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AIAA Baltimore Section

AIAA and Baltimore Section Precollege Programs

Tom Milnes

Navigation Modeling Section Supervisor

Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)

Region I (North-East) Director - Baltimore Section Precollege Programs

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

AIAA Baltimore Section

AIAA Educator Associate Program

• Educator Associate Program– Join AIAA for free as an Educator Associate– Apply for Grant of up to $200 per teacher and 5 teachers

per school ($1000) for Classroom Math, Science, Engineering and Technology Hands On Projects

• Simple 1 page form and budget required, principal must sign

– After completing project sent in 1 page summary form to AIAA

– Web-Site: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=216

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Passport to the Future Teacher Workshop

• Held Yearly in July (Week after the 4th)– Held jointly with AIAA’s Joint Propulsion Conference

• Several Excellent General Sessions• Exhibition Hall with the Latest in Aerospace

– Aerospace Related Workshops for K-12 Teachers• Hand on Activities, Prizes• Talk with Astronauts!• Flying the Wright Flyer, Flight Test Engineer, Space Day, World in

Motion, Local Grant Writing, Staying Cool Around Mercury, Mars Here We Come!, Cool Science, What is Aspect Ratio? - Using Aviation to Teach Math Concepts, Quantum TIC-TAC-TOE

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Passport to the Future Teacher Workshop

• July 2008 - Hartford Connecticut– Baltimore Section will be sponsoring a Van to Harford for 5

Lucky MESA Teachers

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AIAA Educator Achievement Award

• Every Two Years– 7 Educators Total

• Expenses Paid Trip to Washington DC– Tour of Capital’s Aerospace Facilities– Gala Spotlight Awards Ceremony– http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=217

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Kid’s Place

• Web Site: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=473

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AIAA Baltimore Section Precollege Programs

AIAA Baltimore Section

Annual Aerospace Picnic

• Held Late September – Early October Each Year• 60’ Tethered Airplane Demonstration• Open Model Rocket Launch• 200+ guests last year

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Aerospace Picnic

AIAA Baltimore Section

Aerospace Picnic

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Workshops

• MESA– Model Rocket Basics– Aerodynamics

• Paper Plane• Launched Glider• Windmill

• Maryland Engineering Challenges– Paper Plane– Electric Cargo Challenge

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Judging

• MESA Regional and State Competitions• Maryland Engineering Challenges

– Paper Airplane– Electric Cargo Challenge

• Montgomery Fair– 4-H Aerospace Club

• Rockets• Airplanes

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And…

• MESA Career Fair• Classroom Visits• Event Visits

– Flying Principal

• You Tell Us!

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Maryland Engineering Challenges

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Elementary School Paper Plane Challenge

• February Each Year• 4 students per team – Written Report – Oral

Interview - Timed Build – Jumbo Paper Clip is “Passenger”

• Performance Score: Length x Speed x Accuracy– Length = Length of Flight– Speed = Length of Flight / Time of Flight– Accuracy = 1 – Deviation / Length of Flight

• Deviation is distance from center line

• Contact Tom Milnes at Thomas.Milnes@jhuapl.edu for latest rules.

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Setup for Paper Plane Challenge

Start Line

L = Length

d = deviation

Speed = Length / Time*

Accuracy = (1-d/L)

*Time from throw to plane stops sliding on floor - “Gate Time”rather than “Landing Time”

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MESA Participants

AIAA Baltimore Section

MESA Participants

AIAA Baltimore Section

High School Electric Cargo Plane Challenge

• New MESA Competition!!!!• Plane built by student teams of 1-4 students must

complete one lap of tethered flight with and without cargo about a “power pole” (which distributes electrical power via the tether)– Plane must be 8” off the ground at all times

• Other Components– Report– Oral Interview– Design Score

• Contact Tom Milnes at Thomas.Milnes@jhuapl.edu for latest rules.

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Yours in Education!

• AIAA Baltimore Section Precollege Programs– Chair - Kerri Beisser - Kerri.Beisser@jhuapl.edu– Tom Milnes - Thomas.Milnes@jhuapl.edu – Carolyn Slivinski - carolyn.slivinski@aiaa-baltimore.org