NASA Opportunities

NASA Academy 2011 Application and FAA Design Competition for Universities for the 2010 – 2011


1.) Subject: NASA Academy 2011 Application

The 2011 NASA Academy Application is now open!

The Academies are intensive educational programs emphasizing group
activities, teamwork, research, and creativity. The curriculum balances
direct contact with science and engineering R&D with an awareness of the
managerial, political, financial, social and human issues faced by aerospace
professionals. Included are seminars, informal discussions, evening
lectures, supervised research, visits to other NASA Centers and facilities,
group project/s, tours, posters/presentations, and assessment. Additionally,
most weekends are filled with group activities, team building and off-site
trips. One free weekend is scheduled.

The Academy is not a 9-5 summer research internship program. It is a
rigorous, immersive experience that will challenge you. The academy is a
space-themed program of high learning about NASA, its projects and
collaborations with aerospace industry and academia, with very little down
time, but a busy, exciting summer that you will not forget.

The Academies have separate focus areas of leadership (NASA Academy),
robotics, space and planetary science, and propulsion.

The deadline is January 18, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

You may access it at http://AcademyApp.com

This application serves the following programs:

- The NASA Academy at Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA)
- The NASA Academy at Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH)
- The NASA Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, AL)
- The NASA Aeronautics Academy at Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH)
- The NASA Aeronautics Academy at Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA)
- The NASA Lunar and Planetary Science Academy at Goddard Space Flight
(Greenbelt, MD)
- The NASA Propulsion Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center
(Huntsville, AL)
- The NASA Robotics Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville,
AL)

For information about other NASA opportunities, including the traditional
NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center, please visit
http://intern.nasa.gov

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please email
Johnny Erickson at academy@luxcg.com

Best wishes,

NASA Academy Alumni Association
--
Aaron Olson

LARSS Intern
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 230
Hampton, VA 23681

Building 1293-B, Room 209
Phone: (757) 864-9702
Structural Dynamics Branch
Expandable Space Structures
Badger X-Loft Team


2.) We are pleased that the FAA is continuing to offer a Design Competition
for Universities for the 2010 – 2011 academic year! The Competition has
added new design categories.

The Competition guidelines and many resources are posted at the Competition
website:

Http://FaaDesignCompetition.odu.edu


The broad challenge categories of Airport Operations and Maintenance,
Runway Safety/Runway Incursions, Airport Environmental Interactions and
Airport Management and Planning embrace many engineering, science,
information technology, psychology and management disciplines. The
Competition is again open to individual and student teams at U.S. colleges
and universities (both undergraduate and graduate) working under the
mentorship of a faculty advisor. Winners can earn cash awards and first
place winners have the opportunity and travel funds to present their design
at a national aviation event summer 2011. A notice of
intent is strongly encouraged.

We hope you will participate in the Competition and make colleagues and students
aware of this as well. An electronic flyer is attached for your convenience in sharing
with your membership.

Please feel free to contact me or Debbie Ross (dross@odu.edu) if you have
any questions.

Mary

Mary Sandy
Director
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
600 Butler Farm Road, Suite 2200
Hampton, Virginia 23666
757 766-5210


Chris Carter
Deputy Director
Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC)
600 Butler Farm Road, Suite 2200
Hampton, Va. 23666
(757) 766-5210
(757) 766-5205 (fax)
cxcarter@odu.edu
http://www.vsgc.odu.edu