money)
  • 90 African American
  • 2,500 Students
  • SAN JUAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
  • ? Native American And Spanish Serving Institution
  • ? Existing Partner With Adventures In
    SuperComputing
  • Teaching There This Summer
  • SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
  • ? Hispanic Serving Institution
  • ? Astronomer On Staff
  • Interested In Partnering
  • SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN
  • POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
  • ? 95 Native American
  • ? Cultures With Interest In Stars
  • Existing Partners With MU-SPIN
  • THOMAS JEFFERON HIGH SCHOOL
  • ? Existing Partner With Dr. Alvarez
  • ? Exploring Minds
  • Open To Innovation
  • UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
  • OF NASHVILLE
  • ? Existing Partner With Dr. Alvarez
  • ? Exploring Minds
  • Open To Innovation
  • ADVENTURES IN SUPERCOMPUTING
  • ? 66 Schools
  • ? 120 Teams
  • 450 Students On Teams Doing Research

High School Outreach
2-Year Colleges
Close Partners
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Tennessee State University
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Pathways To The Future
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ? Opportunities For
Upper Division And Graduate Study ? Good Contacts
Of Mentioning (Dr. Burks)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
  • ? Opportunities For Upper Division And Graduate
    Study
  • ? Good Contacts Of Mentoring (Dr. Whorton)
  • Want To Partner With TSU
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
  • ? NOAO And Kitt Peak
  • ? Opportunities For Upper Division And Graduate
    Study
  • Good Contacts For Mentoring At NOAO And U of Az
    (Dr. Whorton)
  • UCLA ASTROBIOLOGY
  • ? Opportunities For Upper Division And Graduate
    Study
  • ? Good Contacts Of Mentoring (Dr. Gary)
  • Want To Partner With TSU

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Tennessee State University
PARTNERS
2-Year Colleges
High School Outreach
9
External Associations
  • AAVSO
  • VTIE
  • SPACE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
  • VIRTUAL OBSERVATORAY
  • NASA DAX LIBRARY

10
Tennessee State University Main Campus.
Avon Williams Campus
11
SOME STATISTICS
  • K 3 90 OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SPACE
    SCIENCE
  • GRADES 7 8 30 STILL INTERESTAED
  • GRADUAUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS LESS THEN 1
    INTERESTED IN SPACE SCIENCE

12
Highlighted TSU Asset
  • Astronomy 1010 and 1020 Streaming Video
  • A different course to be available anytime,
    anywhere if you can be connected to the Internet

13
Astronomy 1010 Style
  • Interviewing the professionals
  • Over 40 interviews completed
  • Appropriate comments in course flow
  • Complete interview on demand of the student

14
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYCenter of Excellence
in Information Systems Engineering and
Management Performance Summary1995-2001
  •  
  • Refereed Publications 385
  •  
  • Non-Refereed Publications 188
  •  
  • Presentations 388
  •  
  • Seminars 142
  •  
  • Student Support 41 UG per Yr
  • 10 G per Yr
  •  
  • Staff 7 Full-time Researchers 13 Part-time
    Faculty 3 Post-Docs

15
Astrobiology Institute
  • Approved in March 2002
  • 200,000 seed funding
  • University renovating lab space
  • Partnership developing with Ames Research Center
    and UCLA

16
PROPOSED APPROACH
  • TSU serves as a clearinghouse to facilitate
    PATHWAYS to Space Science
  • Begin recruiting in High Schools
  • Provide Introduction to Astronomy
  • Recruit using the web
  • Recruit using minorities on Campus Sites
  • Tout program at National Math and Science
    Meetings for Secondary Teachers

17
PROPOSED APPROACH
  • Recruit through MU-SPIN Network
  • Recruit at Tribal College Meetings
  • Recruit at Spanish Serving College Meetings
  • Develop Summer High School Program
  • Expand Existing Summer Program for College
    students

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PROPOSED APPROACH
  • Tailor Summer Program for Matriculation to NASA
    Co-op programs
  • Nurture contacts at major universities to mentor
    students from TSU Clearinghouse
  • Provide funding for students (scholarships)
  • Involve students in real projects i.e. Space
    Watch, AAVSO, Data Analysis, and Management

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CONCLUDING PARTNERSHIP
  • Lets Climb the Mountain Together
  • Bring Diversity to NASA
  • ONE STUDENT AT A TIME
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