Education Subcommittee

Mark W. HilburgerAIAA Structures Technical Committee

Denver, CO5 April, 2011

EdSC Mission

• To provide students and educators access to activities and information that highlight aerospace structures and engineering

EdSC members

• Mark Hilburger – NASA/LaRC, Chair• Lisa Hardaway - Ball Aerospace• Michael Wollf - Gulfstream Aerospace• John Zipay – NASA/JSC

• Need a few additional members from academia to round out the team.

Proposed EdSC Output

• Provide web-based information/curricula/podcasts to enhance existing materials– AIAA– K12 organizations

• Collaborate with existing organizations to – Review existing on-line information– Inform of upcoming events/opportunities for students

and teachers

AIAA Website

• K-12 Programs• University Educators• Design Competitions• Scholarships• Career Center

Some K12 websites

• teachengineering.org• egfi-k12.org• engineeringyourlife.org

TEACH Engineering

eGFI Podcast

Action #1

• Gather information on existing education and outreach programs– YOU (TC members)– Lisa Bacon & Stephen Brock @ AIAA

• Find effective ways to make existing information useful/accessible to more people– AIAA website/ AIAA Educator Associate– Coordination with other organizations ASEE/ASME/NAE

Action #2

• Create a list of topic areas for new web-based information (short articles or podcasts).– Research, testing, manufacturing, operations, etc.– Content should include some basic

engineering/science principles (math) and then relate to a bigger picture problem/activity

Backup Charts

First EdSC planning meeting

• Brain-storming session– What do we want to do?– How?

• What– Provide students with opportunities to see/engage in

hands-on educational/research activities– Provide educators with tools, information to help

enrich their lesson plans– Address any specific AIAA needs (AIAA POC Lisa

Bacon?)

First EdSC planning meeting

• How– CD/DVD on Aerospace Structures Careers– Student competitions– Facility tours– Summer internship (undergrad, grad)– Career Workshops– Web-based activities and educational information– Focused information packets/lesson plans for

educators– Leverage existing/mature forums/organizations

First EdSC planning meeting

• Determine target age group: College Soph.-Jrs.– Felt they get left out of many opportunities– Critical time (help connect the dots between education

and career path)