The NASA Academy was founded in 1993 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by Gerald "Gerry" Soffen.[2] The concept was largely based on the concept of the International Space University. Soffen envisioned the NASA Academy as a leadership program with an inter-disciplinary approach similar to ISU, but without the emphasis on the international and intercultural aspects. Specifically, Soffen created the program to "give possible 'leaders' a view into how NASA, the university community, and the private sector function; [to] set their priorities; and [to] contribute to the success of the aerospace program."[3]
The research focus for any specific NASA Academy can change from year to year. In 2015, the Multidisciplinary Aeronautics Research Team Initiative (MARTI) replaced the Aeronautics Academy.
Mission statement
NASA Academy is a unique summer experience of higher learning whose goal is to help guide the future leaders of the American Space Program by giving them a glimpse of how the whole system works.
The NASA Academy states its mission as follows: "to identify and recruit the future leaders of the space exploration community, to introduce them to the key aspects of the industry, to provide them with critical training, and to build an ever-expanding network of these future leaders, so that these young scientists and engineers are prepared to assume the highest responsibilities of a career dedicated to leadership in space exploration."[4]
Program Overview
The 2010 NASA Academy Definitions Document outlines six key criteria that are critical to the program and which, when taken as a whole, differentiate it from other NASA leadership development programs:
Principal Investigator-Directed Research, wherein the Research Associate devotes an average of 30 hours a week to a research project within a NASA science or advanced technology program.
A Group Research Project requiring the collaborative efforts of all of the Research Associates as well as external advisors. Traditionally, this requires extensive work during evenings and weekends, and consumes several working days during normal business hours towards to end of the program.
Structured and Unstructured Team Building activities, designed to form an effective and cohesive community from an interdisciplinary group of leaders.
Interactions with current aerospace industry leaders, including both formal lectures and informal opportunities to interact at meals, launches, and other events.
Site visits to a variety of NASA centers, companies, and university labs. Traditionally, this takes up approximately one working day during normal business hours as well as extensive work during evenings and weekends.
A culture of extreme professionalism and preparation.
NASA Academy students are typically expected to work long hours: as a general rule, the day is scheduled from 07:30 to 21:00, after which students work on the Team Project or on individual research assignments. However, NASA Academy students are also typically given excellent opportunities, including field trips to other centers and excellent access to the leaders and decision-makers of the aerospace industry.[5]
A NASA Academy class typically varies from 10-20 students per center per year. Participants are selected in a joint effort between the NASA Center, the NASA Academy Alumni Association, the PIs, and the State Space Grant Consortia. Alumni from the previous year's program are typically selected to serve as program coordinators for current sessions. For several years in the early 2000s (decade), the NASA Academy at GSFC admitted a French student every year as part of a cooperative agreement with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales, the French space agency.[6]
Notable alumni
After 14 years, among its alumni are over 50 members with doctorates, 45 employees of NASA centers, 65 NASA contractors, 70 other professionals in aerospace-related fields, 10 math, science and physics teachers, and three CEOs, with approximately 50% of the alumni currently having completed or completing advanced degrees. In addition, Academy alumni account for hundreds of scholarship awards, space agency awards, national awards, professional society awards, and university awards, including five NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellows during the past five years -- with at least one in every cohort. Academy alumni are also responsible for hundreds of presentations, projects, publications and patents.
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The NASA Academy is NASA s premiere leadership training program for undergraduate and graduate students Since its founding in 1993 the NASA Academy has brought together future leaders of the aerospace industry and exposed them to the inner workings of NASA academia and industry The Academy consists of a ten week summer program hosted by a participating NASA center Currently there are academies at Langley Research Center Ames Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center and Glenn Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center and Dryden Flight Research Center previously hosted NASA Academies as well 1 NASA AcademyNASA Academy LogoTypePrivateEstablished1993CampusCampuses at various NASA centers Contents 1 History 2 Mission statement 3 Program Overview 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe NASA Academy was founded in 1993 at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center by Gerald Gerry Soffen 2 The concept was largely based on the concept of the International Space University Soffen envisioned the NASA Academy as a leadership program with an inter disciplinary approach similar to ISU but without the emphasis on the international and intercultural aspects Specifically Soffen created the program to give possible leaders a view into how NASA the university community and the private sector function to set their priorities and to contribute to the success of the aerospace program 3 The research focus for any specific NASA Academy can change from year to year In 2015 the Multidisciplinary Aeronautics Research Team Initiative MARTI replaced the Aeronautics Academy Mission statement EditNASA Academy is a unique summer experience of higher learning whose goal is to help guide the future leaders of the American Space Program by giving them a glimpse of how the whole system works Gerald Soffen NASA Academy Founder 1926 2000 The NASA Academy states its mission as follows to identify and recruit the future leaders of the space exploration community to introduce them to the key aspects of the industry to provide them with critical training and to build an ever expanding network of these future leaders so that these young scientists and engineers are prepared to assume the highest responsibilities of a career dedicated to leadership in space exploration 4 Program Overview EditThe 2010 NASA Academy Definitions Document outlines six key criteria that are critical to the program and which when taken as a whole differentiate it from other NASA leadership development programs Principal Investigator Directed Research wherein the Research Associate devotes an average of 30 hours a week to a research project within a NASA science or advanced technology program A Group Research Project requiring the collaborative efforts of all of the Research Associates as well as external advisors Traditionally this requires extensive work during evenings and weekends and consumes several working days during normal business hours towards to end of the program Structured and Unstructured Team Building activities designed to form an effective and cohesive community from an interdisciplinary group of leaders Interactions with current aerospace industry leaders including both formal lectures and informal opportunities to interact at meals launches and other events Site visits to a variety of NASA centers companies and university labs Traditionally this takes up approximately one working day during normal business hours as well as extensive work during evenings and weekends A culture of extreme professionalism and preparation NASA Academy students are typically expected to work long hours as a general rule the day is scheduled from 07 30 to 21 00 after which students work on the Team Project or on individual research assignments However NASA Academy students are also typically given excellent opportunities including field trips to other centers and excellent access to the leaders and decision makers of the aerospace industry 5 A NASA Academy class typically varies from 10 20 students per center per year Participants are selected in a joint effort between the NASA Center the NASA Academy Alumni Association the PIs and the State Space Grant Consortia Alumni from the previous year s program are typically selected to serve as program coordinators for current sessions For several years in the early 2000s decade the NASA Academy at GSFC admitted a French student every year as part of a cooperative agreement with the Centre National d Etudes Spatiales the French space agency 6 Notable alumni EditAfter 14 years among its alumni are over 50 members with doctorates 45 employees of NASA centers 65 NASA contractors 70 other professionals in aerospace related fields 10 math science and physics teachers and three CEOs with approximately 50 of the alumni currently having completed or completing advanced degrees In addition Academy alumni account for hundreds of scholarship awards space agency awards national awards professional society awards and university awards including five NASA Harriett G Jenkins Pre Doctoral Fellows during the past five years with at least one in every cohort Academy alumni are also responsible for hundreds of presentations projects publications and patents NASA 2007 7 Christina Hammock Koch NASA Astronaut and member of Expeditions 59 60 and 61 8 Holly Ridings NASA s Chief Flight Director the first woman ever to hold that role 9 Eric C Anderson Chairman of Space Adventures President and CEO of the Intentional Software Corporation Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Co Founder and Co Chairman of Planetary Resources Emily Calandrelli host and producer of the Emmy nominated educational television program Xploration Station 10 Diana Trujillo a Colombian aerospace engineer who has helped lead the Mars Curiosity and Mars 2020 rover projects 11 Enectali Figueroa Feliciano pioneer of positron sensitive detectors MIT Professor Bethany Ehlmann Professor of Planetary Science at California Institute of Technology and a Research Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory 12 Chris Lewicki President and Chief Engineer at Planetary Resources formerly Mars Exploration Rover Flight Director and the first person to drive the MER rovers on Mars Jared Henderson the Democratic Party s nominee for the Governor of Arkansas during the 2018 election 13 14 Jake Lopata Founder and President of rocket launch startup company SpaceLaunch Inc References Edit NAAA NASA Academy Program Overview Nasa academy org Retrieved 2010 06 15 Dr Gerald A Soffen Memorial at NASA Academy Alumni Association Retrieved 2010 06 15 NASA Academy at Ames for Space Exploration Mission Statement NASA Academy Archived from the original on 2007 07 13 Retrieved 2011 01 18 The NASA Academy Definitions Document NASA Academy Retrieved 2011 01 18 TSGC NASA Academy Tsgc utexas edu 2010 01 18 Retrieved 2010 06 15 ESA Education Opportunity for European students to attend NASA Academy 2010 Esa int 2010 01 31 Retrieved 2010 06 15 NASA Academy NASA Academy Archived from the original on 2009 01 17 Retrieved 2011 01 18 NASA gov TSGC NASA Academy Get That Life How I Became the Host of a TV Show About Outer Space 5 October 2015 Diana Trujillo Archived from the original on 2018 09 16 Retrieved 2019 04 23 CV Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences www gps caltech edu Archived from the original on 2019 04 23 University of Arkansas Student Selected to USA Today All Usa College Academic First Team Ua Student Selected Honorable Mention https www pressreader com usa northwest arkansas democrat gazette 20181007 284189401727943 bare URL External links EditNASA Academy Home Page The NASA Academy Alumni Association NAAA Multidisciplinary Aeronautics Research Team Initiative MARTI Application which hosts the Aeronautics program application NASA OSSI which hosts the other Academy program applications Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NASA Academy amp oldid 1117558816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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