National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

Regional Meetings PresentationRegional Meetings Presentation

Fall 2012

Carl S. Person

Manager, Aerospace Research and Career Development

Diane D. DeTroye

Director, STEM Engagement

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Agenda

• Status of Space Grant Program Office Leadership Transition

• SWAG Policy

• Using the Data Archive Repository

• OEPM

• EPSCoR Highlights• EPSCoR Highlights

• CubeSat Launch Initiative

• Space Grant and NASA Highlights

• Other Thoughts

• National Meeting Topics

• Closing

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NASA Education Portfolio Architecture

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The following items may be purchased using NASA funds to give away:– Printed materials (printed on paper products, such

as posters and brochures).– The following traditional mission/organization

identification items: stickers, patches, and pins.

NASA “SWAG” – Purchase of Promotional and Personal Use

Items

– The following traditional mission/organization identification items: stickers, patches, and pins.

– Flags flown in space (as official presentations and award items).

– Inexpensive recyclable plastic bags (for the distribution of authorized materials).

The expenditure of NASA funds on any other NASA-branded promotional and personal use items is not authorized.

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Data Archive Usage

Consortium X 20XX Budget

Change

NASA Funds Proposed Reported Rep - Pro % Total % Prop

RI $66,884 $75,581 $8,697 1% 13%

HE $167,261 $154,300 -$12,961 -2% -8%

K-12 $70,909 $77,500 $6,591 1% 9%

IE $27,284 $30,584 $3,300 0% 12%

Admin $277,662 $270,035 -$7,627 -1% -3%

Proposed Budget

vs.

Expended Funds

Admin $277,662 $270,035 -$7,627 -1% -3%

Ind $0 $2,000 $2,000 0%

F/S $235,000 $235,000 $0 0% 0%

Total $845,000 $845,000 $0 0% 0%

% Total is the change in the line item compared to the total proposed budget.

% Prop is the change in the proposed level of funding for that line item.

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Reported, RI, 9%

Reported, HE, 18%

Reported, K-12, 9%

Reported, IE, 4%

Reported, Admin, 32%

Reported, Ind, 0%

Reported, F/S, 28%

Reported

Outcome I : Trend Report

FY2008 - FY2010

Table A1. All Direct Student Participation Demographics

Fellowship / Scholarship Participation Summary

Awardees 2008 2009 2010

Students 37 41 79

Male 28 35 26

Female 9 6 53

Underrepresented Minority 19 18 35

Undergraduate 28 34 71

Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.) 9 7 8

Demographics not known/reported 0 0 0

Data Archive UsageTrend Report

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Students

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Underrepresented Minority

Undergraduate

Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.)

Demographics not known/reported

Data Archive UsageTrend Report

Female Participants Three-year Averages

Target 40% Consortium A National A - National

Fellowship / Scholarship Participation Summary

Summary Data

Total Direct Participants 67.3 69.5 -2.2

Percentage of Female Student Participants 35.3% 41.2% -6%

Higher Education Participation Summary

Summary Data

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Summary Data

Total Direct Participants 170.6 153.7 16.9

Percentage of Female Student Participants 51% 43.5% 8%

Research Infrastructure Participation Summary

Summary Data

Total Direct Participants 12 37.4 -25.4

Percentage of Female Student Participants 33.3% 42.6% -9%

Total Participation Summary

Summary Data

Total Direct Participants 249.9 260.6 -10.7

Percentage of Female Student Participants 46% 42.6% 3%

OEPM

• “Project Activity Form” submission

• OEPM Training for Space GrantSpace Grant

• Access to OEPM system

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• Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Solicitation

– To develop Research Infrastructure (collaborations, partnerships, research initiation projects) within the jurisdictions

– Release Date: June 15, 2012

EPSCoR Highlights

– Release Date: June 15, 2012

– Proposals Were Due: August 3, 2012

– $125,000 per year for a 36-month period of performance

– Up to 29 awards for meritorious proposals

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• EPSCoR Research Solicitation

– To develop Research Capacity in areas of importance to NASA and the Jurisdictions

– Release Date: June 18, 2012

– Proposals Were Due: August 14, 2012

EPSCoR Highlights

– Proposals Were Due: August 14, 2012

– $750,000 for a 36-month period of performance

– Number of awards dependent upon funds and meritorious proposals

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• Active in EPSCoR Interagency Coordinating Committee (EICC) – investigating ways to coordinate/cooperate among the five active federal-agency EPSCoR/IDeA programs.

– Interesting parallels for Space Grant

• Cooperating with the National Academy of

EPSCoR Highlights

• Cooperating with the National Academy of Science study of federal-agency EPSCoR/IDeAprograms.

– Opportunity to see how NAS conducts a study –applicable to Space Grant

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Cubesat Launch Initiative• Eleven CubeSats were launched

aboard an Atlas V rocket with the NROL-36 primary payload from Vandenberg AFB in California.

• September 13, 2012

• ELaNa CubeSats include:– CINEMA (University of California –– CINEMA (University of California –

Berkeley, lead collaborator)

– CSSWE (University of Colorado at Boulder)

– CP5 (California Polytechnic State University)

– CXBN (Morehead State)

• New CubeSat Launch Initiative announcement released August 10, 2012. Proposals due November 12, 2012.

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Rock-On! Workshop/RockSat-C

June 16-21, 2012June 16-21, 2012

RockSat 8 Launch –September 21, 2012

Wallops Flight Facility14

Intrepid Space Shuttle

Pavilion OpeningOpening

July 19-22, 2012

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SpaceXFalcon 9 and

DragonMay 2012

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Part of NASA Commercial Crew

and Cargo Program

• Unprecedented science, demonstration of precision landing technology, and a mission on the Red Planet's surface that will serve as a precursor to our planned human missions to Mars in the 2030s.

• Mechanical arm, laser and drill technology

Mars Curiosity RoverLanded August 6, 1:31 a.m. EDT

• Mechanical arm, laser and drill technology will be used to analyze Mars’ surface

• Returning high-resolution, color images

• Curiosity has found evidence of an old streambed

• Websites to get “toolkits” of information

– http://communications.nasa.gov/OCPToolKit/mars/Mars%20Curiosity%20Rover%20Toolkit.html

– http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/main/index.html

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Radiation Belt Storm ProbeThe mission’s science objectives are

to:

• Discover which processes, singly

or in combination, accelerate and

transport radiation belt electrons

and ions and under what

conditions. conditions.

• Understand and quantify the loss

of radiation belt electrons and

determine the balance between

competing acceleration and loss

processes.

• Understand how the radiation

belts change in the context of

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Successfully Launched

August 30, 2012!

Angry Birds“Epic Struggle Between Birds and Pigs Goes on with a Martian Twist”

• Gamers introduced to concepts of microgravity in Angry Birds Space, which was supported through a NASA Space Act Agreement

• The game includes links to NASA web content about Mars exploration and NASA missions that are represented in the game

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• Mission Directorate Working Groups –opportunities for affiliate representatives to get involved

• Space Grant is the Face of NASA in each state….as such, you are the ambassadors for

Other Thoughts

state….as such, you are the ambassadors for NASA and NASA Education

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National Meeting Topics

• National Data Results

• OEPM Update

• Solicitations

• Update on NASA Education• Update on NASA Education

• FY ‘13 Dollars

• Announcement re: Future National and Regional Directors’ Meetings

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Sally Ride

Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism -- and literally changed the face of America's space program…The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sally's family and the many she inspired. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly."

- NASA Administrator, Charlie Bolden

Sally’s historic flight into space captured the Sally’s historic flight into space captured the nation’s imagination and made her a household name. She became a symbol of the ability of women to break barriers and a hero to generations of adventurous young girls. After retiring from NASA, Sally used her high profile to champion a cause she believed in passionately—inspiring young people, especially girls, to stick with their interest in science, to become scientifically literate, and to consider pursuing careers in science and engineering.

- Sally Ride Science

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Neil Armstrong

"On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my deepest condolences to Carol and the rest of the Armstrong family on the passing of Neil Armstrong. As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own…

"As we enter this next era of space exploration, we "As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong. We mourn the passing of a friend, fellow astronaut and true American hero.“

- NASA Administrator, Charlie Bolden

“… For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request…Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.“

-The Armstrong Family

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